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How Equal Are Educational Opportunities? : Family Background and Student Achievement in Europe and the United States
Woessmann, Ludger - 2004
. France and Flemish Belgium achieve the most equitable performance for students from different family backgrounds, and Britain …
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What Accounts for International Differences in Student Performance? : A Re-Examination Using PISA Data
Fuchs, Thomas; Woessmann, Ludger - 2004
beneficial in systems with external exit exams. Students perform better in privately operated schools, but private funding is not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262036
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Does educational tracking affect performance and inequality? Differences-in-differences evidence across countries
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Woessmann, Ludger - 2005
Even though some countries track students into differing-ability schools by age 10, others keep their entire secondary …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274166
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The economics of international differences in educational achievement
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Woessmann, Ludger - 2010
An emerging economic literature over the past decade has made use of international tests of educational achievement to analyze the determinants and impacts of cognitive skills. The cross-country comparative approach provides a number of unique advantages over national studies: It can exploit...
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