This report reflects and analyzes the recently released survey results from the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) conducted in 2009 by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The report examines the change in scores from 2006 to 2009 and looks at how...

This paper estimates the marginal returns to college for individuals induced to enroll in college by different marginal policy changes. The recent instrumental variables literature seeks to estimate this parameter, but in general it does so only under strong assumptions that are tested and found...

Bildung avanciert im Zeitalter der Wissensgesellschaft zu einer der wichtigsten individuellen und gesellschaftlichen Ressourcen überhaupt. Seit dem Jahr 2000 testet die Organisation für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (OECD) im Rahmen ihrer Bildungsstudie "PISA" (Programme for...