We provide a measure of equality of educational opportunity in 54 countries, estimated as the effect of family background on student performance in two international TIMSS tests. We then show how organizational features of the education system affect equality of educational opportunity. Our...

The paper performs an efficiency analysis of the lower secondary school sector in Norway. The efficiency potential is calculated to 14 percent based on a DEA analysis with grades in core subjects (adjusted for student characteristics and family background) as outputs. The analysis of the...

This study analyzes the qualitative aspects of emigration from Germany taking account of economic and non-economic reasons. The reported willingness to emigrate from Germany in the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) is explained for men and women by three groups of variables: individual...

The paper provides a comparative analysis of the association between student achievement and public-private partnerships (PPPs) in schooling across countries. Student-level data from the PISA international achievement test provides information on the public-private character of both operation...

This paper traces the human capital development of 14 Asian countries for the period of 1900-60, using the age-heaping method. We place special emphasis on the gender gap in numeracy and its determinants. In particular, we test the validity of a U-hypothesis of gender equality, implying that...

Bei der Integration von Zuwanderern nimmt der Spracherwerb einen hohen Stellenwert ein. Die Sprachförderung ermöglicht erfolgreichen Arbeitsmarktzugang, Bildungsteilnahme und Interaktion mit der Gesellschaft und ist somit für die Zuwanderer, den Staat und die Gesellschaft unabdingbar. Durch...

Der vorliegende Forschungsüberblick zeigt den Bildungserfolg von Migranten in Deutschland auf und bietet einen detaillierteren Einblick in die Bildungsleistungen von Migranten im Vorschulbereich. Im nächsten ifo Schnelldienst (Nr. 10/2013) werden die Leistungen von Migranten im Primar-,...