What accounts for international differences in student performance? A re-examination using PISA data

Empirical Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 433-464

  Fuchs, Thomas ^a   Wößmann, Ludger ^b  

^a IFO INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Education production function; Institutional effects in schooling; International variation in student performance; PISA

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMY; DATABASE; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; STUDENT;

EID: 34249907837     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00181-006-0087-0     Document Type: Article

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