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Peer effects in European primary schools : evidence from PIRLS
Ammermüller, Andreas (contributor);  … - 2006
We estimate peer effects for fourth graders in six European countries. The identification relies on variation across classes within schools. We argue that classes within primary schools are formed roughly randomly with respect to family background. Similar to previous studies, we find sizeable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003314712
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Improving school accountability measures
Kane, Thomas J.; Staiger, Douglas - 2001
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001563284
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Peer effects in European primary schools: evidence from pirls
Ammermüller, Andreas; Pischke, Jörn-Steffen - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003321553
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Peer effects in European primary schools : evidence from PIRLS
Ammermüller, Andreas (contributor);  … - 2006
We estimate peer effects for fourth graders in six European countries. The identification relies on variation across classes within schools. We argue that classes within primary schools are formed roughly randomly with respect to family background. Similar to previous studies, we find sizeable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003309274
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Peer effects in European primary schools : evidence from pirls
Ammermüller, Andreas; Pischke, Jörn-Steffen - 2006
, Norway, and Sweden. A key problem in empirical studies of peer effects is the fact that measures of peer quality may pick … support from the Fritz Thyssen Foundation under the project “Bildungschancen zwischen Grundschule und Sekundarstufe” and … analysis covers six European countries, Germany, France, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden. Peer effects are of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003330629
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Peer effects in European primary schools : evidence from PIRLS
Ammermüller, Andreas (contributor);  … - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003380837
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Peer effects in European primary schools : evidence from the progress in international reading literacy study
Ammermüller, Andreas; Pischke, Jörn-Steffen - In: Journal of labor economics 27 (2009) 3, pp. 315-348
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003873714
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Home versus school learning : a new approach to estimating the effect of class size on achievement
Lindahl, Mikael - 2001
I estimate the effect of class size on scholastic achievement using that schools are only in session during the school year and out of session during the summer. This seasonal feature of the schooling system makes it possible to control for unobservable pupil characteristics affecting both the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011400391
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Cross-national surveys of learning achievement : how robust are the findings?
Brown, Giorgina; Micklewright, John; Schnepf, Sylke V.; … - 2005
International surveys of learning achievement and functional literacy are increasingly common. We consider two aspects of the robustness of their results. First, we compare results from four surveys: TIMSS, PISA, PIRLS and IALS. This contrasts with the standard approach which is to analyse a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003011506
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School vouchers in practice : competition will not hurt you
Sandström, F. Mikael; Bergström, Fredrik - In: Journal of public economics 89 (2005) 2/3, pp. 351-380
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002531685