Schooling and quality of human capital.

Autor/in	Woessmann, Ludger
Titel	Schooling and quality of human capital.
Quelle	Heidelberg u.a.: Springer (2002), XVII, 228 S.Verfügbarkeit
Reihe	Kieler Studien. 319
Beigaben	Literaturangaben 240; Register
Zusatzinformation	Inhaltsverzeichnis Verlagsangaben
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
ISBN	3-540-43882-3
Schlagwörter	Bildung; Schulpolitik; Schule; Schulsystem; Öffentliche Schule; Schüler; Schülerleistung; Unterricht; Steuerung; Humankapital; Ausgaben; Wirtschaft; Ökonometrie; Internationaler Vergleich; Effizienz; Entwicklung; Leistung; Qualität
Abstract	This book presents a thorough economic analysis of both the determinants and consequences of international differences in schooling quality. It is shown that cross-country differences in quality- adjusted human capital can account for a substantial part of the international variation in economic development. However, large increases in per-student spending over recent decades were not matched by increases in student achievement in most countries. In a simple principal-agent model, the book stresses the importance of institutional features of the schooling system such as central examinations, school autonomy, and private-sector competition. Microeconometric estimations based on data for more than a quarter of a million students reveal that international differences in these institutions, rather than differences in resources, can explain the large international differences in schooling quality. (DIPF/Orig.).
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	2004_(CD)