The information value of central school exams

The central vs. local nature of high-school exit exam systems can have important repercussions on the labor market. By increasing the informational content of grades, central exams may improve the sorting of students by productivity. To test this, we exploit the unique German setting where students...

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Volume:	56
Main Author:	Schwerdt, Guido Woessmann, Ludger
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Academic
Place of publication:	OXFORD Elsevier Ltd 01.02.2017 PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD Elsevier B.V
published in:	Economics of education review Vol. 56; pp. 65 - 79
Data of publication:	February 2017
ISSN:	0272-7757 1873-7382
EISSN:	1873-7382
Discipline:	Education Economics
Subjects:	Labor-market sorting Difference-in-difference Earnings Central exit exams Measurement error Germany Economics Business & Economics Education & Educational Research Social Sciences Labor market Analysis Labor-market sorting Difference-in-difference Central exit exams I20 J31 Earnings J24 Measurement error Germany STUDENT-ACHIEVEMENT CENTRAL EXIT EXAMINATIONS STANDARDS INFERENCE
Online Access:	available in Bonn?
Database:	Social Sciences Citation Index Web of Science - Social Sciences Citation Index - 2017 Web of Knowledge Web of Science CrossRef Academic OneFile (A&I only) Database information Databases - DBIS