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School competition and students' entrepreneurial intentions : international evidence using historical Catholic roots of private schooling
Falck, Oliver; Woessmann, Ludger - 2010
shares, students' academic skills, and parents' entrepreneurial occupation. -- Private school competition ; entrepreneurship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003983640
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The economics of international differences in educational achievement
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Woessmann, Ludger - 2010
analyze the determinants and impacts of cognitive skills. The cross-country comparative approach provides a number of unique … in the level and equity of student achievement. Variations in skills measured by the international tests are in turn … growth. -- Human capital ; cognitive skills ; international student achievement tests ; education production function …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003961664
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Sample selectivity and the validity of international student achievement tests in economic research
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Woessmann, Ludger - 2010
Critics of international student comparisons argue that results may be influenced by differences in the extent to which countries adequately sample their entire student populations. In this research note, we show that larger exclusion and non-response rates are related to better country average...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003961677
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The economics of international differences in educational achievement
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Woessmann, Ludger - 2010
analyze the determinants and impacts of cognitive skills. The cross-country comparative approach provides a number of unique … in the level and equity of student achievement. Variations in skills measured by the international tests are in turn … growth. -- human capital ; cognitive skills ; international student achievement tests ; education production function …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003966504
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General education, vocational education, and labor-market outcomes over the life-cycle
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Woessmann, Ludger; Zhang, Lei - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009372891
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Does school autonomy make sense everywhere? : panel estimates from PISA
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Link, Susanne; Woessmann, Ludger - 2011
Decentralization of decision-making is among the most intriguing recent school reforms, in part because countries went in opposite directions over the past decade and because prior evidence is inconclusive. We suggest that autonomy may be conducive to student achievement in well-developed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009378381
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General education, vocational education, and labor-market outcomes over the life-cycle
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Woessmann, Ludger; Zhang, Lei - 2011
"Policy debates about the balance of vocational and general education programs focus on the school-to-work transition. But with rapid technological change, gains in youth employment from vocational education may be offset by less adaptability and thus diminished employment later in life. To test...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009381469
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The effects of the protestant reformation on human capital
Becker, Sascha O.; Woessmann, Ludger - In: The Oxford handbook of the economics of religion, (pp. 93-110). 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009230661
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Does school autonomy make sense everywhere? : panel estimates from PISA
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Link, Susanne; Woessmann, Ludger - 2011
Decentralization of decision-making is among the most intriguing recent school reforms, in part because countries went in opposite directions over the past decade and because prior evidence is inconclusive. We suggest that autonomy may be conducive to student achievement in well-developed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009522998
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Sample selectivity and the validity of international student achievement tests in economic research
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Woessmann, Ludger - In: Economics letters 110 (2011) 2, pp. 79-82
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009241694