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Public opinion and the acceptance and feasibility of educational reforms : EENEE analytical report, prepared for the European Commission

Busemeyer, Marius R.; Lergetporer, Philipp; Woessmann, … - 2017

In education policy, as in many other policy fields, well-designed policy reforms may fail to get enacted because policymakers may suddenly become confronted with a public backlash against their reform agenda. Thus, understanding the dynamics of public opinion is important in order to be able to...

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Does parental education affect fertility? : evidence from pre-demographic transition prussia

Becker, Sascha O.; Cinnirella, Francesco; Woessmann, Ludger - 2011

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Does Parental Education Affect Fertility? Evidence from Pre-Demographic Transition Prussia

Becker, Sascha O. - 2011

factors underlying historical fertility limitation, the role of parental education has received little attention. We combine … their fertility before the demographic transition. Despite controlling for several demand and supply factors, we find a … negative residual effect of women's education on fertility. Instrumental‐variable estimates, using exogenous variation in women …

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Does parental education affect fertility? : evidence from pre-demographic transition Prussia

Becker, Sascha O.; Cinnirella, Francesco; Woessmann, Ludger - 2011

factors underlying historical fertility limitation, the role of parental education has received little attention. We combine … their fertility before the demographic transition. Despite controlling for several demand and supply factors, we find a … negative residual effect of women's education on fertility. Instrumental-variable estimates, using exogenous variation in women …

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Schooling, cognitive skills, and the Latin American growth puzzle

Hanushek, Eric Alan; Woessmann, Ludger - 2009

Economic development in Latin America has trailed most other world regions over the past four decades despite its relatively high initial development and school attainment levels. This puzzle can be resolved by considering the actual learning as expressed in tests of cognitive skills, on which...

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