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Effect of class size on student achievement in the COVID-19 "new normal"

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dc.affiliation.dptoUC3M. Departamento de Economíaes
dc.contributor.authorCarro, Jesús M.
dc.contributor.authorGallardo Sanchez, Pedro
dc.contributor.funderComunidad de Madrides
dc.contributor.funderAgencia Estatal de Investigación (España)es
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-15T16:53:00Z
dc.date.available2024-01-15T16:53:00Z
dc.date.issued2023-10-14
dc.description.abstractThe COVID-19 pandemic implied measures, such as school closures at the outbreak of the pandemic, negatively affected children's human capital. However, in some places, the situation later resulted in a reduction in class sizes in order to avoid the spread of SARS-Cov-2 in schools. We take advantage of this unexpected event to evaluate the effect on school performance of a significant class size reduction implemented in Spain, when schools were reopened. We find a positive and significant effect of the class size reduction of 0.11 standard deviations on overall students' performance. Given the situation and nature of our data, we interpret our estimates as a lower bound for the true effect of the reduction in class size. We conclude that the reduction in class size served, on average, to at least compensate for the other negative effects on learning. Our findings also point out the importance of evaluating the quality of the new and inexperienced additional teachers that need to be hired when implementing a general reduction of class size.en
dc.description.sponsorshipComunidad de Madrid, Grant/Award Number: EPUC3M11 (V PRICIT); Agencia Estatal de Investigación del Gobierno de España, Grant/Award Number: RTI2018-095231-B-I00es
dc.identifier.bibliographicCitationCarro, J. M., & Gallardo, P. (2023). Effect of class size on student achievement in the COVID‐19 “new normal”. Bulletin of Economic Research.en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1111/boer.12426
dc.identifier.issn0307-3378
dc.identifier.publicationfirstpage1es
dc.identifier.publicationlastpage16es
dc.identifier.publicationtitleBULLETIN OF ECONOMIC RESEARCHen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10016/39254
dc.identifier.uxxiAR/0000033880
dc.language.isoenges
dc.publisherWileyes
dc.relation.projectIDGobierno de España. RTI2018-095231-B-I00es
dc.relation.projectIDComunidad de Madrid.es
dc.rights© 2023 The Authors.en
dc.rightsAtribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 España*
dc.rights.accessRightsopen accesses
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/*
dc.subject.ecienciaEconomíaes
dc.subject.otherClass sizeen
dc.subject.otherSARS-COV-2en
dc.subject.otherCovid-19en
dc.subject.otherStudent achievementen
dc.subject.otherStudents/teacher ratioen
dc.titleEffect of class size on student achievement in the COVID-19 "new normal"en
dc.typeresearch articleen
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