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The determinants which are decisive for a successful accumulation of human capital and the transfer of these skills into the labor market are a contentious issue in the literature on the economics of education. Different studies on, for instance, the impact of school resources typically reach...
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particular, German policy makers, pedagogues, parents, and teachers have since long discussed whether the traditional … children who entered school in the late 1960s through the late 1970s, a time when delaying enrolment was common, we investigate …
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particular, German policy makers, pedagogues, parents, and teachers have since long discussed whether the traditional … children who entered school in the late 1960s through the late 1970s, a time when delaying enrolment was common, we investigate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261032
Data from 31 countries participating in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is used to estimate education production functions for reading literacy. The analysis suggests that the probability of finding statistically significant and correctly signed class size effects...
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students participating in this standardized test performed considerably below the OECD average and substantially worse than … comprehensive econometric analysis of the association of the individual-level reading test scores of German students with individual … too much regulation of schools or the substantial share of non-citizens among the participating students, are by no means …
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other school quality measures on students' outcomes. This paper analyses the effect of achievement heterogeneity and …
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The German practice of compelling weak students to repeat a class has come under heavy criticism recently. Many …
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systems. Our findings suggest that US students, particularly those in the lower quantiles, are served relatively …
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The ultimate aim of opinion surveys is the provision of information on the distribution of preferences and perceptions at the individual level. Yet, eliciting this information from the data is typically difficult. This paper uses a structural model to explain the answers on a set of questions...
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other school quality measures on students' outcomes. This paper analyses the effect of achievement heterogeneity and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261008