Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/78673 
Year of Publication: 
2007
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2007:6
Publisher: 
Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation (IFAU), Uppsala
Abstract: 
This study examines how the teaching staff composition with respect to certification affects student achievement in compulsory Swedish schools. The share of non-certified teachers in compulsory schooling has increased dramatically during the last decade, starting a large debate about school quality. We apply an instrumental variable approach to estimate the causal effect of the percentage of non-certified teachers on student achievement. We find, in our preferred specification, that a one percentage point increase in the share of non-certified teachers is expected to decrease the average student’s GPA ranking with about 0.6 units. A substantial effect if one considers the large differences in certification rate that do exist between schools and municipalities. The effect also appears to be stronger for students with highly educated parents.
Subjects: 
Teacher certification
teacher quality
student achievement
instrumental variable
JEL: 
I21
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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