So wie die Währung im Wirtschaftssystem die Funktion eines "Wertmaßstabes" innehat, können einheitliche Leistungsüberprüfungen im Schulsystem als Bewertungsmaßstab fungieren, der zur Überwindung von Informationsasymmetrien beiträgt und opportunistisches Verhalten dezentraler...

We estimate the relationship between computers and students’ educational achievement in the international student-level PISA database. Bivariate analyses show a positive correlation between achievement and computer availability both at home and at school. However, once we control extensively...

Even though some countries track students into differing-ability schools by age 10, others keep their entire secondary-school system comprehensive. To estimate the effects of such institutional differences in the face of country heterogeneity, we employ an international...

The paper estimates the correlates of student performance across countries using student-level data from the PISA-2000 study. There is a substantial relationship of international student performance in math, science, and reading with institutional features. In particular, there are positive...