School Quality, Educational Attainment and Aggregation Bias

Data from 31 countries participating in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is used to estimate education production functions for reading literacy.The analysis suggests that the probability of finding tatistically significant and correctly signed class size effects increases the higher the level of aggregation used to measure class size.

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Year of publication:	2003
Authors:	Fertig, Michael ; Wright, Robert E.
Publisher:	Essen : Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI)
Subject:	Bildungsniveau \| Klassengrösse \| Aggregation \| Bias \| Schätzung \| OECD-Staaten \| PISA \| Class size \| PISA data \| bias

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Series:	RWI Discussion Papers ; 9
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	376868457 [GVK] hdl:10419/18560 [Handle] RePEc:zbw:rwidps:9 [RePEc]
Classification:	I2 - Education
Source:	EconStor

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