Global universal basic skills: Current deficits and implications for world development

S Gust, EA Hanushek, L Woessmann - Journal of Development Economics, 2024 - Elsevier
How far is the world away from ensuring that every child obtains the basic skills needed to
be competitive in a modern economy? And what would accomplishing this mean for world …

Cross‐country data on skills and the quality of schooling: A selective survey

Á de la Fuente, R Doménech - Journal of Economic Surveys, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Scores in standardized international student achievement tests and some recent adult
literacy studies provide interesting data on the quality of educational outputs and on the skill …

Schooling Ain't Learning in Europe: A Club Convergence Perspective

L Glawe, C Mendez - Comparative Economic Studies, 2023 - Springer
Convergence in human capital is a key precondition to achieve income convergence in the
European Union; however, so far research on this topic has nearly been absent. Our paper …

Institutions and economic growth: the role of financial inclusion, public spending on education and the military

J Jungo - Review of Economics and Political Science, 2024 - emerald.com
Institutions and economic growth: the role of financial inclusion, public spending on education
and the military | Emerald Insight Books and journals Case studies Expert Briefings Open …

Cliometrics of learning-adjusted years of schooling: evidence from a new dataset

N Altinok, C Diebolt - Cliometrica, 2024 - Springer
Analyzing education does not only involve years of schooling, quality matters! This paper
aims at providing better data on schooling with a focus on learning outcomes. It provides the …

Unlocking economic growth and sustainable development in sub-Saharan Africa

F Osei-Kusi, CS Wu, S Tetteh - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
This research analyzes the impact of education quality on GDP per capita and educational
access, using instrumental variables (IV) models. The findings shed light on the potential of …

From A to Z: Effects of a 2nd-grade reading intervention program for struggling readers

J Lopes, PS Martins, C Oliveira, J Ferreira… - Revista de …, 2024 - Elsevier
Many children in primary grades show difficulties with reading fluency, hardly reading text or
doing it effortfully and fruitlessly, making intervention programs for struggling readers a …

[HTML][HTML] La educación de América Latina percibida desde el objetivo 4 de los objetivos del desarrollo sostenible (ODS)

S López-Leyva - Información tecnológica, 2024 - SciELO Chile
Este estudio analiza los avances del objetivo 4 de los Objetivos del Desarrollo Sostenible
(ODS) en América Latina. El objetivo 4 pretende garantizar una educación inclusiva …

De A a Z: efectos de un programa de intervención en lectura de segundo grado para lectores con dificultades

J Lopes, PS Martins, C Oliveira, J Ferreira… - Revista de …, 2024 - Elsevier
Muchos niños de Educación Primaria muestran dificultades con la fluidez de la lectura,
leyendo textos con muchas dificultades o leyendo con esfuerzo y sin éxito, lo que hace que …

Cross-country data on skills and the quality of schooling: A selective survey

R Doménech - 2024 - digital.csic.es
Scores in standardized international student achievement tests and some recent adult
literacy studies provide interesting data on the quality of educational outputs and on the skill …