Identifying Class Size Effects in Developing Countries : Evidence from Rural Schools in Bolivia

• Tác giả: Miguel Urquiola
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 016.98 Bibliographies and catalogs of works on specific subjects or in specific disciplines
• Thông tin xuất bản: World Bank, Washington, DC, 2014
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 305809
• Chủ đề: 1. ACCESS TO EDUCATION; 2. ACHIEVEMENT; 3. ADMINISTRATIVE DATA; 4. BINDING; 5. CLASS SIZE

Tóm tắt

 Although class size has attracted great interest as a policy instrument, inferences on its effects are controversial. Recent work highlights a particular way to consider the endogeneity issues that affect this variable: class size is often correlated with enrollment, which may in turn be related to socioeconomic status. In Bolivia, the author shows, these correlations are significant. Building from institutional arrangements that determine pupil-teacher ratios in rural areas, the author implements two research designs to deal with this issue. The first uses a teacher allocation pattern as an instrumental variable
  the second relies on variation from remote schools with a single class per grade. Both suggest that class size has a negative effect on test scores.