Resources and student achievement - Evidence from a Swedish policy reform

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 277-296

  Fredriksson, Peter ^a   Öckert, Björn ^a  

^a Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation (IFAU)   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Difference in differences; Policy reform; Student performance; Teacher student ratio

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION POLICY; EDUCATION REFORM; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RANKING; STUDENT; TEACHER TRAINING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 48249142432     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: 14679442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9442.2008.00538.x     Document Type: Article

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