Schooling Quality in a Cross Section of Countries

Jong-Wha Lee and Robert Barro

Working Papers from Harvard - Institute for International Development

Abstract: We investigate the determinants of educational quality in a newly-constructed panel data set that includes output and input measures for a broad number of countries. 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 drop-out rates. Family characteristics, such as income and education of parents, have strong effects on student performance. The findings also indicate that more school resources- especially smaller class sizes but probably also higher teacher salaries and greater school length- enhance educational outcomes.

Keywords: EDUCATION; WORKERS' EDUCATION; SCHOOLS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 42 pages
Date: 1998
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Journal Article: Schooling Quality in a Cross–Section of Countries (2001)
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