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Sample selectivity and the validity of international student achievement tests in economic research
Critics of international student comparisons argue that results may be influenced by differences in the extent to which countries adequately sample their entire student populations. In this research note, we show that larger exclusion and non-response rates are related to better country average scores on international tests, as are larger enrollment rates for the relevant age group. However, accounting for sample selectivity does not alter existing research findings that tested academic achievement can account for a majority of international differences in economic growth and that institutional features of school systems have important effects on international differences in student achievement.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 4926
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Survey Methods; Sampling Methods
Education and Research Institutions: General
Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity: General
- Subject
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Sample selection
international student achievement tests
economic growth
educational production
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Benchmarking
Stichprobenverfahren
Statistischer Test
Bildungsökonomik
Bildungsforschung
Welt
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Hanushek, Eric Alan
Woessmann, Ludger
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
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Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
- (where)
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Bonn
- (when)
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2010
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:41 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Hanushek, Eric Alan
- Woessmann, Ludger
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Time of origin
- 2010
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