Replication data for: In a Small Moment: Class Size and Moral Hazard in the Italian Mezzogiorno

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Joshua D. Angrist; Erich Battistin; Daniela Vuri

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Project Citation:

Angrist, Joshua D., Battistin, Erich, and Vuri, Daniela. Replication data for: In a Small Moment: Class Size and Moral Hazard in the Italian Mezzogiorno. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2017. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E113698V1

Project Description

Summary: Instrumental variables (IV) estimates show strong class-size effects in Southern Italy. But Italy's Mezzogiorno is distinguished by manipulation of standardized test scores as well as by economic disadvantage. IV estimates suggest small classes increase manipulation. We argue that score manipulation is a consequence of teacher shirking. IV estimates of a causal model for achievement as a function of class size and score manipulation show that class-size effects on measured achievement are driven entirely by the relationship between class size and manipulation. These results illustrate how consequential score manipulation can arise even in assessment systems with few accountability concerns.

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
      D82 Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
      H75 State and Local Government: Health; Education; Welfare; Public Pensions
      I21 Analysis of Education
      I26 Returns to Education
      I28 Education: Government Policy
      J24 Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
      R23 Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics: Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population; Neighborhood Characteristics

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