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SUMMARY:The Impact of Attending an Independent Upper Secondary School: Evi
 dence from Sweden using School Ranking Data - Lovisa Persson\, Kristiansta
 d University and IFN and Karin Edmark\, Swedish Institute for Social Resea
 rch (SOFI)
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CONTACT:Judith Dixon
DESCRIPTION:{ABOUT THE SPEAKER}\nLovisa Persson received her PhD from Upps
 ala University in 2015. Her main research area is local government econom
 ics\, and her current research topics include: public sector productivity
 \, digitalization in local government\, and analysis of quasi-markets. \
 n\n{ABSTRACT}\nThis paper provides\, to the best of our knowledge\, the fi
 rst comprehensive study on how attending a Swedish Independent upper secon
 dary school affects students’ academic and short-term post-secondary out
 comes. Beyond having access to population registers that measure school at
 tendance and student outcomes\, we also add measures of student preference
 s for independent provision\, as stated in school application forms. The r
 esults from a CEM/VAM approach suggest a positive independent school effec
 t on: final GPA\, test scores in English and Swedish\, likelihood to gradu
 ate on time\, and attending post-secondary education. However\, we also fi
 nd a larger discrepancy between the final grade and the standardized test 
 result among the independent school students\, in a way that accords with 
 previously indicated more lenient grading practices among independent scho
 ol students. Results from an alternative regression discontinuity design y
 ielded no additional insights\, due to imprecise estimates\n
LOCATION:Mill Lane Lecture Room 4
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