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Families, Schools, and Primary-School Learning : Evidence for Argentina and Colombia in an International Perspective
Woessmann, Ludger - 2005
primary school in two Latin American countries, Argentina and Colombia, as well as several comparison countries. The database …,300 students in Argentina and 5,131 students in Colombia. The emerging general pattern of results is that educational performance …' resource endowments. In an international perspective, estimated family background effects are relatively large in Argentina …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014065973
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The Role of Cognitive Skills in Economic Development
Hanushek, Eric A.; Woessmann, Ludger - In: Journal of Economic Literature 46 (2008) 3, pp. 607-68
The role of improved schooling, a central part of most development strategies, has become controversial because expansion of school attainment has not guaranteed improved economic conditions. This paper reviews the role of cognitive skills in promoting economic well-being, with a particular...
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Returns to skills around the world : evidence from PIAAC ; conference paper
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Schwerdt, Guido; Wiederhold, Simon; … - 2014
Existing estimates of the labor-market returns to human capital give a distorted picture of the role of skills across different economies. International comparisons of earnings analyses rely almost exclusively on school attainment measures of human capital, and evidence incorporating direct...
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Culture and student achievement: the intertwined roles of patience and risk-taking
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Kinne, Lavinia; Lergetporer, Philipp; … - 2020
Patience and risk-taking - two cultural traits that steer intertemporal decision-making - are fundamental to human capital investment decisions. To understand how they contribute to international differences in student achievement, we combine PISA tests with the Global Preference Survey. We find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012241063
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How equal are educational opportunities? : family background and student achievement in Europe and the United States
Woessmann, Ludger - 2004
This paper estimates the effects of family-background characteristics on student performance in the US and 17 Western European school systems. Family background has strong effects both in Europe and the United States, remarkably similar in size. France and Flemish Belgium achieve the most...
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The effect of protestantism on education before the industrialization : evidence from 1816 Prussia
Becker, Sascha O.; Woessmann, Ludger - 2010
This paper uses recently discovered data on nearly 300 Prussian counties in 1816 to show that Protestantism led to more schools and higher school enrolment already before the industrialization. This evidence supports the human capital theory of Protestant economic history of Becker and Woessmann...
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Culture and Student Achievement : The Intertwined Roles of Patience and Risk-Taking
Hanushek, Eric A. - 2020
Patience and risk-taking – two cultural traits that steer intertemporal decision-making – are fundamental to human capital investment decisions. To understand how they contribute to international differences in student achievement, we combine PISA tests with the Global Preference Survey. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012828604
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Culture and Student Achievement : The Intertwined Roles of Patience and Risk-Taking
Hanushek, Eric A. - 2020
Patience and risk-taking – two cultural traits that steer intertemporal decision-making – are fundamental to human capital investment decisions. To understand how they contribute to international differences in student achievement, we combine PISA tests with the Global Preference Survey. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012828793
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Culture and student achievement : the intertwined roles of patience and risk-taking
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Kinne, Lavinia; Lergetporer, Philipp; … - 2020
Patience and risk-taking - two cultural traits that steer intertemporal decision-making - are fundamental to human capital investment decisions. To understand how they contribute to international differences in student achievement, we combine PISA tests with the Global Preference Survey. We find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012255834
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Culture and student achievement: the intertwined roles of patience and risk-taking
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Kinne, Lavinia; Lergetporer, Philipp; … - 2020
Patience and risk-taking - two cultural traits that steer intertemporal decision-making - are fundamental to human capital investment decisions. To understand how they contribute to international differences in student achievement, we combine PISA tests with the Global Preference Survey. We find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012248854