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The intergenerational transmission of cognitive skills. (with Babs Jacobs, Guido Schwerdt, Rolf van der Velden, Stan Vermeulen, and Simon Wiederhold). VoxEU, February 22, 2022.
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Patience, risk-taking, and international differences in student achievement. (with Lavinia Kinne, Philipp Lergetporer, Ludger Woessmann). VoxEU, August 2, 2020.
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Can greater access to education be inequitable?. (with Chirantan Chatterjee and Shreekanth Mahendiran). Ideas for India, August 10, 2020.
Unintended consequences to education for all: India’s Right to Education Act. (with Chirantan Chatterjee and Shreekanth Mahendiran). VoxEU, July 23, 2020.
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Testing with accountability improves student achievement. (with Annika B. Bergbauer and Ludger Woessmann). VoxEU, September 18, 2018.
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Testing with accountability improves student achievement. (with Annika B. Bergbauer and Ludger Woessmann). VoxEU, September 18, 2018.
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Teach the World: Why the UN Sustainable Development Goals Should Focus on Education. (With Ludger Woessmann). Foreign Affairs, August 20, 2015.
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Universal basic skills should become the primary development goal. (with Ludger Woessmann). VoxEU, May 24, 2015.
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Don’t Get Lost – Focus on Quality. NORRAG News, 48, April 2013, pp. 22-23.
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Allowing local schools to make more decisions may work in developed countries but is questionable in developing countries. (with Susanne Link, and Ludger Woessmann). VoxEU, January 9, 2012.
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Vocational education facilitates entry into the labour market but hurts employment at older ages. (with Ludger Woessmann and Lei Zhang). VoxEU, November 21, 2011.
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Poor student learning explains the Latin American growth puzzle. (with Ludger Woessmann). VoxEU, August 14, 2009.
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Working Papers

Can Patience Account for Subnational Differences in Student Achievement? Regional Analysis with Facebook Interests. (with Lavinia Kinne, Pietro Sancassani, and Ludger Woessmann). NBER Working Paper No. 31690, National Bureau of Economic Research, September 2023.
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Understanding Trends in Chinese Skill Premiums, 2007-2018. (with Yuan Wang and Lei Zhang). NBER Working Paper No. 31367, National Bureau of Economic Research, June 2023.
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Where Do STEM Graduates Stem From? The Intergenerational Transmission of Comparative Skill Advantages. (with Babs Jacobs, Guido Schwerdt, Rolf van der Velden, Stan Vermeulen, and Simon Wiederhold). NBER Working Paper No. 31186, National Bureau of Economic Research, April 2023.
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Employer Learning and the Dynamics of Returns to Universities: Evidence from Chinese Elite Education during University Expansion. (with Sylvie Démurger and Lei Zhang). NBER Working Paper No. 25955, National Bureau of Economic Research, Revised March 2023.
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Global Universal Basic Skills: Current Deficits and Implications for World Development. (with Sarah Gust and Ludger Woessmann). NBER Working Paper No. 30566, National Bureau of Economic Research, October 2022.
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The Intergenerational Transmission of Cognitive Skills: An Investigation of the Causal Impact of Families on Student Outcomes. (with Babs Jacobs, Guido Schwerdt, Rolf van der Velden, Stan Vermeulen, and Simon Wiederhold). NBER Working Paper No. 29450, National Bureau of Economic Research, November 2021.
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The Economic Impacts of Learning Losses. (with Ludger Woessmann). OECD Education Working Paper No. 225, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, September 2020.
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Culture and Student Achievement: The Intertwined Roles of Patience and Risk-Taking. (with Lavinia Kinne, Philipp Lergetporer, and Ludger Woessmann). NBER Working Paper No. 27484, National Bureau of Economic Research, July 2020.
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