. Correspondingly, international differences in institutional structures of school systems such as external exams, school autonomy … 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 …

. Correspondingly, international differences in institutional structures of school systems such as external exams, school autonomy … 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 …

Italy, Brazil and then finally India. We also show that autonomous government schools (i.e. government funded but with …

public school districts in Missouri. We take advantage of the plausibly exogenous variation in pre-negotiated district salary … 3.7, suggesting the presence of significant market power for school districts, especially over more experienced teachers …

This paper argues that school grades cannot be interpreted solely as a reward for a given school performance, since … elementary education. The data for three entire school cohorts is analyzed - approximately 140,000 individuals. …

Our objective is to analyse the role of teacher and school quality to explain differences in students' educational … methods in order to identify the role of these factors for different groups of students. Our results show that school and …