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Global universal basic skills : current deficits and implications for world development

Gust, Sarah; Hanushek, Eric Alan; Woessmann, Ludger - 2023

How far is the world away from ensuring that every child obtains the basic skills needed to be internationally … competitive? And what would accomplishing this mean for world development? Based on the micro data of international and regional … skills for 159 countries that cover 98.1% of world population and 99.4% of world GDP. We find that at least two-thirds of the …

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What Makes a Program Good? Evidence from Short-Cycle Higher Education Programs in Five Developing Countries

Dinarte-Diaz, Lelys; Ferreira, María M.; Urzua, Sergio; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

Short-cycle higher education programs (SCPs) can play a central role in skill development and higher education expansion, yet their quality varies greatly within and among countries. In this paper we explore the relationship between programs' practices and inputs (quality determinants) and...

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Bildungspolitik in Frankreich

Lauer, Charlotte - 2003

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Does School Autonomy Make Sense Everywhere? Panel Estimates from PISA

Hanushek, Eric A. - 2011

Decentralization of decision-making is among the most intriguing recent school reforms, in part because countries went in opposite directions over the past decade and because prior evidence is inconclusive. We suggest that autonomy may be conducive to student achievement in well-developed...

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Family background, cohort and education : a French-German comparison

Lauer, Charlotte - 2002

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The Role of School Improvement in Economic Development

Hanushek, Eric A. - 2007

The role of improved schooling, a central part of most development strategies, has become controversial because expansion of school attainment has not guaranteed improved economic conditions. This paper reviews the role of education in promoting economic well-being, with a particular focus on...

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Financial Systems, Economic Growth, and Globalization

Rousseau, Peter L. - 2001

formal quantitative analysis. We begin with studies of the Dutch Republic, England, the U.S., France, Germany and Japan that …

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The economic situation of first- and second-generation immigrants in France, Germany and the United Kingdom

Alganand, Yann; Dustmann, Christian; Glitz, Albrecht; … - 2009

also of subsequent generations. Little comparative work exists for Europe's largest economies. France, Germany and the …

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Peer Effects in European Primary Schools : Evidence from PIRLS

Ammermueller, Andreas - 2006

We estimate peer effects for fourth graders in six European countries. The identification relies on variation across classes within schools. We argue that classes within primary schools are formed roughly randomly with respect to family background. Similar to previous studies, we find sizeable...

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Education and unemployment : a French-German comparison

Lauer, Charlotte - 2003

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