Schooling and the Quality of Human Capital Paperback / softback
by Ludger Woessmann
Part of the Kieler Studien - Kiel Studies series
Paperback / softback
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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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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:228 pages, XVII, 228 p.
- Publisher:Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
- Publication Date:11/01/2014
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- ISBN:9783662425862
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Item not Available
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:228 pages, XVII, 228 p.
- Publisher:Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
- Publication Date:11/01/2014
- Category:
- ISBN:9783662425862
