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Cognitive skills and the LOGSE reform in Spain : evidence from PIAAC
Robles-Zurita, José A. - In: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 8 (2017) 4, pp. 401-415
the effect of the LOGSE (Spanish acronym for General Law of the Education System) reform passed in 1990 on numeracy and … literacy proficiency of the adult population. The LOGSE effect is identified by exploiting the variability of the rate of … the type of birth year trend assumed. Nonetheless, overall results suggest that the LOGSE reform did not help to increase …
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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 … individuals with vocational compared to general education turns into a disadvantage later in life. Results are strongest in …
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Central exams and adult skills: evidence from PIAAC
Leschnig, Lisa; Schwerdt, Guido; Zigova, Katarina - 2021
Central exams are often hypothesized to favorably affect incentive structures in schools. Indeed, previous research provides vast evidence on the positive effects of central exams on student test scores. But critics warn that these effects may arise through the strategic behavior of students and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012509997
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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 … individuals with vocational compared to general education turns into a disadvantage later in life. Results are strongest in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011571978
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A cross-country study of skills and unemployment flows
Stijepić, Damir - In: Journal for labour market research 55 (2021) 1, pp. 1-30
Using an international survey that directly assesses the cognitive skills of the adult population, I study the relation between skills and unemployment flows across 37 countries. Depending on the specifically assessed domain, I document that skills have an unconditional correlation with the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012506887
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Central exams and adult skills: evidence from PIAAC
Leschnig, Lisa; Schwerdt, Guido; Zigova, Katarina - 2021
Central exams are often hypothesized to favorably affect incentive structures in schools. Indeed, previous research provides vast evidence on the positive effects of central exams on student test scores. But critics warn that these effects may arise through the strategic behavior of students and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012431667
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Central exams and adult skills : evidence from PIAAC
Leschnig, Lisa; Schwerdt, Guido; Zigova, Katarina - 2021
Central exams are often hypothesized to favorably affect incentive structures in schools. Indeed, previous research provides vast evidence on the positive effects of central exams on student test scores. But critics warn that these effects may arise through the strategic behavior of students and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012433954
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Culture, feedback, and gender in education
Kinne, Lavinia - 2023
This dissertation consists of four distinct empirical essays that address various aspects of the economics of education. Chapters 2 and 3 show that patience and risk-taking as intertemporal preferences are closely related to differences in student achievement across and within countries. Chapter...
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The effect of schooling on cognitive skills
Carlsson, Magnus; Dahl, Gordon B.; Rooth, Dan-Olof - 2012
How schooling affects cognitive skills is a fundamental question for studies of human capital and labor markets. While scores on cognitive ability tests are positively associated with schooling, it has proven difficult to ascertain whether this relationship is causal. Moreover, the effect of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009629603
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Does education matter for economic growth?
Delgado, Michael S.; Henderson, Daniel J.; Parmeter, … - 2012
Empirical growth regressions typically include mean years of schooling as a proxy for human capital. However, empirical research often finds that the sign and significance of schooling depends on the sample of observations or the specification of the model. We use a nonparametric local-linear...
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