The aim of this paper is to propose a new database allowing a comparative evaluation of the relative performance of … existing regional and international student achievement tests by using a specific methodology. Compared to other existing … databases, our approach innovates on several ways, especially by including regional student achievement tests and intertemporal …

We review the economic literature on the impacts of the several dimensions of education upon intergenerational … inequality persistency. It is firstly outlined that the critical increase in the population education level in all countries has … not come with lower inequality. The basic tools of education and intergenerational mobility modelling are subsequently …

educational choices. Individuals decide whether to invest in additional education according to their expectations regarding future …. Then, we analyse the long-term implications of a public policy that would favour education and make it possible to select …

the probability of entering higher education. Differences in ability(ies) and in parental human capital are much more …

The purpose is to provide some empirical evidence for promoting new insights into the economics of education … impact on fixed earnings and flexible pay of the traditional human capital theory variables (education and experience) on the …

probability of entering higher education. Differences in ability(ies) and in parental human capital are much more important. in …

size on child education in urban Philippines. To isolate exogenous changes in family size, we exploit a policy shock: in …

(most of) continental Europe and Latin America than in Asia, Scandinavia and North America. It is uncorrelated with average …

(most of) continental Europe and Latin America than in Asia, Scandinavia and North America. It is uncorrelated with average …