Identifying Class Size Effects in Developing Countries : Evidence from Rural Schools in Bolivia
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 correlat...
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okr-10986-194972021-04-23T14:03:43Z Identifying Class Size Effects in Developing Countries : Evidence from Rural Schools in Bolivia Urquiola, Miguel ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACHIEVEMENT ADMINISTRATIVE DATA BINDING CLASS SIZE CLASS SIZES CLASSROOMS COUNTRY STUDIES CURRICULUM DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIFFERENT IMPLICATIONS DROP OUT RATES DROP-OUT RATES EDUCATION BUDGET EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL AUTHORITIES EDUCATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE EDUCATIONAL INPUTS EDUCATIONAL INVESTMENTS EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES EDUCATIONAL PROVISION EDUCATIONAL QUALITY EDUCATIONAL REFORM EDUCATIONAL SUPPLY ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT LEVELS ENROLLMENT RATE ENROLLMENTS GRADE LEVELS GROSS ENROLLMENT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCOME LEVELS INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES INSTRUCTION INSTRUCTORS MOBILITY MOTHERS MOTIVATION MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION PAPERS PARENTS PRIMARY EDUCATION PRINCIPALS PRIVATE SCHOOLS PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS PUBLIC SCHOOLS PUPILS RURAL AREAS RURAL LOCATIONS RURAL SCHOOLS SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION SCHOOL DISTRICTS SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOLING SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY ENROLLMENT SIGNIFICANT IMPACT SMALL SCHOOLS TEACHER TEACHERS TEACHING TEST SCORES TEXTBOOKS URBAN AREAS 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. 2014-08-20T18:00:39Z 2014-08-20T18:00:39Z 2001-11 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/11/1637743/identifying-class-size-effects-developing-countries-evidence-rural-schools-bolivia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19497 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2711 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean Bolivia |
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ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACHIEVEMENT ADMINISTRATIVE DATA BINDING CLASS SIZE CLASS SIZES CLASSROOMS COUNTRY STUDIES CURRICULUM DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIFFERENT IMPLICATIONS DROP OUT RATES DROP-OUT RATES EDUCATION BUDGET EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL AUTHORITIES EDUCATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE EDUCATIONAL INPUTS EDUCATIONAL INVESTMENTS EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES EDUCATIONAL PROVISION EDUCATIONAL QUALITY EDUCATIONAL REFORM EDUCATIONAL SUPPLY ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT LEVELS ENROLLMENT RATE ENROLLMENTS GRADE LEVELS GROSS ENROLLMENT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCOME LEVELS INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES INSTRUCTION INSTRUCTORS MOBILITY MOTHERS MOTIVATION MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION PAPERS PARENTS PRIMARY EDUCATION PRINCIPALS PRIVATE SCHOOLS PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS PUBLIC SCHOOLS PUPILS RURAL AREAS RURAL LOCATIONS RURAL SCHOOLS SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION SCHOOL DISTRICTS SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOLING SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY ENROLLMENT SIGNIFICANT IMPACT SMALL SCHOOLS TEACHER TEACHERS TEACHING TEST SCORES TEXTBOOKS URBAN AREAS |
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ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACHIEVEMENT ADMINISTRATIVE DATA BINDING CLASS SIZE CLASS SIZES CLASSROOMS COUNTRY STUDIES CURRICULUM DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIFFERENT IMPLICATIONS DROP OUT RATES DROP-OUT RATES EDUCATION BUDGET EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL AUTHORITIES EDUCATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE EDUCATIONAL INPUTS EDUCATIONAL INVESTMENTS EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES EDUCATIONAL PROVISION EDUCATIONAL QUALITY EDUCATIONAL REFORM EDUCATIONAL SUPPLY ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT LEVELS ENROLLMENT RATE ENROLLMENTS GRADE LEVELS GROSS ENROLLMENT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCOME LEVELS INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES INSTRUCTION INSTRUCTORS MOBILITY MOTHERS MOTIVATION MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION PAPERS PARENTS PRIMARY EDUCATION PRINCIPALS PRIVATE SCHOOLS PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS PUBLIC SCHOOLS PUPILS RURAL AREAS RURAL LOCATIONS RURAL SCHOOLS SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION SCHOOL DISTRICTS SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOLING SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY ENROLLMENT SIGNIFICANT IMPACT SMALL SCHOOLS TEACHER TEACHERS TEACHING TEST SCORES TEXTBOOKS URBAN AREAS Urquiola, Miguel Identifying Class Size Effects in Developing Countries : Evidence from Rural Schools in Bolivia |
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Latin America & Caribbean Bolivia |
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Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2711 |
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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. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
| author |
Urquiola, Miguel |
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Urquiola, Miguel |
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Urquiola, Miguel |
| title |
Identifying Class Size Effects in Developing Countries : Evidence from Rural Schools in Bolivia |
| title_short |
Identifying Class Size Effects in Developing Countries : Evidence from Rural Schools in Bolivia |
| title_full |
Identifying Class Size Effects in Developing Countries : Evidence from Rural Schools in Bolivia |
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Identifying Class Size Effects in Developing Countries : Evidence from Rural Schools in Bolivia |
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Identifying Class Size Effects in Developing Countries : Evidence from Rural Schools in Bolivia |
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identifying class size effects in developing countries : evidence from rural schools in bolivia |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/11/1637743/identifying-class-size-effects-developing-countries-evidence-rural-schools-bolivia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19497 |
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