The Impact of Attending An Independent Upper Secondary School: Evidence from Sweden Using School Ranking Data

Karin Edmark and Lovisa Persson ()
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Lovisa Persson: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), https://www.ifn.se/

No 2/2020, Working Paper Series from Stockholm University, Swedish Institute for Social Research

Abstract: This paper provides a comprehensive study on how attending a Swedish Independent upper secondary school affects students’ academic and short-term post-secondary outcomes. Beyond having access to population registers that measure school attendance and student outcomes, we are able to control for student preferences for independent provision, as stated in school application forms. The results from a CEM/VAM approach suggest a positive independent school effect on: final GPA, test results in English and Swedish, the likelihood of graduating on time, and attending post secondary education. However, we also find a larger discrepancy between the final grade and the standardized test result among the independent school students, in a way that accords with more lenient grading practices among independent schools. Results from a difference- in difference analysis around admission thresholds yielded no additional insights, due to imprecise estimates.

Keywords: Private provision; mixed markets; voucher school reform; upper secondary education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H44 I21 I26 I28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 103 pages
Date: 2020-04-16
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-edu, nep-eur and nep-ure
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Journal Article: The impact of attending an independent upper secondary school: Evidence from Sweden using school ranking data (2021)
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