Constitutional rights and education: An international comparative study

We investigate whether the inclusion of educational rights in political constitutions affects the quality of education. We rely on data for 61 countries that participated in the 2012 PISA tests. Our results are strong and robust to the estimation technique (least squares or instrumental variables): there is no evidence that including the right to education in the constitution has been associated with higher test scores. The quality of education depends on socioeconomic, structural, and policy variables, such as expenditure per student, the teacher-pupil ratio, and families' background. These r... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Sebastian Edwards
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Reihe/Periodikum: Journal of comparative economics
Verlag/Hrsg.: Amsterdam, Elsevier
Sprache: Englisch
ISSN: 0147-5967
Weitere Identifikatoren: doi: 10.1016/j.jce.2015.05.002
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/olc-benelux-1965001696
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Link(s) : http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jce.2015.05.002
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jce.2015.05.002