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This paper uses Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) data linked to administrative data to track the … education. While men with low skills out-earn their higher-skilled counterparts when they are very young, their earnings are …
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Do increased instruction hours improve the performance of all students? Using PISA scores of students in ninth grade …, we analyse the effect of a German education reform that increased weekly instruction hours by two hours (6.5 percent …
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into the labor market are a contentious issue in the literature on the economics of education. Different studies on, for … determinants of test success in international performance studies like PISA into a theoretical model of cognitive achievement and …
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In this article, we document the evolution of the cognitive skills gap across Canada. We use PISA tests scores over 7 … PISA scores, in reading, maths and science, are large but unwavering. In other words inequality by SES is stable, and …
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education inequalities. Using PISA 2018 data from France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom, we find that students … are more likely to end their education early and repeat grades, especially in Spain, Germany and Italy. The distribution …
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In 2000, the OECD began the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), a triennial survey of the knowledge … because education policy is decided by each of ten provincial governments. This paper investigates neglected issues related … PISA test scores in reading and math. The SES used is more conventional then the arbitrary character of the index developed …
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primary school education from 7 to 8 years. At the same time, the reform did not affect the education system at post …-primary levels, that is the system of secondary and higher education. In result, all education tracks were extended by one year … reform had a negative impact on the hourly earnings of individuals with primary education. …
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We examine the impact of high school graduation on the probability individuals from welfare backgrounds use welfare themselves. Our data consists of administrative educational records for grade 12 students in a Canadian province linked with their own and their parents' welfare records. We...
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students' academic outcomes. We used PISA 2000 data to estimate peer effects for 15 and 16 year old students. The estimations …
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education vanishes for males once we control for additional characteristics such as occupations, professional Internet use and …
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