School Quality, Educational Attainment and Aggregation Bias

11 Pages Posted: 27 Jan 2004

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Michael Fertig

Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI Essen); IZA Institute of Labor Economics

Robert E. Wright

University of Glasgow - Adam Smith Business School

Date Written: January 2004

Abstract

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 statistically significant and correctly signed class size effects increases the higher the level of aggregation used to measure class size.

Keywords: Class size, PISA data, bias

JEL Classification: I2

Suggested Citation

Fertig, Michael and Wright, Robert Edward, School Quality, Educational Attainment and Aggregation Bias (January 2004). IZA Discussion Paper No. 994, RWI Discussion Paper No. 9, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=489503 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.489503

Michael Fertig (Contact Author)

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Robert Edward Wright

University of Glasgow - Adam Smith Business School ( email )

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