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Do Better Schools Lead to More Growth? Cognitive Skills, Economic Outcomes, and Causation. NBER Working Paper No. 14633
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Hanushek, Eric A.; Woessmann, Ludger – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2009
We provide evidence that the robust association between cognitive skills and economic growth reflects a causal effect of cognitive skills and supports the economic benefits of effective school policy. We develop a new common metric that allows tracking student achievement across countries, over time, and along the within-country distribution.…
Descriptors: School Effectiveness, School Policy, Economic Progress, Thinking Skills