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The impact of atten...
The impact of attending an independent upper secondary school : Evidence from Sweden using school ranking data
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- Edmark, Karin Margret (author)
- Stockholms universitet,Institutet för social forskning (SOFI),IFAU, Sweden; IFN, Sweden; CESIfo, Sweden,Stockholm University
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- Persson, Lovisa (author)
- Department of Business,Governance Regulation Internationalization and Performance (GRIP),Avdelningen för ekonomi
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- Elsevier BV, 2021
- 2021
- English.
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In: Economics of Education Review. - : Elsevier BV. - 0272-7757 .- 1873-7382. ; 84
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- Since the 1990s, the Swedish education market has gone through a dramatic transformation due to the introduction of voucher-funded independent schools. We make use of data on school applications to condition on student preferences for independent versus public education, and estimate a positive relationship between independent upper secondary school attendance and grades, graduation rates, and post-secondary education. We however also find strong indications of more lenient grading standards in independent schools, especially in schools organized as for-profit entities and in schools with a low share of qualified teachers. Our results suggest that, although independent school attendance seems to benefit the individual students in terms of higher grades and increased transition to post-secondary studies, grade inflation in the Swedish upper secondary independent schools may be a serious problem.
Subject headings
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Ekonomi och näringsliv (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Economics and Business (hsv//eng)
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Utbildningsvetenskap (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Educational Sciences (hsv//eng)
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Utbildningsvetenskap -- Pedagogik (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Educational Sciences -- Pedagogy (hsv//eng)
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Utbildningsvetenskap -- Pedagogiskt arbete (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Educational Sciences -- Pedagogical Work (hsv//eng)
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Ekonomi och näringsliv -- Nationalekonomi (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Economics and Business -- Economics (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Private provision
- Mixed markets
- Voucher school reform
- Upper secondary education
Publication and Content Type
- ref (subject category)
- art (subject category)
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