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Internationalization of Universities as Internationalization of Bildung
Lenz, Rainer; Steinhaus, Carol - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
itself. Internationalization is a powerful means to fulfill a university’s central task “Bildung of individuals” as it …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008693998
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Social Sector Development in South West Bengal
Majumder, Rajarshi; Ray, Jhilam; Sen, Anindita - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Development economics in recent years have become more people centric than before. It has rediscovered that human beings are both the means and the end of economic development process, and without Human Development that process becomes a hollow rhetoric. The maze of technical concepts and growth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258151
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Is Large More Effective than Small is Beautiful? Size and Performance of Primary Schools in Poland
Herczynski, Jan; Herbst, Mikolaj - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004
We investigate the size-related features of the production function of Polish primary schools. The interplay of small schools ineffectiveness and of organizational and social difficulties appearing in large schools implies that the relationship between school size and student achievement is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836355
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Does bullying reduce educational achievement? An evaluation using matching estimators
Ponzo, Michela - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
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 impact of being a victim of school bullying on educational achievement for Italian students enrolled at the fourth and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009421988
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Quasi-Experimental Estimates of Class Size Effect in Primary Schools in Poland
Jakubowski, Maciej; Sakowski, Pawel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
In this paper we analyze class size effects in the case of primary schools in Poland. We use two empirical strategies to avoid endogeneity bias. First, we use average class size in a grade as an instrumental variable for actual class size. This allows us to control for within school selection of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005790057
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Educational Achievement of Immigrant Children in Western Countries: Origin, Destination, and Community Effects on Mathematical Performance
Levels, Mark; Dronkers, Jaap Dronkers; Kraaykamp, Gerbert - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
This paper explores the extent to which macro-level characteristics of destination countries, origin countries and immigrant communities can explain differences in the educational achievement of immigrant children. Using data from the 2003 PISA survey, we performed analyses on the mathematical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008529208
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Choice and Effectiveness of Private and Public Schools in six countries. A reanalysis of three PISA data sets
Dronkers, J; Avram, S - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
In international comparative studies on academic achievement, the distinction between private government-dependent schools and private-independent schools has been proven particularly important for understanding the differences in the effectiveness of the private and public school sectors....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008541486
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Positive externalities of congestion, human capital, and socio-economic factors: A case study of chronic illness in Japan.
yamamura, eiji - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This paper explores, using Japanese panel data for the years 1988-2002, how externalities from congestion and human capital influence deaths caused by chronic illnesses. Major findings through fixed effects 2SLS estimation were as follows: (1) the number of deaths were smaller in more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835388
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Dual Poverty Trap: Intra- and Intergenerational Linkages in Frictional Labor Markets
Horii, Ryo; Sasaki, Masaru - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
education in developing countries. When parents are uneducated, their children often face difficulties in finishing school and … receive an education, they expect that firms will not create enough jobs for educated workers, and thus are further … provision of free education, support for disadvantaged children, and public awareness programs. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835472
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Education in Post-Independent Eritrea – A Brief Description
Rena, Ravinder - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
Education is an important pillar in the national economic development. It contributes to economic growth in varied … education plays a key role in the development after independence. This paper discusses educational growth and development in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835622