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Ludger Woessmann
Researcher at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Publications - 183
Citations - 19269
Ludger Woessmann is an academic researcher from Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. The author has contributed to research in topics: Human capital & Academic achievement. The author has an hindex of 53, co-authored 176 publications receiving 17050 citations. Previous affiliations of Ludger Woessmann include Institute for the Study of Labor & Maastricht University.
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Handbook of the economics of education
TL;DR: The Handbooks in the Economics of Education as discussed by the authors provides a broad overview of the state of the art in the field of education and its economic and social effects, with a focus on the value of an education.
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The role of cognitive skills in economic development
TL;DR: This article reviewed the role of cognitive skills in promoting economic well-being and concluded that the cognitive skills of the population are powerfully related to individual earnings, to the distribution of income, and to economic growth.
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The Role of Cognitive Skills in Economic Development
TL;DR: The role of cognitive skills in pro- moting economic well-being, with a particular focus on the role of school quality and quantity, has been reviewed in this paper, concluding that there is strong evidence that the cognitive skills of the population are powerfully related to indi- vidual earnings, to the distribution of income, and to economic growth.
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Do Better Schools Lead to More Growth? Cognitive Skills, Economic Outcomes, and Causation
TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide evidence that the robust association between cognitive skills and economic growth reflects a causal effect of cognitive skills, and support the economic benefits of effective school policy and develop a new common metric that allows tracking student achievement across countries, over time, and along the within-country distribution.
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Does Educational Tracking Affect Performance and Inequality? Differences-in-Differences Evidence across Countries
TL;DR: In this article, the authors employ an international differences-in-differences approach to identify tracking effects by comparing differences in outcome between primary and secondary school across tracked and non-tracked systems.