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Parental education and child's education : a natural experiment
Chevalier, Arnaud (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002071969
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Fiscal policy and educational attainment in the United States : a generational accounting perspective
Chojnicki, Xavier (contributor);  … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001937678
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Educational attainment: analysis by immigrant generation
Chiswick, Barry R. (contributor);  … - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001734036
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School quality and family background in Italy
Brunello, Giorgio (contributor);  … - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
We study whether the combined significant reduction in the pupil-teacher ratio and increase in parental education observed in Italy between the end of World War II and the end of the 1980s have had a significant impact on the educational attainment and the labor market returns of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001745326
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The High Cost of Low Educational Performance : The Long-run Economic Impact of Improving PISA Outcomes
2010
This report uses recent economic modelling to relate cognitive skills – as measured by PISA and other international instruments – to economic growth, demonstrating that relatively small improvements to labour force skills can largely impact the future well-being of a nation. The report also...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012442577
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Against the Odds : Disadvantaged Students Who Succeed in School
2011
is possible, and provides students, parents, policy makers and other education stakeholders insights into what enables …Many socio-economically disadvantaged students excel in PISA. Students who succeed at school despite a disadvantaged … background -- resilient students -- are the focus of Against the Odds. The report shows that overcoming barriers to achievement …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012443692
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Do Students Perform Better in Schools with Orderly Classrooms?
OECD - 2013
Most students enjoy orderly classrooms for their language-of-instruction lessons. Socio-economically disadvantaged … students are less likely to enjoy orderly classrooms than advantaged students. Orderly classrooms – regardless of the school …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012454633
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Equally prepared for life? : How 15-year-old boys and girls perform in school
2009
This report explores the educational performance and attitudes of males and females during childhood and adolescence. It opens with a general summary of gender differences measured outside of the PISA assessment programme and then considers the knowledge gained about gender-related issues from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012443319
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Private tutoring expenditures in Turkey
Tansel, Aysıt (contributor); Bircan, Fatma (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002226297
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Families, human capital, and small business : evidence from the characteristics of business owners survey
Fairlie, Robert W. (contributor);  … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
substantially higher among the children of business owners than among the children of non-business owners. Using data from the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002265138