tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052483794969551815.post2250610013752873845..comments2023-09-22T03:25:00.415-07:00Comments on DEVECONDATA: Cross-country "years of education" datasetsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052483794969551815.post-15212078297463571602013-10-16T20:08:07.477-07:002013-10-16T20:08:07.477-07:00There is also the data set on schooling inputs by ...There is also the data set on schooling inputs by Barro and Lee, AER,1996, International measures of schooling years and schooling quality. It includes pupil-teacher ratios, spending per student, teacher salaries. It is available here: http://econ.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTDEC/EXTRESEARCH/0,,contentMDK:20699068~pagePK:64214825~piPK:64214943~theSitePK:469382,00.html<br /><br />I asked prof. Lee and that there was no update on that data set though. <br /><br />regardslucashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16804615314069825072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052483794969551815.post-80865818180971465882011-01-04T08:30:36.254-08:002011-01-04T08:30:36.254-08:00No worries. You should start a section for compara...No worries. You should start a section for comparable education quality stats - with the new round of SACMEQ due soon there will be plenty out there, and not a lot of people with both the skills and interest to do it. I'm happy to write it and e-mail it across.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17551785280280157083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052483794969551815.post-20880377137455839622011-01-04T06:33:43.524-08:002011-01-04T06:33:43.524-08:00Thank you very much, Paul, for very useful feedbac...Thank you very much, Paul, for very useful feedbacks!kdmtzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06718149677163689651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052483794969551815.post-11954638823078450212011-01-04T05:37:44.069-08:002011-01-04T05:37:44.069-08:00You should also mention the work on schooling qual...You should also mention the work on schooling quality, and the datasets used for that - Barro's 2001 dataset includes international test scores, as does Altinok (2007), which expands Hanushek's work to include the African surveys.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17551785280280157083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052483794969551815.post-69665173426753859082011-01-04T05:35:10.568-08:002011-01-04T05:35:10.568-08:00The Soto and Cohen dataset (Daniel Cohen & Mar...The Soto and Cohen dataset (Daniel Cohen & Marcelo Soto, 2007. "Growth and human capital: good data, good results," Journal of Economic Growth, Springer, vol. 12(1), pages 51-76) is also very good, and improves on B&L in a number of ways.<br /><br />It is available here...<br /><br />http://soto.iae-csic.org/Data.htmPaulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17551785280280157083noreply@blogger.com