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How equal are educational opportunities? : family background and student achievement in Europe and the United States
Woessmann, Ludger - 2004
This paper estimates the effects of family-background characteristics on student performance in the US and 17 Western European school systems. Family background has strong effects both in Europe and the United States, remarkably similar in size. France and Flemish Belgium achieve the most...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011402504
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How Equal Are Educational Opportunities? Family Background and Student Achievement in Europe and the United States
Woessmann, Ludger - 2004
This paper estimates the effects of family-background characteristics on student performance in the US and 17 Western European school systems. Family background has strong effects both in Europe and the United States, remarkably similar in size. France and Flemish Belgium achieve the most...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010315990
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How Equal Are Educational Opportunities? Family Background and Student Achievement in Europe and the United States
Woessmann, Ludger - CESifo - 2004
This paper estimates the effects of family-background characteristics on student performance in the US and 17 Western European school systems. Family background has strong effects both in Europe and the United States, remarkably similar in size. France and Flemish Belgium achieve the most...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005406421
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How Equal Are Educational Opportunities? Family Background and Student Achievement in Europe and the United States
Woessmann, Ludger - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
This paper estimates the effects of family-background characteristics on student performance in the US and 17 Western European school systems. Family background has strong effects both in Europe and the United States, remarkably similar in size. France and Flemish Belgium achieve the most...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566461
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Education policy and equality of opportunity
Schütz, Gabriela; Ursprung, Heinrich W.; Woessmann, Ludger - 2005
background on student performance in two international TIMSS tests. We then show how organizational features of the education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267527
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Education policy and equality of opportunity
Woessmann, Ludger; Ursprung, Heinrich W.; Schuetz, Gabriela - 2005
background on student performance in two international TIMSS tests. We then show how organizational features of the education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261314
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Education Policy and Equality of Opportunity
Schütz, Gabriela; Ursprung, Heinrich; Woessmann, Ludger - CESifo - 2005
background on student performance in two international TIMSS tests. We then show how organizational features of the education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005766306
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Education Policy and Equality of Opportunity
Schütz, Gabriela; Ursprung, Heinrich W.; Woessmann, Ludger - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
background on student performance in two international TIMSS tests. We then show how organizational features of the education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700942
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Inequality of educational opportunity in a cross-section of countries. Empirical analysis of 2009 PISA data
Natkhov, Timur; Kozina, Natalia - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2012
We provide a measure of inequality of educational opportunity for 72 countries, estimated as a share of the variation in the 2009 PISA test scores that is explained by pre-determined family characteristics. Inequality of opportunity accounts for up to 40 percent of the variation in educational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010705902
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Education policy and equality of opportunity
Schütz, Gabriela (contributor);  … - 2005
background on student performance in two international TIMSS tests. We then show how organizational features of the education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003302847