and their average quality affects the productivity of researchers in physics, chemistry, and mathematics. The usual … affect a researcher's productivity. Among co-authors, however, there is strong and significant evidence that peer quality … affects a researcher's productivity. Loosing a co-author of average quality reduces the productivity of an average scientist …

Both educational attainment and school quality are typically lower in disadvantaged areas than others and much recent … policy attention has been focused on each. This paper looks at the quality problem, exploring the relationships between … disadvantaged contexts, what schools do, and the quality of schooling that they provide. The findings suggest that disadvantaged …

This paper examines how the quality of formal early childhood education and care is associated with children …’s background. By using different indicators of quality, the research also explored how the relationship varies depending on the way … quality is measured. The analysis combines information from three administrative datasets – the Early Years Census, the …

Unilateral minimum quality standards are endogenously determined as the outcome of a non-cooperative standard …-setting game between the governments of two countries. Cross-country externalities from the implementation of minimum quality … policy outcomes. The role of minimum quality standards as non-tariff barriers is examined and the scope for mutual gains from …

quality childcare, and more generous financial support for families with children, both in and out of work. The paper draws on …

correlation with unobserved school and neighborhood quality, i.e. the role of sorting into schools and neighborhoods of different … quality. We suggest a method of calculating school quality (how effective a school is in helping its pupils to avoid low … measure of ‘school quality’. Thirdly, the paper examines the relationship between school resources – particularly per pupil …

individuals’ contributions to higher education costs, through income-contingent and deferred instruments, does not significantly …