India shining and Bharat drowning: Comparing two Indian states to the worldwide distribution in mathematics achievement

Increasing evidence suggests that the level and distribution of cognitive skills is more important to economic development than absolute measures of schooling attainment, and that income and skill inequality are inextricably linked. Yet for most of the developing world no internationally comparable...

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Published in:	Journal of development economics Vol. 92; no. 2; pp. 175 - 187
Main Authors:	Das, Jishnu, Zajonc, Tristan
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01-07-2010 Elsevier Elsevier Sequoia S.A
Series:	Journal of Development Economics
Subjects:	Academic achievement Analysis of Education I210 Cognition & reasoning Cognitive ability Economic development Economic Development: Human Resources Growth Higher Education and Research Institutions I230 Human Capital Human Development Income Distribution India Inequality International comparisons Item response Labor Productivity J240 Mathematics Mathematics education Migration O150 Occupational Choice Schooling Schooling Test scores Inequality Item response Growth Skills Students Studies Test scores Rajasthan India Orissa India India I21 (Analysis of Education) 15 (Economic Development: Human Resources, Human Development) Growth C51 (Model Construction and Estimation) Test scores Schooling Item response Inequality
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