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The importance of school systems : evidence from international differences in student achievement
Woessmann, Ludger - 2016
all due to differences in what students bring with them to school - socio-economic background, cultural factors, and the … like? Or do school systems make a difference? This essay argues that differences in features of countries' school systems … factors of the school system, as well as factors beyond the school system, account for cross-country achievement differences …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011489307
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The importance of school systems : evidence from international differences in student achievement
Woessmann, Ludger - 2016
all due to differences in what students bring with them to school – socio-economic background, cultural factors, and the … like? Or do school systems make a difference? This essay argues that differences in features of countries' school systems … factors of the school system, as well as factors beyond the school system, account for cross-country achievement differences …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011493943
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Economic gains for US states from educational reform
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Ruhose, Jens; Woessmann, Ludger - 2015
There is limited existing evidence justifying the economic case for state education policy. Using newly-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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011405723
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Economic Gains for U.S. States from Educational Reform
Hanushek, Eric A. - 2015
There is limited existing evidence justifying the economic case for state education policy. Using newly-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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013009508
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The Importance of School Systems : Evidence from International Differences in Student Achievement
Woessmann, Ludger - 2016
all due to differences in what students bring with them to school – socio-economic background, cultural factors, and the … like? Or do school systems make a difference? This essay argues that differences in features of countries' school systems … factors of the school system, as well as factors beyond the school system, account for cross-country achievement differences …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012987693
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Economic Gains for U.S. States from Educational Reform
Hanushek, Eric A. - 2016
There is limited existing evidence justifying the economic case for state education policy. Using newly-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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013000838
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Economic gains for US states from educational reform
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Ruhose, Jens; Woessmann, Ludger - 2015
There is limited existing evidence justifying the economic case for state education policy. Using newly-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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011407760
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The Importance of School Systems : Evidence from International Differences in Student Achievement
Woessmann, Ludger - 2016
all due to differences in what students bring with them to school – socio-economic background, cultural factors, and the … like? Or do school systems make a difference? This essay argues that differences in features of countries' school systems … factors of the school system, as well as factors beyond the school system, account for cross-country achievement differences …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012986652
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Families, Schools, and Primary-School Learning : Evidence for Argentina and Colombia in an International Perspective
Woessmann, Ludger - 2005
This paper estimates the relationship between family background, school characteristics, and student achievement in … primary school in two Latin American countries, Argentina and Colombia, as well as several comparison countries. The database … is strongly related to students' family background, weakly to some institutional school features, and hardly to schools …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014065973
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How equal are educational opportunities? : Family background and student achievement in Europe and the US
Woessmann, Ludger - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002047388