A for effort: an empirical analysis of the effect of competition on grade inflation in Swedish schools
(2016) NEKN01 20161Department of Economics
- Abstract
- I present a theoretical model for competitive interaction between schools and
grade inflation. To test the model, I estimate the effect of competition on
grade inflation in Swedish upper secondary schools using data from all schools
in the years 2012-2015. To solve the endogeneity problem of competition, I
use Instrumental Variable estimation with Fixed Effects. I use the sudden
shutdown of 17 schools due to the bankruptcy of the John Bauer Group in
2013 as an instrument for competition. The IV results and the exploration of
an adverse effect of grade inflation both support the theoretical model. The
IV results show that there is a causal effect of competition on grade inflation.
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- author
- Sporre, Hampus LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- NEKN01 20161
- year
- 2016
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- Grade inflation, competition, education, instrumental variables, fixed effects
- language
- English
- id
- 8879497
- date added to LUP
- 2016-06-22 14:25:27
- date last changed
- 2016-06-22 14:25:27
@misc{8879497, abstract = {{I present a theoretical model for competitive interaction between schools and grade inflation. To test the model, I estimate the effect of competition on grade inflation in Swedish upper secondary schools using data from all schools in the years 2012-2015. To solve the endogeneity problem of competition, I use Instrumental Variable estimation with Fixed Effects. I use the sudden shutdown of 17 schools due to the bankruptcy of the John Bauer Group in 2013 as an instrument for competition. The IV results and the exploration of an adverse effect of grade inflation both support the theoretical model. The IV results show that there is a causal effect of competition on grade inflation.}}, author = {{Sporre, Hampus}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{A for effort: an empirical analysis of the effect of competition on grade inflation in Swedish schools}}, year = {{2016}}, }