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dc.contributor.authorBingley, Paulen
dc.contributor.authorMyrup Jensen, Vibekeen
dc.contributor.authorWalker, Ianen
dc.date.accessioned2005-05-26-
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-07T09:12:50Z-
dc.date.available2010-07-07T09:12:50Z-
dc.date.issued2005-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/33565-
dc.description.abstractThis paper is concerned with the relationship between class size and the student outcome length of time in post-compulsory schooling. Research on this topic has been problematic partly because omitted unobservables, like parents' incomes and education levels, are likely to be correlated with class size. Two potential ways to resolve this problem are to exploit either experimental or instrumental variation. In both cases, the methods require that the variation in both class size and the outcome should not be contaminated by other unobservable factors that affect the outcome - like family background. An alternative approach, which we pursue here, is to take advantage of variation in class size between siblings which allows unobservable family effects to be differenced out. Our aim is to provide estimates of the effect of class size and use these to conduct an evaluation of the costs and benefits of a reduction in class sizes.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x1605en
dc.subject.jelI22en
dc.subject.jelC23en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordclass sizeen
dc.subject.keywordregression discontinuityen
dc.subject.keywordsibling differencesen
dc.titleThe effects of school class size on length of post-compulsory education: some cost-benefit analysis-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn487476042en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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