@techreport{Woessmann2007Fundamental,
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.},
address = {M\"{u}nchen},
author = {Ludger Woessmann},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {I28; L38; L33; H52; D02; D63; J24; 330; Bildungsniveau; Bildungschancen; Bildungspolitik; Institutionalismus; Teilstaat; Deutschland},
language = {eng},
number = {1981},
publisher = {CESifo},
title = {Fundamental determinants of school efficiency and equity: german states as a microcosm for OECD countries},
type = {CESifo working paper},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/26026},
year = {2007}
}
