For whom the reductions count: A quantile regression analysis of class size and peer effects on scholastic achievement

Empirical Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 221-246

  Levin, Jesse ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Class size; Educational equity; Educational production; Quantile regression

Indexed keywords

CLASS; EDUCATION POLICY; SIZE EFFECT; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 0010592769     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001810000054     Document Type: Article

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