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Assessment Drives Learning: The Effect of Central Exit Exams on Curricular Knowledge and Mathematical Literacy

Jürges, Hendrik; Schneider, Kerstin; Senkbeil, Martin; … - CESifo - 2009

In this paper, we use data from the German PISA 2003 sample to study the effects of central exit examinations on student performance, student attitudes, and teacher behavior. Unlike earlier studies we use (i) a value-added measure to pin down the effect of central exit exams on learning in the...

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Genes, Economics, and Happiness

Neve, Jan-Emmanuel De; Christakis, Nicholas A.; Fowler, … - CESifo - 2010

We explore the influence of genetic variation on subjective well-being by employing a twin design and genetic association study. In a nationally-representative twin sample, we first show that about 33% of the variation in life satisfaction is explained by genetic variation. Although previous...

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Teacher Quality and Incentives: Theoretical and Empirical Effects of Standards on Teacher Quality

Jürges, Hendrik; Richter, Wolfram F.; Schneider, Kerstin - CESifo - 2004

Applying the theory of yardstick competition to the schooling system, we show that it is optimal to have central tests of student achievement and to engage in benchmarking because it raises the quality of teaching. This is true even if teachers’ pay (defined in monetary terms) is not...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005094428

Parental Leave and Children's Schooling Outcomes: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from a Large Parental Leave Reform

Danzer, Natalia; Lavy, Victor - CESifo - 2013

This paper investigates the question whether long-term human capital outcomes are affected by the duration of maternity leave, i.e. by the time mothers spend at home with their newborn before returning to work. Employing RD and difference-in-difference approaches, this paper exploits an...

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Taxing Childcare: Effects on Family Labor Supply and Children

Gathmann, Christina; Sass, Björn - CESifo - 2012

Previous studies report a wide range of estimates for how female labor supply responds to childcare prices. We shed new light on this question using a reform that raised the prices of public daycare. Parents respond by reducing public daycare and increasing childcare at home. Parents also reduce...

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How much do Educational Outcomes Matter in OECD Countries?

Hanushek, Eric A.; Woessmann, Ludger - CESifo - 2010

Existing growth research provides little explanation for the very large differences in long-run growth performance across OECD countries. We show that cognitive skills can account for growth differences within the OECD, whereas a range of economic institutions and quantitative measures of...

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Can't Buy Mommy's Love? Universal Childcare and Children's Long-Term Cognitive Development

Felfe, Christina; Nollenberger, Natalia; … - CESifo - 2013

difference-in-difference approach. We find sizable improvements in children’s reading and math skills at age 15, as well as in …

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Returns to Skills around the World: Evidence from PIAAC

Hanushek, Eric A.; Schwerdt, Guido; Wiederhold, Simon; … - CESifo - 2014

Existing estimates of the labor-market returns to human capital give a distorted picture of the role of skills across different economies. International comparisons of earnings analyses rely almost exclusively on school attainment measures of human capital, and evidence incorporating direct...

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The Economics of International Differences in Educational Achievement

Hanushek, Eric A.; Woessmann, Ludger - CESifo - 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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Protestantism and Education: Reading (the Bible) and other Skills

Boppart, Timo; Falkinger, Josef; Grossmann, Volker - CESifo - 2011

skills: reading, numeracy, essay writing and Swiss history. We develop an estimation strategy to examine whether the impact … of religious denomination was particularly large with respect to reading capabilities. We find support for this … hypothesis. However, Protestants’ education motives went beyond reading the bible. …

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