Quasi-experimental estimates of the effect of class size on achievement in Norway

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 663-693

  Leuven, Edwin ^a   Oosterbeek, Hessel ^b   Rønning, Marte ^c  

^a CREST   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Class size; Educational production

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; STUDENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 57249084058     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: 14679442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9442.2008.00556.x     Document Type: Article

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