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Migrant Youths' Educational Achievement: The Role of Institutions
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Sinning, Mathias; Stillman, Steven - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2011
We use 2009 Programme of International Student Assessment (PISA) data to link institutional arrangements in OECD countries to the disparity in reading, math, and science test scores for migrant and native-born students. We find that achievement gaps are larger for those migrant youths who arrive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009364518
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Migrant Youths' Educational Achievement: The Role of Institutions
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Sinning, Mathias; Stillman, Steven - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
We use 2009 Programme of International Student Assessment (PISA) data to link institutional arrangements in OECD countries to the disparity in reading, math, and science test scores for migrant and native-born students. We find that achievement gaps are larger for those migrant youths who arrive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009371870
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Migrant Youths‘ Educational Achievement: The Role of Institutions
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Sinning, Mathias; Stillman, Steven - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2011
We use 2009 Programme of International Student Assessment (PISA) data to link institutional arrangements in OECD countries to the disparity in reading, math, and science test scores for migrant and native-born students. We find that achievement gaps are larger for those migrant youths who arrive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009385732
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Migrant Youths' Educational Achievement: The Role of Institutions
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Sinning, Mathias; Stillman, Steven - Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social … - 2011
We use 2009 Programme of International Student Assessment (PISA) data to link institutional arrangements in OECD countries to the disparity in reading, math, and science test scores for migrant and native-born students. We find that achievement gaps are larger for those migrant youths who arrive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010701725
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Equality of Educational Ppportunity Employing PISA Data: Taking both Achievement and Access into Account
Carvalho, Márcia de; Gamboa, Luis Fernando; … - Society for the Study of Economic Inequality - ECINEQ - 2012
While PISA datasets have been used for measuring inequality of educational opportunity they have important limitations: (i) samples only cover a relatively limited fraction of developing countries’ cohorts of 15-year-olds, and (ii) such fractions are not uniform across countries and waves....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011098380
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Equality of educational opportunity employing PISA data: taking both achievement and access into account
Carvalho, Márcia de; Gamboa, Luis Fernando; … - UNIVERSIDAD DEL ROSARIO - 2012
Abstract: While PISA datasets have been used for measuring inequality of educational opportunity they have important limitations: (i) samples only cover a relatively limited fraction of developing countries´ cohorts of 15-year-olds, and (ii) such fractions are not uniform across countries and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010763232
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Gouvernance, Démocratie et lutte contre la pauvreté en afrique : Expérience et point de vue de la population de huit métropoles Enquêtes 1-2-3, Premiers résultats
Razafindrakoto, Mireille; Roubaud, François - DIAL - 2005
to be thought of as extra-economic dimensions such as subjective forms of poverty, quality of institutions (especially … public institutions) and type of political regime or, more generally speaking, the society’s system of values. To meet this … qualité des institutions (notamment publiques) et le type de régime politique ou plus généralement le système de valeurs de la …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005416729
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Institutions of Sustainability and Multifunctional Landscapes: Lessons from the Case of the Algarve
Thiel, Andreas - Department für Agrarökonomie, Humboldt-Universität Berlin - 2006
The paper uses function analysis to complement the analytical framework Institutions of Sustainability and to apply it … for the analysis of the role of institutions for the multifunctionality of landscapes. This combination of conceptual …. In view of this case study it is suggested to complement the Institutions of Sustainability framework: case and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005503400
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Enterprise Restructuring in Transition: A Quantitative Survey
Djankov, Simeon; Murrell, Peter - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
We survey the empirical literature analysing the process of enterprise restructuring in transition economies. The survey provides new insights into the relative effectiveness of different reform policies, and into how this effectiveness varies across regions. We study the effects of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005504282
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Arbitration in International Trade
Casella, Alessandra - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1992
international institutions. The provisions and the practice of international arbitration are reviewed, and a general equilibrium …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005504547