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Inequalities in education across Canada : lessons for the pandemic

Haeck, Catherine; Lefebvre, Pierre - 2020

cognitive skills. In this article, we document the evolution of the cognitive skills gap across Canada using PISA data. We use … PISA tests scores over 7 cycles, from 2000 to 2018, to provide an exhaustive portrait of the evolution of the tests scores … differences in PISA scores, in reading, maths and science, are large but unwavering. In other words inequality by SES is stable …

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Quantifying the macroeconomic impact of Covid-19-related school closures through the human capital channel

De la Maisonneuve, Christine; Égert, Balázs; Turner, David - 2023

This paper uses a new measure of human capital, which distinguishes both quality and quantity components, to estimate the long-term effect of the Covid-19-related school closures on aggregate productivity through the human capital channel. Productivity losses build up over time and are estimated...

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Quantifying the macroeconomic impact of COVID-19-related school closures through the human capital channel

De la Maisonneuve, Christine; Égert, Balázs; Turner, David - In: Economies : open access journal 11 (2023) 12, pp. 1-14

This paper uses a new measure of human capital, which distinguishes both quality and quantity components, to estimate the long-term effect of the COVID-19-related school closures on aggregate productivity through the human capital channel. Productivity losses build up over time and are estimated...

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Educational policy evaluation through international comparative assessments

Strietholt, Rolf (ed.); Bos, Wilfried (ed.); … - 2014

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The value of smarter teachers : international evidence on teacher cognitive skills and student performance

Hanushek, Eric Alan; Piopiunik, Marc; Wiederhold, Simon - 2014

Differences in teacher quality are commonly cited as a key determinant of the huge international student performance gaps. However, convincing evidence on this relationship is still lacking, in part because it is unclear how to measure teacher quality consistently across countries. We use unique...

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