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Determinants of Educational Attainment in East and Southeast Asian Countries: Evidence From TIMSS 2015 Data

Hossain, Muhammad Mosaddek
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo149450432231142

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2017, Master of Arts, University of Toledo, Economics.
The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2015 data shows that five high-performing East and Southeast Asian countries are not only maintaining their 20 years dominance in international educational assessment surveys, rather widening the gap. It has received incredible academic and policy attention as to what factors facilitate these Asian countries to continuously outpace their Western counterparts. This study employs a set of cluster robust linear regression model weighted by appropriate sampling probabilities to estimate the education production function for these high-performing Asian countries along with Thailand from the same region. Furthermore, a school fixed effect model is used to estimate the effect of student and family background variables under an alternative specification. Our result indicates individual and family background variables have stronger and consistent impact on student performance in against school resources, and teacher characteristics. The number of books at home, student's self-influence factors, and school emphasis on academic success are found to have a consistent positive impact; whereas school discipline problem and computer usage are found to have a consistent negative impact on student performance across the countries. The paper concludes with some policy implications with regards to the empirical findings.
Olugbenga Ajilore (Advisor)
Aliaksandr Amialchuk (Committee Member)
James Bland (Committee Member)
46 p.
Economics
Education Production Function, Attainment, East and Southeast Asia, Family Background, Self-influence Factors

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  • Hossain, M. M. (2017). Determinants of Educational Attainment in East and Southeast Asian Countries: Evidence From TIMSS 2015 Data [Master's thesis, University of Toledo]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo149450432231142

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Hossain, Muhammad. Determinants of Educational Attainment in East and Southeast Asian Countries: Evidence From TIMSS 2015 Data. 2017. University of Toledo, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo149450432231142.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Hossain, Muhammad. "Determinants of Educational Attainment in East and Southeast Asian Countries: Evidence From TIMSS 2015 Data." Master's thesis, University of Toledo, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo149450432231142

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