This paper considers the influence of spatial competition on education and its effect on students' school choice and … school is a function of teacher effort and class size. Students decide which school to attend on the basis of an assessment … equilibrium resource spending and school diversity as well as the level and distribution of student attainment and welfare. The …

This study examines the impact of primary-school closures during the 1918 Pandemic in Sweden on mortality and long …-term outcomes of school children. Using the universe of death certificates from 1914-1920 and newly-collected data on school … schools closed in response to local surges in influenza deaths. Faster implementation of school closures significantly reduced …

reforms increasing instructional time in Swedish primary school. The reforms extended the compulsory years of schooling from 6 … in more than 2,500 school districts, the extensions generated large exogenous variation in educational attainment at … different points in primary school while the overall school system and curricula remained unchanged. The reforms thus constitute …

increasing instructional time in Swedish primary school. The reforms extended the annual term length and compulsory schooling by …Die Studie evaluiert die langfristigen kausalen Auswirkungen zweier parallel auftretender Schulreformen in Schweden auf …

increasing instructional time in Swedish primary school. The reforms extended the annual term length and compulsory schooling by …