Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/202466 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Citation: 
[Journal:] Economics of Education Review [ISSN:] 0272-7757 [Volume:] 58 [Publisher:] Elsevier [Place:] Amsterdam [Year:] 2017 [Pages:] 1-14
Publisher: 
Elsevier, Amsterdam
Abstract: 
Is it possible to compress instruction time into fewer school years without lowering education levels? A fundamental reform in Germany reduced the length of academic track schooling by one year, while increasing instruction hours in the remaining school years to provide students with a very similar core curriculum and the same overall instruction time. Using aggregated administrative data on the full population of students, we find that the reform increases grade repetition rates and lowers final grade point averages, without affecting graduation rates. The results suggest adverse reform effects on student performance, but the economic significance of the effects appears moderate.
Subjects: 
Instruction time
Student performance
G8 education reform
Difference-in-differences
Wild cluster bootstrap
JEL: 
I21
I24
I28
J18
D04
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Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Article
Document Version: 
Accepted Manuscript (Postprint)

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