Essays about: "grade inflation"

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  1. 11. Does profit-oriented ownership in the Swedish school sector affect its quality negatively - a quantitative panel study

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Emelie Jonsson; Owe Xie; [2015]
    Keywords : Privatization; Profit-driven welfare; School; Education quality; Spillover;

    Abstract : A heavily discussed topic in Sweden the last year has been whether profits within the welfare sector should be allowed. In this paper we investigate how privately owned schools affect the Swedish school quality, focusing on profit-driven actors' impact. The effect is isolated in a two-stage analysis using fixed effect regressions. READ MORE

  3. 12. The Swedish Grades through Modern Time : An Empirical Investigation on the Secondary Upper High School in Sweden

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper

    Author : Andreas Exner; [2014]
    Keywords : Grades; Sweden; Secondary Upper High School; Fixed Effects; PISA;

    Abstract : Studies reveal a variation in the effects on education outcome from various social, political, and economical factors. The constant change makes it challenging to collect relevant data, and yet estimate a precise model which would still be applicable after a period of time. READ MORE

  4. 13. Performance of passive long term investments : A longitudinal study over the relative performance of emerging- and developed markets

    University essay from Företagsekonomi

    Author : Haseeb Zaman Babar; Johan Norberg; [2013]
    Keywords : Terminal growth; Sharpe ratio; Currency effect; Skewness and Kurtosis; BRIC; CIVETS; Emerging Markets;

    Abstract : The concept of emerging markets came to surface in early 1980 and constituted of only eight countries from the two continents of South America and Asia. The globalization of financial markets has since raised the importance of emerging capital markets. READ MORE