PISA: What makes the difference?: Explaining the gap in test scores between Finland and Germany

Empirical Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 263-287

  Ammermueller, Andreas ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Educational production; PISA; Student performance

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; DATA SET; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; STUDENT; TESTING METHOD;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; GERMANY; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 34548103795     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00181-006-0102-5     Document Type: Article

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