Class size, teacher hours and educational attainment

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 415-438

  Browning, Martin ^a   Heinesen, Eskil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENTAL RESEARCH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Classsize; Educational attainment; Instrumental variables; Regres sion discontinuity design; School quality

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; PANEL DATA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEACHING;

EID: 34548297035     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: 14679442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9442.2007.00492.x     Document Type: Article

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