Education Production Functions in Developing Countries

Using the data sets of different international student achievement tests, I have estimated the descriptive association between family background and school measures on the one hand and student achievement on the other hand in different countries. For example, I have used the data of two Latin American countries - Argentina and Columbia - in the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) and the data of five East Asian countries - Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, and Thailand - in the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS).

Research papers:

Families, Schools and Primary-School Learning: Evidence for Argentina and Colombia in an International Perspective. Applied Economics 42 (21): 2645-2665, 2010

Educational Production in East Asia: The Impact of Family Background and Schooling Policies on Student Performance. German Economic Review 6 (3): 331-353, 2005

The Fading Productivity of Schooling in East Asia (with E. Gundlach). Journal of Asian Economics 12 (3): 401-417, 2001