TY - JOUR
T1 - Schooling quality in a cross-section of countries
AU - Lee, Jong Wha
AU - Barro, Robert J.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - This paper presents a newly constructed panel data-set that includes output and input measures of schooling quality for a broad number of countries. Based on this data-set, we investigate the determinants of educational quality. The results show that family inputs and school resources are closely related to school outcomes, as measured by internationally comparable test scores, repetition rates and dropout rates. Family characteristics, such as income and education of parents, have strong relations with students performance. The findings also suggest that more school resources-especially smaller class sizes, but probably also higher teacher salaries and greater school length-enhance educational outcomes.
AB - This paper presents a newly constructed panel data-set that includes output and input measures of schooling quality for a broad number of countries. Based on this data-set, we investigate the determinants of educational quality. The results show that family inputs and school resources are closely related to school outcomes, as measured by internationally comparable test scores, repetition rates and dropout rates. Family characteristics, such as income and education of parents, have strong relations with students performance. The findings also suggest that more school resources-especially smaller class sizes, but probably also higher teacher salaries and greater school length-enhance educational outcomes.
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U2 - 10.1111/1468-0335.00257
DO - 10.1111/1468-0335.00257
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0035194899
VL - 68
SP - 465
EP - 488
JO - Economica
JF - Economica
SN - 0013-0427
IS - 272
ER -