What matters in educational performance? Evidence from OECD and non-OECD countries

Cristian Barra and Marinella Boccia ()
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Marinella Boccia: University of Salerno

Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, 2022, vol. 56, issue 6, No 20, 4335-4394

Abstract: Abstract The aim of this paper is to investigate the determinants of school performance measured by the average value of students’ test scores at the school level. PISA data (2000–2012) are used to explore this relationship. A multivariate regression and a quantile and multilevel regression are employed in order to perform the analysis considering both the total sample and grouping for OECD countries and non-OECD countries. The results show that, considering the entire sample and only the OECD countries, school performance is positively driven by student fees, the presence of girls, and computers; the mother’s education also plays an important role, while the father’s education is notable only at a high level and negative otherwise. The results are robust to a battery of robustness checks.

Keywords: Test scores; School performance; PISA data; Multivariate regression; Quantile regression (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C10 I21 I28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/s11135-022-01322-y

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