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A Semiparametric Panel Model for Unbalanced Data with Application to Climate Change in the United Kingdom
Atak, Alev; Linton, Oliver B.; Xiao, Zhijie - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This paper is concerned with developing a semiparametric panel model to explain the trend in UK temperatures and other …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008552815
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Varying Coefficient Panel Data Model in the Presence of Endogenous Selectivity and Fixed Effects
Malikov, Emir; Kumbhakar, Subal C.; Sun, Yiguo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
take a semiparametric, varying coefficient form to capture potential parameter heterogeneity in the relationship of … equation obtained in the first stage, we estimate the semiparametric outcome equation using data for the observed individuals …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011109577
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Curricula tracking and central examinations: counterbalancing the Impact of social background on student achievement in 36 countries.
Bol, Thijs; Witschge, Jacqueline; Van de Werfhorst, Herman - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
other educational institutional features. Using data from the 2006 PISA survey, we study how central examinations affect the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259202
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Why are migrant students better off in certain types of educational systems or schools than in others?
Dronkers, Jaap; van der Velden, Rolf; Dunne, Allison - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
education systems. We use data from the 2006 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) wave. Compared with previous …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009654210
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Efficiency of public and publicly-subsidised high schools in Spain. Evidence from PISA 2006
Mancebón-Torrubia, María-Jesús; Calero, Jorge; Choi, … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
schools using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) fed by the results provided by a hierarchical linear model (HLM) applied to PISA … account the nested nature of PISA data. Inefficiencies are then measured through the DEA and decomposed into managerial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008560954
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National IQ Means Transformed from Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) Scores, and their Underlying Gene Frequencies
Weiss, Volkmar - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
mean IQ of 100. By comparing Lynn-Vanhanen-IQ with PISA scores and educational attainment of native and foreign born …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835836
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Does the Way in which Students Use Computers Matter for their Performance?
Ponzo, Michela - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
computer usage both at home and at school of 15-years-old Italian students. Using the PISA 2006 dataset and controlling for a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008678267
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Study Time and Scholarly Achievement in PISA
Kuehn, Zoe; Landeras, Pedro - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
We take a different look at the PISA 2006 data considering time input as one of the main ingredients for scholarly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108676
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The Impact of Immigrant Concentration in Schools on Grade Retention in Spain: a Difference-in-Differences Approach
Pedraja Chaparro, Francisco; Santín González, Daniel; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
immigrant students from 2003 to 2009 on grade retention using Spanish data from PISA 2003 and 2009. For this purpose, we use the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011113558
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Measuring relative efficiency of secondary education in selected EU and OECD countries: the case of Slovenia and Croatia
Aristovnik, Aleksander; Obadić, Alka - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
This article continues on a number of previous studies by other scientists in investigating secondary education efficiency by applying a non-parametric methodology. In this respect, the purpose of the article is to review some previous studies on measuring the efficiency of public (secondary)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011267849