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The Cultural Capital of Immigrant Families and The Impact on Student Performance: Evidence from Germany
Botezat, A - In: Regional and Sectoral Economic Studies 11 (2011) 2
and the educational achievement. Using PISA data 2003 for Germany we examine the validity of cultural reproduction and … impact on the student performance only in the case of German students. Parental education has no effect on school achievement … achievement only for German students …
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Los vínculos entre el nivel educativo y la cuota de mercado en África
Martín-Arnaiz, J.L - In: Regional and Sectoral Economic Studies 11 (2011) 2
El propósito de este artículo es determinar en qué medida el capital humano contribuye a explicar la competitividad de una economía. Para ello, en primer lugar, analizamos la evolución de dichas variables en los países africanos, para lo cual empleamos una variable "stock" de capital...
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Do teachers make better parents? The differential performance of teachers’ children at school.
Denny, K. - In: Regional and Sectoral Economic Studies 11 (2011) 3
This paper investigates whether teenagers are educationally advantaged if their parents are educators, using data from the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) for Great Britain and Ireland from 2000. Examining whether teachers’ children do better at tests of reading ability,...
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The Segmentation of the Argentine Education System: Evidence from PISA 2009
Krüger, N. - In: Regional and Sectoral Economic Studies 11 (2011) 3
For decades, one of the main goals for policy makers throughout the world has been to provide equal educational opportunities. Nevertheless, many countries still face great challenges in this respect, especially considering equality in the distribution of resources. Since the early eighties,...
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Exploring the gap difference in 2000-2009 PISA Test Scores between Argentina, Chile and Mexico
Gigena, M.; Vera, M.L.; Giuliodori, R .; Gertel, H. - In: Regional and Sectoral Economic Studies 11 (2011) 3
Student reading proficiency scores in the PISA 2000 study were, on average, equally poor in Argentina, Chile and Mexico. By contrast, important differences were observed in PISA 2009. In this paper, the 2000-2009 difference is decomposed into coefficient and covariate effects by applying...
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¿La sobreeducación de los padres afecta al rendimiento académico de sus hijos?
Nieto, S.; Ramos, R. - In: Regional and Sectoral Economic Studies 11 (2011) 3
El objetivo del trabajo consiste en analizar si el desajuste educativo de los progenitores afecta a los resultados educativos de los hijos. Para ello, se utilizan los micro datos de PISA-2009 para España, dado que facilita información detallada sobre el rendimiento educativo de los...
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La educación medioambiental en España: Una aproximación a partir de los datos de PISA 2006
Cordero, J.M.; García Valiñas, M.A; Manchón, C.; … - In: Regional and Sectoral Economic Studies 11 (2011) 3
El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar los principales determinantes de la formación en cuestiones medioambientales de los jóvenes españoles a partir de la base de datos del programa PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment), cuya oleada de 2006 ofrece un gran volumen de...
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How are inequality of opportunity and mean student performance related? A quantile regression approach using PISA data
Hermann, Z.; Horn, D. - In: Regional and Sectoral Economic Studies 11 (2011) 3
opportunity measured by the effect of family background on student achievement. In this paper we explore this association … mean achievement of countries. Both cross-section and country fixed-effect estimates indicate that while there is no clear … together with higher mean achievement. In other words, countries where family background has a weaker impact on achievement …
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THE IMPACT OF WEIGHTING PREFERENCES ON UNIVERSITY RANKINGS: THE EXAMPLE OF BULGARIA
ZAHARIEV, Boyan; BOYADJIEVA, Pepka - In: Regional and Sectoral Economic Studies 12 (2012) 3
On the basis of data from the official Bulgarian University Ranking System (BURS launched in 2011 and updated in 2012), the selection of weights for different indicators in a university ranking system is discussed. Weights represent the importance assigned to the different dimensions of...
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WHAT ARE WE MEASURING WHEN EVALUATING UNIVERSITIES’ EFFICIENCY?
BERBEGAL MIRABENT, Jasmina; SOLÉ PARELLADA, Francesc - In: Regional and Sectoral Economic Studies 12 (2012) 3
Globalisation and the knowledge-based society have driven universities to an intense competition for the best professors, researchers and students. Yet, rankings and reports measuring how universities perform are available in abundance. Among these assessment tools it is worth highlighting those...
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