In this paper, we decompose worldwide PISA mathematics and reading scores. While mathematics scores are still tilted … endowments and learning productivity, although the largest part remains unexplained. Countries’ general level of gender (in …

In this paper, we decompose worldwide PISA mathematics and reading scores. While mathematics scores are still tilted … endowments and learning productivity, although the largest part remains unexplained. Countries' general level of gender (in …

The international surveys of pupil achievement - PISA, TIMSS, and PIRLS - have been widely used to compare … surveys, and especially their variation across countries. We investigate this issue drawing on data from PISA and PIRLS … been very little work on the implications for the estimation of socioeconomic gradients in test scores in the international …

We analyze the impact of an increase in compulsory schooling policy on the gender gap in intergenerational educational … persistence using the Turkish Adult Education Survey (2012). Prior to the reform there is a gender gap in the association of … points, respectively. The gender gap in intergenerational education transmission has decreased by 8 percentage points in the …

In Germany, the poor performance in PISA 2000 stimulated a heated public debate and a strong policy response. The …, informs about important policy reforms following the PISA shock in 2000. It further gives a description of the current …

homelands in the aftermath of World War II. The econometric analyses are based on different micro data sets and employ micro …