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Fundamental determinants of school efficiency and equity: German states as a microcosm for OECD countries

Cross-country evidence on student achievement might be hampered by omitted country characteristics such as language or legal differences. This paper uses cross-state variation in Germany, whose sixteen states share the same language and legal system, but pursue different education policies. The same results found previously across countries hold within Germany: Higher mean student performance is associated with central exams, private school operation, and socio-economic background, but not with spending, while higher equality of opportunity is associated with reduced tracking. In a model that pools German states with OECD countries, these fundamental determinants do not differ significantly between the two samples.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 2880

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Thema
Bildungsniveau
Bildungspolitik
Bildungschancen
Wirtschaftliche Effizienz
Teilstaat
Deutschland
Vergleich
OECD-Staaten

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Wößmann, Ludger
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2007

Handle
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Wößmann, Ludger
  • Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Entstanden

  • 2007

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