TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Woessmann, Ludger
        TI  - Fundamental Determinants of School Efficiency and Equity: German States as a Microcosm for OECD Countries
        PY  - 2007/Jun/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 2880
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp2880
        AB  - Cross-country evidence on student achievement might be hampered by omitted country characteristics such as language or legal differences. This paper uses cross-state variation in Germany, whose sixteen states share the same language and legal system, but pursue different education policies. The same results found previously across countries hold within Germany: Higher mean student performance is associated with central exams, private school operation, and socio-economic background, but not with spending, while higher equality of opportunity is associated with reduced tracking. In a model that pools German states with OECD countries, these fundamental determinants do not differ significantly between the two samples.
        KW  - Germany
KW  - education production function
KW  - institutional effects in schooling
KW  - PISA
KW  - student performance
        ER  -