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Educational policies and the gender gap in test scores : a cross-country analysis
Hermann, Zoltán; Kopasz, Marianna - 2018
, reading and science using the PISA 2012 dataset. Multilevel models are used in the estimation. The results suggest that the …Girls tend to outperform boys in reading tests, while they usually lag behind boys in math. However, the size of the … like tracking, grade retention, and individualised teaching practices. The gender test score gap is analysed in math …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011958608
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The importance of school systems : evidence from international differences in student achievement
Woessmann, Ludger - 2016
Students in some countries do far better on international achievement tests than students in other countries. Is this 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011489307
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The importance of school systems : evidence from international differences in student achievement
Woessmann, Ludger - 2016
Students in some countries do far better on international achievement tests than students in other countries. Is this 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011493943
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Decomposing international gender test score differences
Munir, Farzana; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - In: Journal for labour market research 52 (2018) 12, pp. 1-17
In this paper, we decompose worldwide PISA mathematics and reading scores. While mathematics scores are still tilted … towards boys, girls have a larger advantage in reading over boys. Girls’ disadvantage in mathematics is increasing over the … endowments and learning productivity, although the largest part remains unexplained. Countries’ general level of gender (in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012147251
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Decomposing international gender test score differences
Munir, Farzana; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2018
In this paper, we decompose worldwide PISA mathematics and reading scores. While mathematics scores are still tilted … towards boys, girls have a larger advantage in reading over boys. Girls' disadvantage in mathematics is increasing over the … endowments and learning productivity, although the largest part remains unexplained. Countries' general level of gender (in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011869035
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Linguistic diversity in the classroom, student achievement, and social integration
Bredtmann, Julia; Otten, Sebastian; Vonnahme, Christina - 2018
detailed information on students' language and math scores, their social integration, as well as on sociodemographic and school … linguistic diversity has no adverse effect on students’ language and math skills, but worsens the social integration of immigrant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011977373
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011744092
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013447101
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Bridging the digital divide in the G20 : skills for the new age
Chetty, Krish; Aneja, Urvashi; Mishra, Vidisha; Gcora, … - 2017
The digital divide in general, and between women and men in particular, is a manifestation of exclusion, poverty and inequality, and is likely to continue because of the effects of unemployment, poorly functioning digital skilling programmes and socio-cultural norms in some economies, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011724528
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Bridging the digital divide in the G20 : skills for the new age
Chetty, Krish; Aneja, Urvashi; Mishra, Vidisha; Gcora, … - 2018
The digital divide in general, and between women and men in particular, is a manifestation of exclusion, poverty and inequality, and is likely to continue because of the effects of unemployment, poorly functioning digital skilling programmes and socio-cultural norms in some economies, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011824149