Student achievement has been identified as an important contributor to economic growth. This paper investigates the … international comparative student achievement tests in Mathematics and Science for over 70 countries during the period 1980 to 2003 … achievement are negative and seem to be robust across different model specifications. The effect of social expenditures appears to …

be driven by spending on pensions and active labor market policies. -- achievement ; welfare state ; panel data ; PISA …Student achievement has been identified as an important contributor to economic growth. This paper investigates the … international comparative student achievement tests in Mathematics and Science for over 70 countries during the period 1980 to 2003 …

Using a panel of international student test scores 1980 – 2000 (PISA and TIMSS), panel fixed effects estimates suggest …

Student achievement has been identified as important contributor to economic growth. This paper investigates the … achievement. We report results from a variety of model specifications and social expenditure components, and our best estimate … indicates that increased government size by 10 percent reduces student achievement by 0.1 standard deviations. …

Student achievement has been identified as important contributor to economic growth. This paper investigates the … achievement. We report results from a variety of model specifications and social expenditure components, and our best estimate … indicates that increased government size by 10 percent reduces student achievement by 0.1 standard deviations. …

Student achievement has been identified as important contributor to economic growth. This paper investigates the … achievement. We report results from a variety of model specifications and social expenditure components, and our best estimate … indicates that increased government size by 10 percent reduces student achievement by 0.1 standard deviations …

-level regressions with PISA data exploit between-subject variation to overcome bias from unobserved country heterogeneity and control …

to estimate learning losses. It models the effect of school closures on achievement by predicting the deviation of the …

to estimate learning losses. It models the effect of school closures on achievement by predicting the deviation of the …

countries. In particular, the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) conducted by the OECD over the past ten … across regions within the same country are crucial determinants in understanding gender differences in PISA 2009 test scores …