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How Far is the East? Educational Performance in Eastern Europe

Botezat, Alina; Seiberlich, Ruben R. - Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universität Konstanz - 2011

, this paper takes a look at the gap in PISA test scores between different countries. Using PISA 2006 data we disentangle the … of the differences in test scores. Under our identifying assumption, our results therefore indicate that the PISA test …

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Measuring relative efficiency of secondary education in selected EU and OECD countries: the case of Slovenia and Croatia

Aristovnik, Aleksander; Obadić, Alka - 2014

issues of a non-parametric approach. Most importantly, the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) technique is presented and then …

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The Efficiency of Educational Production: A Comparison of the Nordic Countries with other OECD Countries

Bogetoft, Peter; Heinesen, Eskil; Tranaes, Torben - 2015

education. We use Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to compare (benchmark) the Nordic countries with a relevant group of rich OECD … Norway and Denmark are clearly inefficient. However, using PISA test scores as indicators of student input quality in upper …

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Effects on School Enrollment and Performance of a Conditional Cash Transfers Program in Mexico

de Janvry, Alain; Dubois, Pierre; Sadoulet, Elisabeth - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

We study the effects of a conditional cash transfers program on school enrollment and performance in Mexico. We provide a theoretical framework for analyzing the dynamic educational process including the endogeneity and uncertainty of performance at school (passing grades) and the effect of a...

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How does schools’ efficiency look like across Europe? An empirical analysis of Germany, Spain, France, Italy and UK using OECD PISA2012 data

Agasisti, Tommaso - 2014

data from the 2012 edition of the OECD’s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). Overall, around 2 … Analysis (DEA), and a common (international) frontier of efficient schools is assumed. The production process is modelled in a …

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EXPLORING EDUCATIONAL EFFICIENCY DIVERGENCES ACROSS SPANISH REGIONS IN PISA 2006

FERRERA, JOSÉ MANUEL CORDERO; CEBADA, EVA CRESPO; … - In: Revista de Economia Aplicada 19 (2011) 3, pp. 117-145

Recently published results from the PISA 2006 Report show the existence of significant differences in performance … Andalusia, Catalonia and the group composed of the regions that do not participate in the PISA with an extended sample are the …

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Performance Indicators for Public Spending Efficiency in Primary and Secondary Education

Sutherland, Douglas; Price, Robert W.R.; Joumard, Isabelle - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2007

This paper assesses the potential to raise public spending efficiency in the primary and secondary education sector. Resource availability per pupil has increased significantly over the past decade in a number of countries; often in attempting to exploit the link between educational attainment...

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Effects on school enrollment and performance of a conditional transfers program in Mexico

Dubois, P.; De Janvry, A.; Sadoulet, E. - Département d'Économie et Sociologie Rurales, … - 2002

We study the effects of a conditional transfers program on school enrollment and performance in Mexico. We provide a theoretical framework for analyzing the dynamic educational decision and process including the endogeneity and uncertainty of performance (passing grades) and the effect of a...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005773019

Introducción: La Economía de la Educación y el Sistema Educativo Chileno

Sapelli, Claudio - In: Latin American Journal of Economics-formerly Cuadernos … 40 (2003) 118, pp. 281-296

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Econometric Methods for Research in Education

Meghir, Costas; Rivkin, Steven G. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010

This paper reviews some of the econometric methods that have been used in the economics of education. The focus is on understanding how the assumptions made to justify and implement such methods relate to the underlying economic model and the interpretation of the results. We start by...

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