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This paper investigates identification and root-n-consistent estimation of a class of single-index panel data models in which the link function is unknown, the unobserved individual effects may be correlated with all the explanatory variables, and all the explanatory variables may be...
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Despite progress over the past decades, Greece?s educational indicators lag behind those of other OECD countries. PISA …’éducation de la Grèce sont en retrait par rapport à ceux des autres pays de l’OCDE. Les résultats de l’exercice PISA sont médiocres …
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The Australian education system fares well in international comparison with regards to PISA test scores and the higher … les notes obtenues aux épreuves du PISA, et ses établissements d’enseignement supérieur attirent un nombre croissant d …
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2006 OECD PISA study, weaker students tend to do badly by international comparison and socio-economic and/or immigrant … compréhension de l’écrit et en mathématiques selon l’enquête PISA 2006 de l’OCDE, les élèves en difficulté ont généralement des …
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Luxembourg is below the OECD average according to the 2003 OECD PISA study, with the performance gap between immigrant and native … the PISA tests suggests that the reforms over the past decade or so to attenuate these difficulties have had considerable … success: the adverse impact of immigrant status on PISA test scores is around the OECD average. The fact that the performance …
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This paper uses large multi-country datasets on educational scores – namely PISA and TIMSS – to examine the factors …
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Using data from the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (2006-PIRLS) and the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (2007-TIMSS), we investigate the determinants and the effect of being a victim of school bullying on educational achievement for Italian students...
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We ask whether failing one or more of the state-mandated high-school exit examinations affects whether students graduate from high school. Using a new multi-dimensional regression-discontinuity approach, we examine simultaneously scores on mathematics and English language arts tests. Barely...
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The literature estimating returns to education has often utilized spousal education and parental education as instrument variables (IV). However, due to usual survey designs, both IVs are available only for the individuals whose spouse or parents are present in the same household. The IV...
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We study the effects of a conditional cash transfers program on school enrollment and performance in Mexico. We provide a theoretical framework for analyzing the dynamic educational process including the endogeneity and uncertainty of performance at school (passing grades) and the effect of a...
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