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The Information Value of Central School Exams
Schwerdt, Guido; Woessmann, Ludger - 2015
The central vs. local nature of high-school exit exam systems can have important repercussions on the labor market. By increasing the informational content of grades, central exams may improve the sorting of students by productivity. To test this, we exploit the unique German setting where...
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Human Capital Quality and Aggregate Income Differences: Development Accounting for U.S. States
Hanushek, Eric A.; Ruhose, Jens; Woessmann, Ludger - 2015
attainment and cognitive skills. Similar results emerge from growth accounting analyses. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307079
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The Information Value of Central School Exams
Schwerdt, Guido; Woessmann, Ludger - 2015
The central vs. local nature of high-school exit exam systems can have important repercussions on the labor market. By increasing the informational content of grades, central exams may improve the sorting of students by productivity. To test this, we exploit the unique German setting where...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307322
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Human Capital Quality and Aggregate Income Differences: Development Accounting for U.S. States
Hanushek, Eric A.; Ruhose, Jens; Woessmann, Ludger - 2015
attainment and cognitive skills. Similar results emerge from growth accounting analyses. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307361
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Economic Gains for U.S. States from Educational Reform
Hanushek, Eric A.; Ruhose, Jens; Woessmann, Ludger - 2015
-developed measures of the human capital of each state that allow for internal migration and foreign immigration, we estimate growth … regressions that incorporate worker skills. We find that educational achievement strongly predicts economic growth across U ….S. states over the past four decades. Based on projections from our growth models, we show the enormous scope for state economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011420726
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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/10011555558
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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/10011584613
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Central exit exams improve student outcomes
Woessmann, Ludger - In: IZA World of Labor (2018)
outcomes, and higher economic growth. …
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Does Ignorance of Economic Returns and Costs Explain the Educational Aspiration Gap? Evidence from Representative Survey Experiments
Lergetporer, Philipp; Werner, Katharina; Woessmann, Ludger - 2018
The gap in university enrollment by parental education is large and persistent in many countries. In our representative survey, 74 percent of German university graduates, but only 36 percent of those without a university degree favor a university education for their children. The latter are more...
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Skills, Signals, and Employability: An Experimental Investigation
Piopiunik, Marc; Schwerdt, Guido; Simon, Lisa; … - 2018
firms value college grades more. …
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