Estimating the Effect of Teaching Assistant Support on Educational Outcomes

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Charles University Faculty of Social Sciences Institute of Economic Studies MASTER'S THESIS Estimating the Effect of Teaching Assistant Support on Pupils' Educational Outcomes Author: Jakub Komárek BSc. Study program: Economics and Finance Supervisor: PhDr. Václav Korbel Ph.D. Academic Year: 2022/2023 ii Declaration of Authorship The author hereby declares that he compiled this thesis independently; using only the listed resources and literature, and the thesis has not been used to obtain a different or the same degree. The author grants to Charles University permission to reproduce and to distribute copies of this thesis document in whole or in part. Prague, 1st March 2023 Jakub Komárek BSc. ii iii Acknowledgments The author is grateful especially to prof. PhDr. Tomáš Havránek Ph.D., PhDr. Jiří Schwarz Ph.D., and especially to a supervisor PhDr. Václav Korbel Ph.D. for their advice, support, and, most of all, patience. This endeavour would not be possible unless the Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sports of the Czech Republic kindly provided necessary data in the form of school reports. iii iv Abstract The thesis provides an analytical-quantitative approach towards estimation of the effect of teaching assistant support on educational outcomes. We used nation-wide data of the Czech school system and three...

Charles University Faculty of Social Sciences Institute of Economic Studies MASTER'S THESIS Estimating the Effect of Teaching Assistant Support on Pupils' Educational Outcomes Author: Jakub Komárek BSc. Study program: Economics and Finance Supervisor: PhDr. Václav Korbel Ph.D. Academic Year: 2022/2023 ii Declaration of Authorship The author hereby declares that he compiled this thesis independently; using only the listed resources and literature, and the thesis has not been used to obtain a different or the same degree. The author grants to Charles University permission to reproduce and to distribute copies of this thesis document in whole or in part. Prague, 1st March 2023 Jakub Komárek BSc. ii iii Acknowledgments The author is grateful especially to prof. PhDr. Tomáš Havránek Ph.D., PhDr. Jiří Schwarz Ph.D., and especially to a supervisor PhDr. Václav Korbel Ph.D. for their advice, support, and, most of all, patience. This endeavour would not be possible unless the Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sports of the Czech Republic kindly provided necessary data in the form of school reports. iii iv Abstract The thesis provides an analytical-quantitative approach towards estimation of the effect of teaching assistant support on educational outcomes. We used nation-wide data of the Czech school system and three...