We compare changes in schooling output and in schooling input of six East Asian countries to derive a measure of productivity change. Our results question the impression that all is well with education in East Asia. First, we find that the cognitive achievement of pupils did not change...

Based on Baumol’s cost-disease model, we develop two alternative measures of the change in the productivity of schooling. Both productivity measures are based on changes in the relative price of schooling. We find that in most OECD countries the price of schooling has increased faster in...

We try to identify which economic factors might be responsible for the large international differences in student performance. We present time series evidence for a number of European countries which suggests that rising educational expenditures obviously did not improve student performance....

Die konventionellen Indikatoren für Bildungsinput und ?output deuten darauf hin, dass sich die meisten Beitrittsländer in Bezug auf das Humankapital nicht bedeutend vom EUDurchschnitt unterscheiden. Die verfügbaren Messungen erfassen jedoch unter Umständen nicht den wirtschaftlich relevanten...

We estimate changes in the productivity of schooling for six East Asian countries. Our productivity measure is based on changes in the relative price of schooling. A rising price of schooling relative to other labor-intensive service sectors should indicate declining relative schooling...

We try to identify which economic factors might be responsible for the large international differences in student performance. We present time series evidence for a number of European countries which suggests that rising educational expenditures obviously did not improve student performance....

Die konventionellen Indikatoren für Bildungsinput und ?output deuten darauf hin, dass sich die meisten Beitrittsländer in Bezug auf das Humankapital nicht bedeutend vom EUDurchschnitt unterscheiden. Die verfügbaren Messungen erfassen jedoch unter Umständen nicht den wirtschaftlich relevanten...

We estimate changes in the productivity of schooling for six East Asian countries. Our productivity measure is based on changes in the relative price of schooling. A rising price of schooling relative to other labor-intensive service sectors should indicate declining relative schooling...