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Measurement error in education and growth regressions

Portela, Miguel; Alessie, Rob; Teulings, Coen N. - 2005

The perpetual inventory method used for the construction of education data per country leads to systematic measurement … education level between census data and observations constructed from enrolment data. We discuss a methodology for correcting …

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Technology and education : computers, software, and the internet

Bulman, George; Fairlie, Robert W. - 2015

A substantial amount of money is spent on technology by schools, families and policymakers with the hope of improving educational outcomes. This chapter explores the theoretical and empirical literature on the impacts of technology on educational outcomes. The literature focuses on two primary...

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Measurement Error in Education and Growth Regressions

Portela, Miguel - 2008

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Do better schools lead to more growth? : cognitive skills, economic outcomes, and causation

Hanushek, Eric Alan; Woessmann, Ludger - 2009

We provide evidence that the robust association between cognitive skills and economic growth reflects a causal effect of cognitive skills and supports the economic benefits of effective school policy. We develop a new common metric that allows tracking student achievement across countries, over...

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Do better schools lead to more growth? : cognitive skills, economic outcomes, and causation

Hanushek, Eric Alan; Woessmann, Ludger - 2009

We investigate whether a causal interpretation of the robust association between cognitive skills and economic growth is appropriate and whether cross-country evidence supports a case for the economic benefits of effective school policy. We develop a new common metric that allows tracking...

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Public sector decentralization and school performance : international evidence

Falch, Torberg; Fischer, Justina A. V. - 2010

; Education ; School Quality …

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Does educational tracking affect performance and inequality? : Differences-in-differences evidence across countries

Hanushek, Eric Alan (contributor); … - 2005

; selectivity ; comprehensive school system ; education performance ; inequality ; international student achievement test ; TIMSS …

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Policy challenges for the next 50 years

Braconier, Henrik; Nicoletti, Giuseppe; Westmore, Ben - 2014

This paper identifies and analyses some key challenges that OECD and partner economies may face over the coming 50 years if underlying global trends relating to growth, trade, inequality and environmental pressures prevail. For example, global growth is likely to slow and become increasingly...

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Specifying human capital : a review, some extensions, and development effects

Woessmann, Ludger - 2000

, misspecifies the relationship between education and the stock of human capital. Based on human capital theory, the specification of … human capital should be extended to allow for decreasing returns to education and for differences in the quality of a year … of education. Cross-country differences in qualityadjusted human capital can account for about half the world …

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On the boundaries of the shadow economy : an empirical investigation

Manes, Eran; Schneider, Friedrich; Tchetchik, Anat - 2016

A large number of empirical studies pointed to the ongoing expansion of the shadow economy in many countries around the globe. A robust finding in these studies is the positive association between unemployment rates and the size of the unofficial sector. However, with consistent estimates of the...

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