Secondary schools in the developed world differ in the degree of differentiation and in the first age of selection of pupils into different tracks. In this paper, we account for the heterogeneity of tracking time with a simple stochastic model which conjugates the returns from specialization...

L. Wössmann, Uni-Professor und Abteilungsleiter am ifo Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, vertritt die Meinung, dass mangelnde Schulbildung, wie sie durch PISA getestet wird, eine zentrale Ursache langfristig entstandener wirtschaflticher Probleme ist. In diesem Zusammenhang und mithilfe einer...

This book makes it clear that rethinking the teaching profession is the key to repairing America's broken-down education system and securing our nation's future. To accomplish this, author Dick Startz says it requires raising teacher pay to professional levels and rewarding teachers for student...

"There are large differences across countries in instructional time in schooling institutions. Can these differences explain some of the differences across countries in pupils' achievements in different subjects? While research in recent years provides convincing evidence about the effect of...

Much educational research today is focused on assessing reforms that are intended to create equal opportunity for all students. Many current policies aim at concentrating extra resources on the disadvantaged. The state-of-the-art research in Schools and the Equal Opportunity Problem suggests,...

Using data from 12 European countries and the variation across countries and over time in the changes of minimum school leaving age, we study the effects of the quantity of education on the distribution of earnings. We find that compulsory school reforms significantly affect educational...