Download This PaperSchool Quality, Educational Attainment and Aggregation Bias
11 Pages Posted: 27 Jan 2004
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
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