Central exams and adult skills: Evidence from PIAAC

Lisa Leschnig, Guido Schwerdt and Katarina Zigova

No 1, ROA Research Memorandum from Maastricht University, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA)

Abstract: Central exams are often hypothesized to favorably affect incentive structures in schools. Indeed, previous research provides vast evidence on the positive effects of central exams on student test scores. But critics warn that these effects may arise through the strategic behavior of students and teachers, which may not affect human capital accumulation in the long run. Exploiting variation in examination types across school systems and over time, we provide the first evidence that central exams positively affect adult skills. However, our estimates are small compared to the existing estimates for students, which may indicate some fade-out in the effect on skills over time.

JEL-codes: I20 J24 J31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-02-25
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DOI: 10.26481/umaror.2021001

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