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This volume was prepared by Susanne Link during her stay at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich and the Department of Human Capital and Innovation of the Ifo Institute of Economic Research. It was accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Economics Departure of the University of Munich in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011744092
This volume was prepared by Susanne Link during her stay at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich and the Department of Human Capital and Innovation of the Ifo Institute of Economic Research. It was accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Economics Departure of the University of Munich in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013447101
This volume was prepared by Susanne Link during her stay at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich and the Department of Human Capital and Innovation of the Ifo Institute of Economic Research. It was accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Economics Departure of the University of Munich in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011698340
individual and societal benefits, especially for disadvantaged students. Empowering parents through school choice increases …
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Using panel data for non-OECD countries covering the period 1970-2012, this paper analyzes the impact of the duration of primary education on school enrollment, drop-outs and completion rates. The empirical results show that for children in elementary school one additional grade of primary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010224585
integration of migrant and native students. In contrast to previous studies, which mainly examine the effect of the share of … classroom. Our analysis is based on a comprehensive survey of 4th-grade students in German primary schools, which contains … detailed information on students' language and math scores, their social integration, as well as on sociodemographic and school …
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may combine positive effects of computer uses without equivalently effective alternative traditional teaching practices … and negative effects of uses that substitute more effective teaching practices. Our correlated random effects models … overall null effects. Effects are larger for high-SES students and mostly confined to developed countries. …
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positively affects the overall performance of students as the quality of institutions improves, whereas autonomy over academic … low-ranking students is improved by providing schools with enough power to decide on academic course con- tent and … textbooks. Meanwhile, providing schools with great autonomy over budget-related decisions benefits high-ranking students …
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Differences in teacher quality are commonly cited as a key determinant of the huge international student performance gaps. However, convincing evidence on this relationship is still lacking, in part because it is unclear how to measure teacher quality consistently across countries. We use unique...
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Differences in teacher quality are commonly cited as a key determinant of the huge international student performance gaps. However, convincing evidence on this relationship is still lacking, in part because it is unclear how to measure teacher quality consistently across countries. We use unique...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010439058