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Rank effects in education: what do we know so far?
Delaney, Judith; Devereux, Paul J. - 2022
In recent years there has been a plethora of empirical papers by economists concerning the effects of academic rank in school or college on subsequent outcomes of students. We review this recent literature, describing the difficult identification and measurement issues, the assumptions and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013040930
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Educational inequality and public policy preferences : evidence from representative survey experiments
Lergetporer, Philipp; Werner, Katharina; Woessmann, Ludger - 2018
strongly increases concerns about educational inequality but only slightly affects support for equity-oriented education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011905178
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Educational inequality and public policy preferences : evidence from representative survey experiments
Lergetporer, Philipp; Werner, Katharina; Woessmann, Ludger - 2018
strongly increases concerns about educational inequality but only slightly affects support for equity-oriented education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011891763
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Educational inequality and public policy preferences : evidence from representative survey experiments
Lergetporer, Philipp; Werner, Katharina; Woessmann, Ludger - 2018
strongly increases concerns about educational inequality but only slightly affects support for equity-oriented education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011895602
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Educational inequality and public policy preferences : evidence from representative survey experiments
Lergetporer, Philipp; Werner, Katharina; Woessmann, Ludger - 2018
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012161714
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The ifo Education Survey 2014-2021
Freundl, Vera; Grewenig, Elisabeth; Pfaehler, Franziska; … - 2023
The ifo Education Survey is a representative opinion survey of the German voting-age population on education topics … that has been conducted annually since 2014. It covers public preferences on a wide range of education policy issues … ranging from early childhood education, schools, and apprenticeships to university education and life-long learning. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014477438
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Skills and earnings : a multidimensional perspective on human capital
Woessmann, Ludger - 2024
The multitude of tasks performed in the labor market requires skills in many dimensions. Traditionally, human capital has been proxied primarily by educational attainment. However, an expanding body of literature highlights the importance of various skill dimensions for success in the labor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015081348
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Skills and earnings : a multidimensional perspective on human capital
Woessmann, Ludger - 2024
The multitude of tasks performed in the labor market requires skills in many dimensions. Traditionally, human capital has been proxied primarily by educational attainment. However, an expanding body of literature highlights the importance of various skill dimensions for success in the labor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015083753
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Rank effects in education : what do we know so far?
Delaney, Judith; Devereux, Paul J. - 2022
In recent years there has been a plethora of empirical papers by economists concerning the effects of academic rank in school or college on subsequent outcomes of students. We review this recent literature, describing the difficult identification and measurement issues, the assumptions and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013168737
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Why the apple doesn't fall far : understanding intergenerational transmission of human capital
Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2003
Parents with higher education levels have children with higher education levels. However, is this because parental … education actually changes the outcomes of children, suggesting an important spillover of education policies, or is it merely … that more able individuals who have higher education also have more able children? This paper proposes to answer this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261633