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The Effect of Compulsory Schooling on Health - Evidence from Biomarkers
Jürges, Hendrik; Kruk, Eberhard; Reinhold, Steffen - 2021
find a strong positive correlation between education and health, both self-rated and measured by blood fibrinogen and C …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316195
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Compulsory Schooling Reforms, Education and Mortality in Twentieth Century Europe
Gathmann, Christina; Jürges, Hendrik; Reinhold, Steffen - CESifo - 2012
Education yields substantial non-monetary benefits, but the size of these gains is still debated. Previous studies, for … example, report contradictory effects of education and compulsory schooling on mortality - ranging from zero to large … compulsory education both in the shorter and longer run. In contrast, compulsory schooling reforms have little or no effect on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009653371
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The Effect of Central Exit Examinations on Student Achievement: Quasi-experimental Evidence from TIMSS Germany
Jürges, Hendrik; Schneider, Kerstin; Büchel, Felix - CESifo - 2003
This paper makes use of the regional variation in schooling legislation within the German secondary education system to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005765951
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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
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The effects of higher education programme characteristics on allocation and performance of the graduates: a European view
Hans, Heijke; Christoph, Meng - Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA), … - 2006
transition from education to the labour market. Using a unique data set on the labour market situation of graduates in nine … European countries, we investigate the significance of five characteristics of the higher education programmes: (1) The … occupations.First, our results reveal in particular the importance of the competence orientation of the education programme …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011147021
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Determinants of dropout behaviour in a job training programme for disadvantaged youths
de, Crombrugghe Denis; Henry, Espinoza; Hans, Heijke - Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA), … - 2010
A general conclusion of the youth job training programme (YJTP) evaluationliterature is that these programmes are more effective when completed. Yet,YJTPs suffer from substantial dropout problems. This paper studies the extent ofthe dropout phenomenon and under which circumstances dropout is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011147024
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Schooling Quality in Eastern Europe: Educational Production During Transition
Andreas, Ammermüller; Hans, Heijke; Ludger, Wöszmann - Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA), … - 2003
data for lower secondary education. The results show substantial effects of student background on educational performance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011160614
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Job-training programmes with low completion rates: The case of Projoven-Peru
de, Crombrugghe Denis; Henry, Espinoza; Hans, Heijke - Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA), … - 2010
Projoven is an ongoing Peruvian youth job-training programme started in 1996and conducted in successive waves or ‘public calls’. The programme has twophases of instruction: i) three months of classroom training, followed by ii) threemonths of on-the-job training internship. From 1997 to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011165171