This paper presents the largest globally comparable panel database of education quality. The database includes 163 …-the countries that have the most to gain from the potential benefits of a high-quality education; (3) the data set contains credible … each estimate; and (6) the data set can be disaggregated across gender, socioeconomic status, rural/urban, language, and …

The standard summary metric of education-based human capital used in macro analyses-the average number of years of …) its virtues of simplicity and transparency make it a good candidate summary measure of education …

. Limited resources mean that policymakers must make tough choices about which investments to make to improve education …. Although hundreds of education interventions have been rigorously evaluated, making comparisons between the results is … for reporting gains from education interventions. The paper applies LAYS to compare the effectiveness (and cost …