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Angrist, Joshua D., Lavy, Victor, Leder-Luis, Jetson and Shany, Adi (2019) Maimonides rule redux. American Economic Review : Insights , 1 (3). pp. 309-324. doi:10.1257/aeri.20180120 ISSN 0002-8282.

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Abstract

We use Maimonides' rule as an instrument for class size in large Israeli samples from 2002–2011. In contrast with Angrist and Lavy (1999), newer estimates show no evidence of class size effects. The new data also reveal enrollment manipulation near Maimonides cutoffs. A modified rule that uses birthdays to impute enrollment circumvents manipulation while still generating precisely estimated zeros. In both old and new data, Maimonides' rule is unrelated to socioeconomic characteristics conditional on a few controls. Enrollment manipulation therefore appears to be innocuous. We briefly discuss possible explanations for the disappearance of Israeli class size effects since the early 1990s.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB1501 Primary Education
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Class size -- Matematical models -- Ísrael, Elementary school -- Ísrael
Journal or Publication Title: American Economic Review : Insights
Publisher: American Economic Association
ISSN: 0002-8282
Official Date: December 2019
Dates:
DateEvent
December 2019Published
8 July 2018Accepted
Volume: 1
Number: 3
Page Range: pp. 309-324
DOI: 10.1257/aeri.20180120
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
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Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Copyright Holders: AEA
Date of first compliant deposit: 9 August 2018
Date of first compliant Open Access: 9 August 2018
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Project/Grant IDRIOXX Funder NameFunder ID
UNSPECIFIEDArnold FoundationUNSPECIFIED
UNSPECIFIEDSpencer Foundationhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100001348
323439European Research Council http://viaf.org/viaf/130022607
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