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The Effect of Weekly Instruction Time on Academic Achievement: The Spanish Case

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  • Luis Alejandro López-Agudo

    (Universidad de Málaga)

  • Óscar D. Marcenaro Gutiérrez

    (Universidad de Málaga)

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This research checks if the amount of weekly instruction time received by 15 year-old Spanish students actually affects their academic achievement and if this effect differs by Autonomous Community. The employed student fixed effects between-subjects let us isolate this effect of instruction time from other covariates. Results show that there is not any significant effect of instruction time on academic achieve¬ment, being this conclusion extended to the Autonomous Communities under analysis. This result suggests that a previous evaluation of the weekly instruction time set by the Spanish 2013 education law would have been needed before its implementation.

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  • Luis Alejandro López-Agudo & Óscar D. Marcenaro Gutiérrez, 2019. "The Effect of Weekly Instruction Time on Academic Achievement: The Spanish Case," Hacienda Pública Española / Review of Public Economics, IEF, vol. 230(3), pages 63-93, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:hpe:journl:y:2019:v:230:i:3:p:63-93
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    Keywords

    Weekly instruction time; Student fixed effects; Spain; Autonomous Communities; Second¬ary education.;
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    JEL classification:

    • I20 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - General
    • I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
    • I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy

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