Cross-country evidence on student achievement might be hampered byomitted country characteristics such as language or legal differences.This paper uses cross-state variation in Germany, whose sixteen statesshare the same language and legal system, but pursue different educationpolicies....

Durch das Konjunkturpaket und den Hochschulpakt fließen in den nächsten Jahren große Investitionsbeträge in die Bildung. Fraglich bleibt allerdings, ob es im Bildungsbereich auf mehr Finanzmittel ankommt. Reformbedarf besteht wohl eher bei den Strukturen des Bildungswesens und der Qualität...

The relative roles of factor inputs and productivity are estimated in explaining the level of economic development. For a large sample of countries, it is shown that international differences in factor inputs account for between two thirds and three quarters of international differences in...

This paper estimates the effects of family background, resources and institutions on mathematics and science performance using an international database of more than 260,000 students from 39 countries which includes extensive background information at the student, teacher, school and system...

We estimate the effect of broadband infrastructure, which enables high-speed internet, on economic growth in the panel of OECD countries in 1996-2007. Our instrumental variable model derives its non-linear first stage from a logistic diffusion model where pre-existing voice telephony and cable...

The interaction between investment in children’s education and parental fertility is crucial in recent theories of the transition from Malthusian stagnation to modern economic growth. This paper contributes to the literature on the child quantity-quality trade-off with new county-level...

This paper uses student-level Third International Mathematics andScience Study (TIMSS) data to analyze the determinants of schoolingquality for seven Eastern European transition countries by estimatingeducational production functions. The results show substantial effectsof student background on...

This paper examines determinants of educational performance in the high performing East Asian economies of Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, and Thailand by running within country regressions. The determinants considered include family background, school resources, and institutional...