Wößmann, Ludger (2007): Fundamental determinants of school efficiency and equity: german states as a microcosm for OECD countries. CESifo Working Paper, 1981 |
Abstract
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.
Item Type: | Paper (Discussion Paper) |
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Faculties: | Economics Economics > Chairs > CESifo-Professorship for Empirical Innovation Economics |
Subjects: | 300 Social sciences > 330 Economics |
Language: | English |
ID Code: | 19650 |
Deposited On: | 15. Apr 2014 08:52 |
Last Modified: | 29. Apr 2016 09:17 |