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Africa's skill tragedy : does teachers' lack of knowledge lead to low student performance?
Bietenbeck, Jan; Piopiunik, Marc; Wiederhold, Simon - 2015
Student performance in Sub-Saharan Africa is tragically low. We study the importance of teacher subject knowledge for …. After measurement-error correction, a one-standard-deviation increase in teacher subject knowledge raises student … teacher sorting. Furthermore, teacher knowledge and school resources appear to be complements in student learning. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011305375
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Africa's Skill Tragedy : Does Teachers' Lack of Knowledge Lead to Low Student Performance?
Bietenbeck, Jan - 2015
Student performance in Sub-Saharan Africa is tragically low. We study the importance of teacher subject knowledge for …. After measurement-error correction, a one-standard-deviation increase in teacher subject knowledge raises student … teacher sorting. Furthermore, teacher knowledge and school resources appear to be complements in student learning …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013017697
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Africa's skill tragedy : does teachers' lack of knowledge lead to low student performance?
Bietenbeck, Jan; Piopiunik, Marc; Wiederhold, Simon - In: Journal of human resources : JHR 53 (2018) 3, pp. 553-578
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011898781
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Technology, outsourcing, and the demand for heterogeneous labor: Exploring the industry dimension
Nedelkoska, Ljubica; Wiederhold, Simon - 2010
It has become common within the literature of skill-biased technological change to look at technologies, as well as their impact on the demand for labor as homogeneous across industries. This paper challenges this view. Using a linked employer-employee panel of Germany differentiated by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008669976
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Returns to ICT skills
Oliver, Falck; Heimisch, Alexandra; Wiederhold, Simon - 2016
How important is mastering information and communication technologies (ICT) in modern labor markets? We present the first evidence on this question, drawing on unique data that provide internationally comparable information on ICT skills in 19 countries. Our identification strategy relies on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011416403
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Returns to skills around the world : evidence from PIAAC
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Schwerdt, Guido; Wiederhold, Simon; … - In: European economic review : EER 73 (2014), pp. 103-130
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Returns to ICT skills
Falck, Oliver; Heimisch, Alexandra; Wiederhold, Simon - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011540666
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The value of smarter teachers : international evidence on teacher cognitive skills and student performance
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Piopiunik, Marc; Wiederhold, Simon - 2014
Differences in teacher quality are commonly cited as a key determinant of the huge international student performance gaps. However, convincing evidence on this relationship is still lacking, in part because it is unclear how to measure teacher quality consistently across countries. We use unique...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010439058
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The impact of teacher skills on student performance across countries
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Piopiunik, Marc; Wiederhold, Simon - 2014 - Preliminary version
teacher skills in numeracy and literacy, providing country-level measures of teacher subject knowledge. Our student …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010483231
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The value of smarter teachers : international evidence on teacher cognitive skills and student performance
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Piopiunik, Marc; Wiederhold, Simon - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010461991