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Broadband Infrastructure and Economic Growth
- Nina Czernich, Oliver Falck, Tobias Kretschmer, Ludger Woessmann
- EconomicsSSRN Electronic Journal
- 1 December 2009
We estimate the effect of broadband infrastructure, which enables high-speed internet, on economic growth in the panel of OECD countries in 1996-2007. Our instrumental-variable model derives its…
Do better schools lead to more growth? Cognitive skills, economic outcomes, and causation
- E. Hanushek, Ludger Woessmann
- EconomicsSSRN Electronic Journal
- 1 January 2009
We develop a new metric for the distribution of educational achievement across countries that can further track the cognitive skill distribution within countries and over time. Cross-country growth…
Was Weber Wrong? A Human Capital Theory of Protestant Economic History
- Sascha O. Becker, Ludger Woessmann
- Economics
- 20 April 2007
Max Weber attributed the higher economic prosperity of Protestantregions to a Protestant work ethic. We provide an alternative theory: Protestant economies prospered because instruction in reading…
The role of cognitive skills in economic development
- E. Hanushek, Ludger Woessmann
- Economics
- 2008
The role of improved schooling, a central part of most development strategies, has become controversial because expansion of school attainment has not guaranteed improved economic conditions. This…
Returns to Skills Around the World: Evidence from PIAAC
- E. Hanushek, Guido Schwerdt, Simon Wiederhold, Ludger Woessmann
- EconomicsSSRN Electronic Journal
- 1 December 2013
Education Policy and Equality of Opportunity
- Gabriela Schütz, H. Ursprung, Ludger Woessmann
- EducationSSRN Electronic Journal
- 1 December 2005
We provide a measure of equality of educational opportunity in 54 countries, estimated as the effect of family background on student performance in two international TIMSS tests. We then show how…
The Role of Education Quality for Economic Growth
- E. Hanushek, Ludger Woessmann
- Economics
- 1 February 2007
The role of improved schooling, a central part of most development strategies, has become controversial because expansion of school attainment has not guaranteed improved economic conditions. This…
General Education, Vocational Education, and Labor-Market Outcomes over the Lifecycle*
- E. Hanushek, Guido Schwerdt, Ludger Woessmann, Lei Zhang
- EconomicsThe Journal of Human Resources
- 1 October 2011
Policy proposals promoting vocational education focus on the school-to-work transition. But with technological change, gains in youth employment may be offset by less adaptability and diminished…
The Empire is Dead, Long Live the Empire! Long�?Run Persistence of Trust and Corruption in the Bureaucracy
- Sascha O. Becker, K. Boeckh, Christa Hainz, Ludger Woessmann
- EconomicsSSRN Electronic Journal
- 1 March 2011
Do empires affect attitudes towards the state long after their demise? We hypothesize that the Habsburg Empire with its localized and well-respected administration increased citizens’ trust in local…
The Economics of International Differences in Educational Achievement
- E. Hanushek, Ludger Woessmann
- EconomicsSSRN Electronic Journal
- 1 April 2010
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