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Do better schools lead to more growth?: cognitive skills, economic outcomes, and causation
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Woessmann, Ludger - 2009
We provide evidence that the robust association between cognitive skills and economic growth reflects a causal effect of cognitive skills and supports the economic benefits of effective school policy. We develop a new common metric that allows tracking student achievement across countries, over...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274159
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The role of school improvement in economic development
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Woessmann, Ludger - 2007
individual earnings, to the distribution of income, and to economic growth. New empirical results show the importance of both …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274157
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Schooling, cognitive skills, and the Latin American growth puzzle
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Woessmann, Ludger - 2009
comparable income data. Our growth analysis using these data confirms the significant effects of cognitive skills on intra …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274163