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dc.contributor.authorPekkarinen, Tuomasen
dc.contributor.authorUusitalo, Roopeen
dc.contributor.authorKerr, Sarien
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-22-
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-27T09:29:04Z-
dc.date.available2011-05-27T09:29:04Z-
dc.date.issued2009-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/45719-
dc.description.abstractThe Finnish comprehensive school reform replaced the old two-track school system with a uniform nine-year comprehensive school and significantly reduced the degree of heterogeneity in the Finnish primary and secondary education. We estimate the effect of this reform on the test scores in the Finnish Army Basic Skills test. The identification strategy relies on a differences-in-differences strategy and exploits the fact that the reform was implemented gradually across the country during a six-year period between 1972 and 1977. We find that the reform had a small positive effect on the verbal test scores but no effect on the mean performance in the arithmetic or logical reasoning tests. Still in all tests the reform improved the scores of students from families where parents had only basic education.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation (IFAU) |cUppsalaen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aWorking Paper |x2009:6en
dc.subject.jelH52en
dc.subject.jelI21en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordEducationen
dc.subject.keywordschool systemen
dc.subject.keywordtrackingen
dc.subject.keywordcomprehensive schoolen
dc.subject.keywordtest scoresen
dc.subject.stwAllgemeinbildende Schuleen
dc.subject.stwBildungsreformen
dc.subject.stwSchulauswahlen
dc.subject.stwKognitionen
dc.subject.stwQualifikationen
dc.subject.stwAbsolventenen
dc.subject.stwFinnlanden
dc.titleSchool tracking and development of cognitive skills-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn597621519en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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