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Schooling and the Quality of Human Capital - Couverture souple

Wößmann, Ludger

 
9783662425862: Schooling and the Quality of Human Capital
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ISBN 10 : 3662425866 ISBN 13 : 9783662425862
Editeur : Springer, 2014

Synopsis

This book presents a thorough economic analysis of both the determinants and the consequences of international differences in schooling quality. It is shown that cross-country differences in quality-adjusted human capital can account for a substantial part of the international variation in economic development. However, large increases in per-student spending over recent decades were not matched by increases in student achievement in most countries. In a simple principal-agent model, the book stresses the importance of institutional features of the schooling system such as central examinations, school autonomy, and private-sector competition. Microeconometric estimations based on data for more than a quarter of a million students reveal that international differences in these institutions, rather than differences in resources, can explain the large international differences in schooling quality.

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Éditeur
Springer
Date d'édition
2014
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3662425866
ISBN 13 
9783662425862
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
252
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