Birth Cohort Size Variation and the Estimation of Class Size Effects

Maximilian Bach (corresponding author, [email protected]) works at the Federal Statistical Office of Germany. He was a researcher in the Department of Labour Markets and Social Insurance at ZEW Mannheim when this paper was written. Part of this paper were written while he was a Ph.D. student at the Graduate Center DIW and Humboldt University Berlin.

Stephan Sievert works at the Federal Ministry for Employment and Social Affairs. He was a guest researcher at DIW Berlin when this paper was written.