The surprising effect of larger class sizes: Evidence using two identification strategies

Labour Economics

Volumn 23, Issue , 2013, Pages 57-65

  Denny, Kevin ^a   Oppedisano, Veruska ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Class sizes; Educational production; Endogeneity; Instrumental variables

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877884191     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2013.04.004     Document Type: Article

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