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Institutional determinants of student achievement : microeconometric evidence
Link, Susanne - 2013
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...
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The impact of teacher skills on student performance across countries
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Piopiunik, Marc; Wiederhold, Simon - 2014 - Preliminary version
Student performance differs greatly across countries, but little is known about the role of teacher quality in explaining these differences. New international data from the PIAAC survey of adult skills allow for the first time to quantify teacher skills in numeracy and literacy, providing...
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The value of smarter teachers : international evidence on teacher cognitive skills and student performance
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Piopiunik, Marc; Wiederhold, Simon - 2014
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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The value of smarter teachers : international evidence on teacher cognitive skills and student performance
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Piopiunik, Marc; Wiederhold, Simon - 2014
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/10010462634
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International evidence on school tracking : a review
Woessmann, Ludger - In: CESifo DICE report : journal for institutional comparisons 7 (2009) 1, pp. 26-34
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Students' effort and educational achievement : using the timing of the World Cup to vary the value of leisure
Metcalfe, Robert D.; Burgess, Simon M.; Proud, Steven - In: Journal of public economics 172 (2019), pp. 111-126
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Beyond grades : Raising the visibility and impact of PISA data on students’ well-being
Cignetti, Marta - 2024
Students are much more than their grades. Beyond performing well in school, students must learn to manage their … visualisations that respond to the needs of different kinds of users. The proposed PISA dashboard on students’ well-being has the … fostering the essential foundations for students to lead fulfilling lives. …
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COVID-19, school closures, and student learning outcomes : new global evidence from PISA
Jakubowski, Maciej; Gajderowicz, Tomasz; Patrinos, … - 2024
greater for students in schools that faced relatively longer closures, boys, immigrants, and disadvantaged students …
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COVID-19, school closures, and student learning outcomes : new global evidence from PISA
Jakubowski, Maciej; Gajderowicz, Tomasz; Patrinos, … - 2024
greater for students in schools that faced relatively longer closures, boys, immigrants, and disadvantaged students …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014464439
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More oil, less quality of education? : new empirical evidence
Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza; Thum, Marcel - 2017
The resource curse hypothesis suggests that resource-rich countries show lower economic growth rates compared to resource-poor countries. We add to this literature by providing empirical evidence on a new transmission channel of the resource curse, namely, the negative effect of rents on the...
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