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The economics of international differences in educational achievement
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Woessmann, Ludger - 2010
An emerging economic literature over the past decade has made use of international tests of educational achievement to analyze the determinants and impacts of cognitive skills. The cross-country comparative approach provides a number of unique advantages over national studies: It can exploit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274183
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The economics of international differences in educational achievement
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Woessmann, Ludger - 2010
An emerging economic literature over the past decade has made use of international tests of educational achievement to analyze the determinants and impacts of cognitive skills. The cross-country comparative approach provides a number of unique advantages over national studies: It can exploit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274187
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The Information Value of Central School Exams
Schwerdt, Guido; Woessmann, Ludger - 2015
. Choices of higher-education programs and of occupations do not appear major channels of this result. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307069
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The Information Value of Central School Exams
Schwerdt, Guido; Woessmann, Ludger - 2015
. Choices of higher-education programs and of occupations do not appear major channels of this result. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307322
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General education, vocational education, and labor-market outcomes over the life-cycle
Hanushek, Eric A.; Woessmann, Ludger; Zhang, Lei - 2011
Policy debates about the balance of vocational and general education programs focus on the school-to-work transition …. But with rapid technological change, gains in youth employment from vocational education may be offset by less … vocational education decreases with age, we employ a difference-in-differences approach that compares employment rates across …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278837
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General education, vocational education, and labor-market outcomes over the life-cycle
Hanushek, Eric A.; Woessmann, Ludger; Zhang, Lei - 2011
Policy debates about the balance of vocational and general education programs focus on the school-to-work transition …. But with rapid technological change, gains in youth employment from vocational education may be offset by less … vocational education decreases with age, we employ a difference-in-differences approach that compares employment rates across …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282373
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Central school exit exams and labor-market outcomes
Piopiunik, Marc; Schwerdt, Guido; Woessmann, Ludger - 2012
Many countries use centralized exit exams as a governance devise of the school system. While abundant evidence suggests positive effects of central exams on achievement tests, previous research on university-bound students shows no effects on subsequent earnings. We suggest that labor-market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010288247
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Central school exit exams and labor-market outcomes
Piopiunik, Marc; Schwerdt, Guido; Woessmann, Ludger - 2012
Many countries use centralized exit exams as a governance devise of the school system. While abundant evidence suggests positive effects of central exams on achievement tests, previous research on university-bound students shows no effects on subsequent earnings. We suggest that labor-market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289960
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What accounts for international differences in student performance?
Fuchs, Thomas; Woessmann, Ludger - 2004
We use the PISA student-level achievement database to estimate international education production functions. Student …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261226
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What Accounts for International Differences in Student Performance? : A Re-Examination Using PISA Data
Fuchs, Thomas; Woessmann, Ludger - 2004
We use the PISA student-level achievement database to estimate international education production functions. Student …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262036