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Pisa : What Makes the Difference? Explaining the Gap in Pisa Test Scores between Finland and Germany
Ammermueller, Andreas - 2008
The huge difference in the level and variance of student performance in the 2000 PISA study between Finland and Germany … scores than Finnish students. The results imply that early streaming in Germany penalizes students in lower school types and … school types. Overall, the variation in test scores can be explained much better by the observable characteristics in Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014071300
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Self-Productivity and Complementarities in Human Development : Evidence from MARS
Blomeyer, Dorothea; Coneus, Katja; Laucht, Manfred; … - 2008
This paper investigates the role of self-productivity and home resources in capability formation from infancy to adolescence. In addition, we study the complementarities between basic cognitive, motor and noncognitive abilities and social as well as academic achievement. Our data are taken from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014214808
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The Role of Education Quality for Economic Growth
Hanushek, Eric A.; W????mann, Ludger - 2012
The role of improved schooling, a central part of most development strategies, has become controversial because expansion of school attainment has not guaranteed improved economic conditions. This paper reviews the role of education in promoting economic well-being, focusing on the role of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012552573
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Training, Mobility, and Wages : Specific Versus General Human Capital
Garloff, Alfred - 2008
This paper considers training, mobility decisions and wages together to test for the specificity of human capital contained in continuing training courses. We empirically analyse the relationship between training, mobility and wages in two ways. First, we examine the correlation between training...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012727241
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Educational Attainment and Returns to Education in Germany
Ammermueller, Andreas; Weber, Andrea Maria - 2008
Germany in the time period 1985-2002. Returns to education are estimated using Mincer equations. We analyze micro-census data … first time for Germany in such detail. The data indicate an educational expansion, especially for women in West Germany … degree subjects in West than in East Germany, especially for women …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014065313
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Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital in Early Childhood
Coneus, Katja; Sprietsma, Maresa - 2009
It is a well-known fact that the level of parents' education is strongly correlated with the educational achievement of their children. In this paper,we shed light on the potential channels through which human capital is transmitted from mothers to their children in early childhood. The main...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014206260
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Human Capital Investment Strategies in Europe
Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2011
The paper analyses alternative investment policies and their consequences for the evolution of human capital in Europe based on a model of age dependent skill formation where the life span depends on investments during childhood. What makes the approach special is the analysis of the returns to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013124628
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Institutional Effects as Determinants of Learning Outcomes : Exploring State Variations in Mexico
??lvarez, Jes??s; Garc??a Moreno, Vicente; Patrinos, … - 2012
This paper uses the OECD's Program for International Student Assessment student-level achievement database for Mexico to estimate state education production functions, controlling for student characteristics, family background, home inputs, resources, and institutions. The authors take advantage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012552736
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Educational Expansion : Evidence and Interpretation
Gradstein, Mark; Nikitin, Denis - 2013
can be attributed to the intertemporal expansion of the world technological frontier, which enhances the demand for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012559714
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What Accounts for International Differences in Student Performance? : A Re-Examination Using PISA Data
Fuchs, Thomas; Woessmann, Ludger - 2004
We use the PISA student-level achievement database to estimate international education production functions. Student characteristics, family backgrounds, home inputs, resources, teachers and institutions are all significantly related to math, science and reading achievement. Our models account...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262036