: Christian Dustmann, Bernd Fitzenberger, Stephen Machin
: Christian Dustmann, Bernd Fitzenberger, Stephen Machin
: The Economics of Education and Training
: Physica-Verlag
: 9783790820225
: 1
: CHF 132.70
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: Volkswirtschaft
: English
: 376
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Education and training are key to explain the current competitive strengths of national economies. While in the past educational and training institutions were often seen as providers of necessary skills for national economies, this view has changed, with education and training now being seen as a key ingredient for international competitiveness. This collection of papers on various aspects of the economics of education and training reflects this new interest.

Contents6
Editorial: the economics of education and training8
Does reducing student support affect scholastic performance? Evidence from a Dutch reform Does reducing student support affect scholastic13
Part-time work, school success and school leaving28
Time to learn? The organizational structure of schools and student achievement51
Who actually goes to university?83
Does the early bird catch the worm?108
Peer effects in Austrian schools136
Fair ranking of teachers159
School composition effects in Denmark: quantile regression evidence from PISA 2000180
What accounts for international differences in student performance? A re- examination using PISA data210
PISA: What makes the difference?242
The impact of unionization on the incidence of and sources of payment for training in Canada267
Evaluating multi-treatment programs: theory and evidence from the U. S. Job Training Partnership Act experiment292
Employment effects of the provision of specific professional skills and techniques in Germany330