This paper uses Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) data linked to administrative data to track the …

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 …

In 2000, the OECD began the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), a triennial survey of the knowledge … PISA test scores in reading and math. The SES used is more conventional then the arbitrary character of the index developed … by PISA. First, average gaps in students' educational attainment between the lower and top SES quintiles, across …

cognitive skills. In this article, we document the evolution of the cognitive skills gap across Canada using PISA data. We use … PISA tests scores over 7 cycles, from 2000 to 2018, to provide an exhaustive portrait of the evolution of the tests scores … differences in PISA scores, in reading, maths and science, are large but unwavering. In other words inequality by SES is stable …

France is the European country that experienced the strongest rise in performance variance at PISA tests. In particular … excellent comparability of PISA scores in reading between 2000 and 2009 and estimate educational production functions in both … years. Using semi-parametric quantile decompositions, we assign the difference in the distributions of reading proficiency …

and semi-parametric techniques, we test two hypothesis regarding formal and informal labor markets: whether there is a … for formal-informal wage gap within gender groups, the semi-parametric estimates suggest that the observed formal … unemployment rates, the semi-parametric methods show that these gaps are insensitive to unemployment rate variations across regions …