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Learning-Adjusted Years of Schooling: Defining A New Macro Measure of Education

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dc.contributor.authorRogers, Halsey
dc.contributor.authorFilmer, Deon
dc.contributor.authorAngrist, Noam
dc.contributor.authorSabarwal, Shwetlena
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-28T16:03:11Z
dc.date.available2018-09-28T16:03:11Z
dc.date.issued2018-09
dc.description.abstractThe standard summary metric of education-based human capital used in macro analyses—the average number of years of schooling in a population—is based only on quantity. But ignoring schooling quality turns out to be a major omission. As recent research shows, students in different countries who have completed the same number of years of school often have vastly different learning outcomes. This paper therefore proposes a new summary measure, Learning-Adjusted Years of Schooling (LAYS), that combines quantity and quality of schooling into a single easy-to-understand metric of progress. The cross-country comparisons produced by this measure are robust to different ways of adjusting for learning (for example, by using different international assessments or different summary learning indicators), and the assumptions and implications of LAYS are consistent with other evidence, including other approaches to quality adjustment. The paper argues that (1) LAYS improves on the standard metric, because it is a better predictor of important outcomes, and it improves incentives for policymakers; and (2) its virtues of simplicity and transparency make it a good candidate summary measure of education.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/243261538075151093/Learning-Adjusted-Years-of-Schooling-LAYS-Defining-A-New-Macro-Measure-of-Education
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8591
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/30464
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 8591
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
dc.subjectLEARNING
dc.subjectYEARS OF SCHOOLING
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subjectRETURNS TO EDUCATION
dc.subjectSTUDENT TESTING
dc.titleLearning-Adjusted Years of Schoolingen
dc.title.subtitleDefining A New Macro Measure of Educationen
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okr.crossref.titleLearning-Adjusted Years of Schooling (LAYS): Defining a New Macro Measure of Education
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okr.date.disclosure2018-09-27
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okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/243261538075151093/Learning-Adjusted-Years-of-Schooling-LAYS-Defining-A-New-Macro-Measure-of-Education
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8591
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okr.topicEducation::Economics of Education
okr.topicEducation::Education For All
okr.topicEducation::Education for the Knowledge Economy
okr.topicEducation::Educational Sciences
okr.unitOffice of the Chief Economist of the Human Development Practice Group; the Development Research Group, Development Economics; and the Education Global Practice
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