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ERIC Number: EJ1005253
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013
Pages: 16
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0964-5292
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Class-Size Effects on Adolescents' Mental Health and Well-Being in Swedish Schools
Jakobsson, Niklas; Persson, Mattias; Svensson, Mikael
Education Economics, v21 n3 p248-263 2013
This paper analyzes whether class size has an effect on the prevalence of mental health problems and well-being among adolescents in Swedish schools. We use cross-sectional data collected in year 2008 covering 2755 Swedish adolescents in ninth grade from 40 schools and 159 classes. We utilize different econometric approaches to address potential between- and within-school endogeneity including school-fixed effects and regression discontinuity approaches. Our results indicate no robust effects of class size on the prevalence of mental health problems and well-being, and we cannot reject the hypothesis that class size has no effect on mental health and well-being at all. (Contains 6 tables and 10 notes.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 9
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Sweden
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