The role of school improvement in economic development.

Autor/inn/en	Hanushek, Eric A.; Woessmann, Ludger
Institution	National Bureau of Economic Research
Titel	The role of school improvement in economic development.
Quelle	Cambridge, Mass.: National Bureau of Economic Research (2007), 94 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	NBER working paper series. 12832
Beigaben	grafische Darstellungen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Empirische Untersuchung; Bildungsdefizit; Fertigkeit; Fähigkeit; Kognitive Kompetenz; Bildungsökonomie; Bildungsertrag; Schule; Schulentwicklung; Schulerfolg; Schulleistung; Entwicklungsland; Bildungsinvestition; Einkommen; Investition; Wirtschaft; Internationaler Vergleich; Einflussfaktor; Entwicklung; Qualität; Qualitätssicherung; Wachstum; Institution
Abstract	The role of improved schooling, a central part of most development strategies, has become controversial because expansion of school attainment has not guaranteed improved economic conditions. This paper reviews the role of education in promoting economic well-being, with a particular focus an the role of educational quality. It concludes that there is strong evidence that the cognitive skills of the population - rather than mere school attainment - are powerfully related to individual earnings, to the distribution of income, and to economic growth. New empirical results show the importance of both minimal and high level skills, the complementarity of skills and the quality of economic institutions, and the robustness of the relationship between skills and growth. International comparisons incorporation expanded data on cognitive skills reveal much larger skill deficits in developing countries than generally derived from just school enrollment and attainment. The magnitude of change needed makes clear that closing the economic gap with developed countries will require major structural changes in schooling institutions. (DIPF/Orig.).
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	2007/3