Class-size effects in school systems around the world: Evidence from between-grade variation in TIMSS

European Economic Review

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 695-736

  Wößmann, Ludger ^a,c,d   West, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CESIFO   (Germany)

^d IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Class size; Educational production; Instrumental variables; School fixed effects; Student sorting; TIMSS

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; STUDENT;

EID: 33645140202     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2004.11.005     Document Type: Article

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