Research Professor in the department Human Capital and Innovation of the Ifo Institute
Former Member of the Ifo Scientific Council
Fellow of the CESifo Research Network and coordinator of the Economics of Education area
Professor Hanushek works together with HI researchers on several projects dealing with the influencing factors and impact of international differences in pupil performance. This work involves the conducting of econometric studies using the extensive data sets of several comparable international pupil performance tests such as PISA, PIRLS and TIMMS. For work on these projects Hanushek is a frequent guest at the Ifo Institute and advises the department in all the educational-economic issues it examines. Together with the department head of HI, he is editing the forthcoming volumes of the Handbook of the Economics of Education.
Establishment of a leading international centre of excellence examining the effects of education on longterm economic development, Department Human Capital and Innovation
Human Capital of Nations, Department Human Capital and Innovation
Choice, Competition and Autonomy of Schools: Equity and Efficiency Issues, Department Human Capital and Innovation
European Expert Network on Economics of Education, Department Human Capital and Innovation
Hanushek, Eric A. (with Dean T. Jamison, Eliot A. Jamison and Ludger Wößmann), "Education and Economic Growth: It's Not Just Going to School but Learning Something While There That Matters", Education Next 8 (2), 2008, 62-70 ( More Information (PDF) )
Hanushek, Eric A. (with Ludger Wößmann), "The Role of School Improvement in Economic Development", CESifo Working Paper No. 1911, 2007 ( Download / Abstract ) also published in: Journal of Economic Literature, 46 (3), 607-668
Hanushek, Eric A. (with Ludger Wößmann), "Education Quality and Economic Growth", Washington, DC/World Bank, 2007 ( More Information (PDF) )
Hanushek, Eric A. (with Ludger Wößmann), "Does Educational Tracking Affect Performance and Inequality? Differences-in-Differences Evidence across Countries", CESifo Working Paper No. 1415, 2005 ( Download / Abstract ) also published in: Economic Journal, 116 (510), 2006, 63-76
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