Die Studie schreibt die Indikatoren zur Qualifikationsstruktur der Erwerbstätigen, zur hochschulischen Bildung sowie zur individuellen und betrieblichen Weiterbildung fort. Bei der Qualifikationsstruktur zeichnet sich Deutschland im internationalen Vergleich weiterhin durch einen eher niedrigen...

The relationship between teachers' characteristics and their pupils' achievement has been the subject of many studies. Most of this research focuses on the impact of teacher salaries, experience, and measures of teachers' pre-service training such as educational background. The effect of...

Good teachers are the backbone of a successful education system. Yet, in developing countries, teachers' content knowledge is often inadequate. This study documents that primary school math teachers in the department of Moraz'an in El Salvador only master 47 percent of the curriculum they teach....

Using data on 24 teachers and 982 students from a 2006 survey of California high school economics classes, we assess the effects of student and teacher characteristics on student achievement. We estimate value-added models of outcomes on multiple choice and essay exams, with matched classroom...