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Vonbun, Christian; Mendonça, João Luis de Oliveira - 2012

goals of access and equity, on the one hand, and of quality and cost, in the other. This implies the need for the …

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Noncognitive skills in economics : models, measurement, and empirical evidence

Thiel, Hendrik; Thomsen, Stephan L. - 2011 - Revised version: November 15, 2011

There is an increasing economic literature considering personality traits as a source of individual differences in labor market productivity and other outcomes. This paper provides an overview on the role of these skills regarding three main aspects: measurement, development over the life...

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Strengthening skill use and school-to-work transitions in the Czech Republic

Araújo, Sónia; Maleček, Petr - 2015

concerns about the quality of the future labour force. These factors play a role in the stalled income convergence process … tertiary education without a corresponding increase in resources has led to fears about declining quality. Quality in tertiary …

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Providing the right skills to all in China : from "made in China" to "created in China"

Molnár, Margit; Koen, Vincent - 2015

lagged behind that of physical capital. Going forward, access to and quality of education will be key to sustain economic …, the quality of most patents is still low and innovation output is weak. Reforms are underway to address these problems but …

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Adjusted state teacher salaries and the decision to teach

Rickman, Dan S.; Wang, Hongbo; Winters, John V. - 2015

Using the 3-year sample of the American Community Survey (ACS) for 2009 to 2011, we compute public school teacher salaries for comparison across U.S. states. Teacher salaries are adjusted for state differences in teacher characteristics, cost of living, household amenity attractiveness and...

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Between facts and perceptions : the area close to school as a context factor in school leadership

Schwarz, Alexandra; Brauckmann, Stefan - 2015

Concepts of new school governance did considerably change the role and responsibilities of school principals. Due to the shift in their role from administrator to manager, recent research tends to focus on management activity, but little is still known about the interrelation between changing...

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The introduction of academy schools to England's education

Eyles, Andrew; Machin, Stephen - 2015

the quality of pupil intake and in pupil performance. There is evidence of heterogeneity as improvements only occur for …

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Is ability tracking (really) responsible for educational inequalities in achievement? : a comparison between the country states Bavaria and Hesse in Germany

Esser, Hartmut; Relikowski, Ilona - 2015

It is still taken for granted that (early) ability tracking increases the impact of social origin on achievement in (lower) secondary education, but without gains in the overall level. This contribution addresses the question of whether this common conviction is really correct. The various...

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Improving education quality in South Africa

Murtin, Fabrice - 2013

quality of basic education for a large fraction of the Black African population is still very low. This study identifies … several hurdles to the upgrading of basic education quality, such as the lack of investment in school infrastructure and … learning materials in disadvantaged areas, uneven administrative capacity at the local level, low teacher quality and poor …

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Public expenditures, educational outcomes and grade inflation : theory and evidence from a policy intervention in the Netherlands

De Witte, Kristof; Geys, Benny; Solondz, Catharina - 2012

Previous work on the relation between school inputs and students' educational attainment typically fails to account for the fact that schools can adjust their grading structure, even though such actions are likely to affect students' incentives. Our theoretical model shows that, depending on...

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