Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/21111 
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Year of Publication: 
2001
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 261
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
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 level and change in achievement. Using Swedish data, I find that smaller classes generate higher achievement. A comparison with the results from applying the same data to the widely used value-added model is also made.
Subjects: 
Class size
summer learning
school-year learning
difference-in-differences
value-added model
JEL: 
I21
I28
H52
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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