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Factors that affect Students’ performance in Science: An application using Gini-BMA methodology in PISA 2015 dataset

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  • Anastasia Dimiski

    (University of Guelph)

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"Existing theoretical and empirical evidence on the determinants of students’ performance reveals a direct link between pre-primary education and achievement test scores in primary school. Relying on the first-of-its-kind 2015 wave data from the Programme of International Student Assessment (PISA), the present study analyses the associations between students’ performance in science and a broad set of variables, including regressors that proxy pre-primary education. Employing a Gini Regression Bayesian Model Averaging (BMA) approach to account for model uncertainty, it is found that non-attendance in pre-primary education is a robust determinant with a negative impact on students’ performance in science. This result is confirmed both under Gini-BMA and OLS-BMA methodology."

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  • Anastasia Dimiski, 2021. "Factors that affect Students’ performance in Science: An application using Gini-BMA methodology in PISA 2015 dataset," Review of Economic Analysis, Digital Initiatives at the University of Waterloo Library, vol. 13(2), pages 157-211, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:ren:journl:v:13:y:2021:i:2:p:157-211
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.15353/rea.v13i2.1948
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    Keywords

    students’ performance; pre-primary education; Gini regression coefficient; BMA methodology; PISA;
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    JEL classification:

    • C11 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Bayesian Analysis: General
    • C38 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Classification Methdos; Cluster Analysis; Principal Components; Factor Analysis
    • I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity

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