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| Title: | | Fundamental determinants of school efficiency and equity: german states as a microcosm for OECD countries  |
| Authors: | | Woessmann, Ludger |
| Issue Date: | | 2007 |
| Series/Report no.: | | 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. |
| JEL: | | I28 L38 L33 H52 D02 D63 J24 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | CESifo Working Papers, CESifo Group Munich
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