The effect of schooling and ability on achievement test scores.

Autor/inn/en	Hansen, Karsten T.; Heckman, James J.; Mullen, Kathleen J.
Institution	Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit
Titel	The effect of schooling and ability on achievement test scores.
Quelle	Bonn: IZA (2003), 41 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	Discussion paper / Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (Bonn). 826
Beigaben	Literaturangaben 36; Tabellen
Sprache	englisch; englische Zusammenfassung
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Kompetenz; Empirische Untersuchung; Methode; Beziehung; Fähigkeit; Kognitive Kompetenz; Bildungsrendite; Schulbesuch; Datenanalyse; Ökonometrie; FuE-Dokument; Leistungsmessung; Modell
Abstract	This paper develops two methods for estimating the effect of schooling on achievement test scores that control for the endogeneity of schooling by postulating that both schooling and test scores are generated by a common unobserved latent ability. These methods are applied to data on schooling and test scores. Estimates from the two methods are in close agreement. [The authors] find that the effects of schooling on test scores are roughly linear across schooling levels. The effects of schooling on measured test scores are slightly larger for lower latent ability levels. [They] find that schooling increases the AFQT [Armed Forces Qualification Test] score on average between 2 and 4 percentage points, roughly twice as large as the effect claimed by Herrnstein and Murray (1994) but in agreement with estimates produced by Neal and Johnson (1996) and Winship and Korenman (1997). [The authors] extend the previous literature by estimating the impact of schooling on measured test scores at various quantiles of the latent ability distribution. (DIPF/ Orig.).
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	2005_(CD)