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Recovering distributions in difference-in-differences models : a comparison of selective and comprehensive schooling
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Bonhomme, Stéphane and Sauder, Ulrich (2011) Recovering distributions in difference-in-differences models : a comparison of selective and comprehensive schooling. Review of Economics and Statistics, Volume 93 (Number 2). pp. 479-494. doi:10.1162/REST_a_00164 ISSN 0034-6535.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/REST_a_00164
Abstract
We compare the effects of selective and nonselective secondary education on children's test scores, using British data from the National Child Development Study. Test scores are modeled as the output of an additive production function. An important input is the child's unobserved initial endowment, which may be correlated with the education system attended. In this model, we generalize the difference-in-differences approach and identify the entire counterfactual distribution of potential outcomes. Our results suggest that the better performance of selective schools relative to nonselective ones is essentially due to differences in pupils' composition.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB1603 Secondary Education. High schools | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Educational tests and measurements -- Mathematical models, Education, Secondary -- Great Britain -- Research, Educational attainment | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Review of Economics and Statistics | ||||
Publisher: | MIT Press | ||||
ISSN: | 0034-6535 | ||||
Official Date: | 2011 | ||||
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Volume: | Volume 93 | ||||
Number: | Number 2 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 479-494 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1162/REST_a_00164 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published |
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