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Do Better Schools Lead to More Growth? Cognitive Skills, Economic Outcomes, and Causation
Hanushek, Eric A. - 2009
We provide evidence that the robust association between cognitive skills and economic growth reflects a causal effect of cognitive skills and supports the economic benefits of effective school policy. We develop a new common metric that allows tracking student achievement across countries, over...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012765255
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Can't Buy Mommy's Love? Universal Childcare and Children's Long-Term Cognitive Development
Felfe, Christina - 2013
What happens to children's long-run cognitive development when introducing universal high-quality childcare for 3-year … difference-in-difference approach. We find sizable improvements in children's reading and math skills at age 15, as well as in … grade progression during primary and secondary school. Effects are driven by girls and disadvantaged children …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013087731
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The Value of Smarter Teachers : International Evidence on Teacher Cognitive Skills and Student Performance
Hanushek, Eric A. - 2016
International differences in teacher quality are commonly hypothesized to be a key determinant of the large international student performance gaps, but lack of consistent quality measures has precluded testing this. Using unique assessment data, we construct country-level measures of teacher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013005432
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Human Capital, Social Mobility and the Skill Premium
Angelopoulos, Konstantinos - 2013
channels through which the effects of capital tax cuts and increases in public spending on both pre- and post-college education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013075985
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Extracurricular Educational Programs and School Readiness : Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment with Preschool Children
Makles, Anna - 2016
This paper adds to the literature on extracurricular early childhood education and child development by exploiting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012996262
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Intergenerational Transmission of Skills During Childhood and Optimal Public Policy
Casarico, Alessandra; Micheletto, Luca; Sommacal, Alessandro - 2021
that a public policy that disregards the effects of parental time on children's human capital entails a welfare loss that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316071
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Vocational High School Graduate Wage Gap : The Role of Cognitive Skills and Firms
Hartog, Joop - 2018
graduates from secondary education with a vocational and a general curriculum. The wage gap initially increased and then …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012914913
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Family, Community and Life-Cycle Earnings : Evidence from Siblings and Youth Peers
Bingley, Paul - 2018
accounts for the joint earnings dynamics of siblings and youth community peers. We are the first to decompose the sibling …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012930283
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Schooling, Cognitive Skills, and the Latin American Growth Puzzle
Hanushek, Eric A. - 2009
Economic development in Latin America has trailed most other world regions over the past four decades despite its relatively high initial development and school attainment levels. This puzzle can be resolved by considering the actual learning as expressed in tests of cognitive skills, on which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013158651
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Academic Achievements : Grades versus Duration
Brugiavini, Agar - 2015
This paper investigates the determinants of academic achievements of post-reform undergraduate students of Ca' Foscari University of Venice. Academic achievements are measured with the students' grade point averages and time to graduation. The set of independent variables contains information on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013024368