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Fundamental determinants of school efficiency and equity : German states as a microcosm for OECD countries
Woessmann, Ludger (contributor) - 2007
Cross-country evidence on student achievement might be hampered by omitted country characteristics such as language or legal differences. This paper uses cross-state variation in Germany, whose sixteen states share the same language and legal system, but pursue different education policies. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003609859
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The distinction between dictatorial and incentive policy interventions and its implication for IV estimation
Belzil, Christian; Hansen, Jörgen - 2010
We investigate if, and under which conditions, the distinction between dictatorial and incentive-based policy interventions affects the capacity of Instrument Variable (IV) methods to estimate the relevant treatment effect parameter of an outcome equation. The analysis is set in a non-trivial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003944633
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Education policies and practices : what have we learnt and the road ahead for Bihar
Ranjan, Priya; Prakash, Nishith - 2012
This paper assesses the status of education, both quantity and quality, in Bihar in both absolute terms and relative to other states in India. It then performs a regression exercise using a panel data of Indian states to identify the correlates of educational outcomes. It also surveys the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009548073
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What accounts for international differences in student performance? : a re-examination using PISA data
Fuchs, Thomas (contributor); Woessmann, Ludger (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
We use the PISA student-level achievement database to estimate international education production functions. Student characteristics, family backgrounds, home inputs, resources, teachers and institutions are all significantly related to math, science and reading achievement. Our models account...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002351779
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Government education expenditures, pre-primary education and school performance : a cross-country analysis
Del Boca, Daniela; Monfardini, Chiara; See, Sarah Grace - 2018
Using data from OECD's PISA, Eurostat and World Bank's WDI, we explore how child cognitive outcomes at the aggregate country level are related to macroeconomic conditions, specifically government education expenditures and early education experience. We find that both government expenditures in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011810097
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College expansion and the marginal returns to education : evidence from Russia
Belskaya, Olga; Sabirianova Peter, Klara; Posso, Christian - 2014
the number of campuses and college graduates in Russia. Our empirical strategy relies on the marginal treatment effect …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010462897
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Entrepreneurship in transition economies : the role of institutions and generational change
Estrin, Saul; Mickiewicz, Tomasz - 2010
The transition economies have lower rates of entrepreneurship than are observed in most developed and developing market economies. The difference is even more marked in the countries of the former Soviet Union than those of Central and Eastern Europe. We link these differences partly with the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003942200
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Why are household incomes more unequally distributed in China than in Russia?
Gustafsson, Björn; Li, Shi; Nivorozhkina, Ludmila - 2010
in Russia 2003. A much larger urban to rural income gap in combination with a much smaller proportion of people living in …-equalising income source in China than in Russia. While Russian public transfers reduce income inequality, Chinese public transfers … residents in China and in urban Russia to be very similar. -- income distribution ; inequality ; China ; Russia ; public …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009313315
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How transition paths differ : enterprise performance in Russia and China
Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar (contributor); Estrin, Saul (contributor) - 2005
We use enterprise data to analyse and contrast the determinants of enterprise performance in China and Russia. We find … with ownership or institutional factors. However, in Russia, enterprise growth is not associated with increases in factor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002603928
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Returns to schooling in Russia and Ukraine : a semiparametric approach to cross-country comparative analysis
Gorodnichenko, Yuriy (contributor);  … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
This study provides the first set of estimates of the returns to schooling over an extended period in Russia and … Russia than in Ukraine. The intriguing question is why returns to schooling in Russia and Ukraine diverged so much over the …"This study provides the first set of estimates of the returns to schooling over an extended period in Russia and …
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