New evidence confirms the conclusion of former surveys that the link between school resources and student performance is generally missing in educational production. While the conventional within-country cross-section evidence remains controversial, recent contributions which control for...

Estland, Lettland und Litauen haben seit 1997 relativ starke Produktionszuwächse zu verzeichnen. Die Inflationsraten liegen konstant bei etwa 10% und die Haushaltsbudgets sind nahezu ausgeglichen. Nach einer ziemlich erfolgreichen Transformationsphase konzentrieren sich die Politiker der...

We use the PISA student-level achievement database to estimate international education production functions. Student characteristics, family backgrounds, home inputs, resources, teachers and institutions are all significantly related to math, science and reading achievement. Our models account...

We use the PISA student-level achievement database to estimate international education production functions. Student characteristics, family backgrounds, home inputs, resources, teachers and institutions are all significantly related to math, science and reading achievement. Our models account...