Quasi-experimental estimates of class size effect in primary schools in Poland

International Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 202-215

  Jakubowski, Maciej ^a   Sakowski, Pawel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Class size; Educational achievement; Instrumental variables; Regression discontinuity design; School fixed effects; Student sorting

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847051995     PISSN: 08830355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijer.2006.11.003     Document Type: Article

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