The Efficiency of Secondary Schools in an International Perspective: Preliminary Results from PISA 2012
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Keywords
efficiency; equity; international comparisons;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C14 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods: General
- I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
- I24 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Inequality
- I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EDU-2015-05-16 (Education)
- NEP-EEC-2015-05-16 (European Economics)
- NEP-EFF-2015-05-16 (Efficiency and Productivity)
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