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Vocational vs. general education and employment over the life-cycle : new evidence from PIAAC
Hampf, Franziska; Woessmann, Ludger - 2016
It has been argued that vocational education facilitates the school-to-work transition but reduces later adaptability to changing environments. Using the recent international PIAAC data, we confirm such a trade-off over the life-cycle in a difference-in-differences model that compares employment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011544338
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Incentive effects of bonus payments : evidence from an international company
Engellandt, Axel; Riphahn, Regina T. - 2004
This study uses panel data describing about 6,500 employees in a large international company to study the incentive effects of performance related pay. The company uses two performance related remuneration mechanisms. One is an individual ''surprise'' bonus payment. The other is a more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011418219
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What accounts for international differences in student performance? : a re-examination using PISA data
Fuchs, Thomas; Woessmann, Ludger - 2004
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/10011449993
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Apprenticeship, vocational training and early labor market outcomes : in East and West Germany
Riphahn, Regina T.; Zibrowius, Michael - 2015
We study the returns to apprenticeship and vocational training for three early labor market outcomes all measured at age 25 for East and West German youths: non-employment (i.e., unemployment or out of the labor force), permanent fulltime employment, and wages. We find strong positive effects of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010496141
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Apprenticeship, vocational training and early labor market outcomes in East and West Germany
Riphahn, Regina T.; Zibrowius, Michael - 2015
We study the returns to apprenticeship and vocational training for three early labor market outcomes all measured at age 25 for East and West German youths: non-employment (i.e., unemployment or out of the labor force), permanent fulltime employment, and wages. We find strong positive effects of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010497508
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The information value of central school exams
Schwerdt, Guido; Woessmann, Ludger - 2015
increasing the informational content of grades, central exams may improve the sorting of students by productivity. To test this … grades differs between central and local exams. We find that the earnings premium for a one standard-deviation increase in … high-school grades is indeed 6 percent when obtained on central exams but less than 2 percent when obtained on local exams …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011283115
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Human capital quality and aggregate income differences : development accounting for US states
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Ruhose, Jens; Woessmann, Ludger - 2015
Although many U.S. state policies presume that human capital is important for state economic development, there is little research linking better education to state incomes. In a complement to international studies of income differences, we investigate the extent to which quality-adjusted...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011283829
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The information value of central school exams
Schwerdt, Guido; Woessmann, Ludger - 2015
increasing the informational content of grades, central exams may improve the sorting of students by productivity. To test this … grades differs between central and local exams. We find that the earnings premium for a one standard-deviation increase in … high-school grades is indeed 6 percent when obtained on central exams but less than 2 percent when obtained on local exams …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011283839
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Long-run trends in the U.S. SES-achievement gap
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Peterson, Paul E.; Talpey, Laura M.; … - 2020
Rising inequality in the United States has raised concerns about potentially widening gaps in educational achievement by socio-economic status (SES). Using assessments from LTT-NAEP, Main-NAEP, TIMSS, and PISA that are psychometrically linked over time, we trace trends in achievement for U.S....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012171330
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Long-run trends in the U.S. SES-achievement gap
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Peterson, Paul E.; Talpey, Laura M.; … - 2020
Rising inequality in the United States has raised concerns about potentially widening gaps in educational achievement by socio-economic status (SES). Using assessments from LTT-NAEP, Main-NAEP, TIMSS, and PISA that are psychometrically linked over time, we trace trends in achievement for U.S....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012171844