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The role of education in human capital formation
1. The role of education in human capital formation
Human capital defined
• Human capital consists of
the knowledge, skills, and
health that people
accumulate throughout
their lives, enabling them
to realize their potential
as productive members of
society.
Education’s role
• Education, particularly
schooling, serves as the
basis for human capital,
as it plays a fundamental
role in the accumulation
of foundational skills,
such as literacy and
numeracy.
2. Education Sustainable
Development Goal –
SDG 4
The most ambitious
global agenda for
education ever: all
children, young people
and adults achieving at
least minimum levels of
literacy and numeracy
by 2030
3. PISA 2015: Proportion of 15-year-old students at the end of lower secondary education
achieving at least minimum proficiency in mathematics (PISA Level 2 or above)
Upper-middle- and high-income countries
Lower-middle income countries
Proportionof15-year-oldstudentsachievingatleastabaselinelevelof
proficiency(Level2inPISA)inmathematics(%)
PISA ESCS parity index (Q1%/Q4%)
4. The world is seriously off-track in ensuring
all children, young people and adults achieve
at least minimum levels of literacy and
numeracy by 2030
Number of children
and adolescents
who do not achieve
the minimum
proficiency level in
reading by region,
age group and sex
6. Human capital formation: building the foundations for
success over the life-course of children and young people
7. What will it take to be successful?
More domestic resources for education
• At least 4-6% of GDP
proposed by SDG
Education 2030
Framework for Action
• 15-20% of total public
expenditure
At least 33 countries do not
meet either of these targets
More foreign assistance for
education – six times above the
2012 levels needed
8. Money is necessary but not sufficient
Spending per student from the age of 6 to 15 and science performance
Figure II.6.2
Luxembourg
Switzerland
NorwayAustria
Singapore
United States
United Kingdom
Malta
Sweden
Belgium
Iceland
Denmark
Finland
Netherlands
Canada
Japan
Slovenia
Australia
Germany
Ireland
FranceItaly
Portugal
New Zealand
Korea Spain
Poland
Israel
Estonia
Czech Rep.
LatviaSlovak Rep.
Russia
Croatia
Lithuania
Hungary
Costa Rica
Chinese Taipei
Chile
Brazil
Turkey
Uruguay
Bulgaria
Mexico
Thailand Montenegro
Colombia
Dominican Republic
Peru
Georgia
11.7, 411
R² = 0.01
R² = 0.41
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Scienceperformance(scorepoints)
Average spending per student from the age of 6 to 15 (in thousands USD, PPP)
11. Defining and measuring equity
Equality Equity
Inputs Variation in financial and
human resources
Strength of relationship between
resources and the social
background of students and
schools
Outcomes Variation in student and
school performance
Strength of relationship between
student performance and the
social background of students
and schools
12. 200
300
400
500
600
700
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PISA index of economic, social and cultural status
Public schools
Private schools
Below
1b
Level
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Level
5
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6
Brazil: School performance and schools’ socio-economic profile
Scorepoints
13. 200
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700
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PISA index of economic, social and cultural status
Public schools
Private schools
Below
1b
Level
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Level
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Level
3
Level
4
Level
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6
Scorepoints
Viet Nam: School performance and schools’ socio-economic profile
14. 200
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500
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700
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PISA index of economic, social and cultural status
Public schools
Private schools
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Level
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Level
3
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4
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Brazil: School performance and schools’ socio-economic profile
Scorepoints
15. Poverty is not destiny –
Learning outcomes by international deciles of the PISA index of economic, social and cultural status (ESCS)
280
330
380
430
480
530
580
630
DominicanRepublic40
Algeria52
Kosovo10
Qatar3
FYROM13
Tunisia39
Montenegro11
Jordan21
UnitedArabEmirates3
Georgia19
Lebanon27
Indonesia74
Mexico53
Peru50
CostaRica38
Brazil43
Turkey59
Moldova28
Thailand55
Colombia43
Iceland1
TrinidadandTobago14
Romania20
Israel6
Bulgaria13
Greece13
Russia5
Uruguay39
Chile27
Latvia25
Lithuania12
SlovakRepublic8
Italy15
Norway1
Spain31
Hungary16
Croatia10
Denmark3
OECDaverage12
Sweden3
Malta13
UnitedStates11
Macao(China)22
Ireland5
Austria5
Portugal28
Luxembourg14
HongKong(China)26
CzechRepublic9
Poland16
Australia4
UnitedKingdom5
Canada2
France9
Korea6
NewZealand5
Switzerland8
Netherlands4
Slovenia5
Belgium7
Finland2
Estonia5
VietNam76
Germany7
Japan8
ChineseTaipei12
B-S-J-G(China)52
Singapore11
Scorepoints
Bottom decile Second decile Middle decile Ninth decile Top decile
Figure I.6.7
% of students
in the bottom
international
deciles of
ESCS
OECD median student
16. Variation in performance between and within schools
Figure I.6.11
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
20
40
60
80
Netherlands114
B-S-J-G(China)119
Bulgaria115
Hungary104
TrinidadandTobago98
Belgium112
Slovenia101
Germany110
SlovakRepublic109
Malta154
UnitedArabEmirates110
Austria106
Israel126
Lebanon91
CzechRepublic101
Qatar109
Japan97
Switzerland110
Singapore120
Italy93
ChineseTaipei111
Luxembourg112
Turkey70
Brazil89
Croatia89
Greece94
Chile83
Lithuania92
OECDaverage100
Uruguay84
CABA(Argentina)82
Romania70
VietNam65
Korea101
Australia117
UnitedKingdom111
Peru66
Colombia72
Thailand69
HongKong(China)72
FYROM80
Portugal94
DominicanRepublic59
Indonesia52
Georgia92
Jordan79
NewZealand121
UnitedStates108
Montenegro81
Tunisia47
Sweden117
Mexico57
Albania69
Kosovo57
Macao(China)74
Algeria54
Estonia88
Moldova83
CostaRica55
Russia76
Canada95
Poland92
Denmark91
Latvia75
Ireland88
Spain86
Norway103
Finland103
Iceland93
Between-school variation Within-school variation
Total variation as a
proportion of the OECD
average
OECD average 69%
OECD average 30%
%
17. Student-teacher ratios and class size
Figure II.6.14
CABA (Argentina)
Jordan
Viet Nam
Poland
United States
Chile
Denmark
Hungary
B-S-G-J
(China)
Turkey
Georgia
Chinese
Taipei
Mexico
Russia
Albania
Hong Kong
(China)
Japan
Belgium
Algeria
Colombia
Peru
Macao
(China)
Switzerland
Malta
Dominican Republic
Netherlands
Singapore
Brazil
Kosovo
Finland
Thailand
R² = 0.25
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Student-teacherratio
Class size in language of instruction
High student-teacher ratios
and small class sizes
Low student-teacher ratios
and large class sizes
OECD
average
OECDaverage
18. Differences in educational resources
between advantaged and disadvantaged schools
Figure I.6.14
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CABA(Argentina)
Mexico
Peru
Macao(China)
UnitedArabEmirates
Lebanon
Jordan
Colombia
Brazil
Indonesia
Turkey
Spain
DominicanRepublic
Georgia
Uruguay
Thailand
B-S-J-G(China)
Australia
Japan
Chile
Luxembourg
Russia
Portugal
Malta
Italy
NewZealand
Croatia
Ireland
Algeria
Norway
Israel
Denmark
Sweden
UnitedStates
Moldova
Belgium
Slovenia
OECDaverage
Hungary
ChineseTaipei
VietNam
CzechRepublic
Singapore
Tunisia
Greece
TrinidadandTobago
Canada
Romania
Qatar
Montenegro
Kosovo
Netherlands
Korea
Finland
Switzerland
Germany
HongKong(China)
Austria
FYROM
Poland
Albania
Bulgaria
SlovakRepublic
Lithuania
Estonia
Iceland
CostaRica
UnitedKingdom
Latvia
Meanindexdifferencebetweenadvantaged
anddisadvantagedschools
Index of shortage of educational material Index of shortage of educational staff
Disadvantaged schools have more
resources than advantaged schools
Disadvantaged schools have fewer
resources than advantaged schools
19. Disadvantaged schools often have more teachers…
24.2
25.8
27.0
27.7
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25
26
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28
Bottom quarter Second quarter Third quarter Top quarter
Students per class
Average class size in <9th grade>, by quarter of school socio-economic profile (OECD average)
20. …but teachers in disadvantaged schools are less qualified…
Figure 3.5
Science teachers without a university major in science, by school socio-economic profile (OECD Average)
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Hinweis der Redaktion
In the case of numeracy, the gap is negative (meaning that boys are more proficient than girls) but very small at age 9/10, grows in magnitude at age 15/16, and grows even more negative at age 26/27. In the case of literacy, the gender gap is positive (meaning that female students perform better than male students) at age 9/10, is even larger at age 15/16, and shrinks to zero at age 26/27.
Numeracy and literacy skills have become increasingly important in modern labour markets. The large gender differences that several studies have identified have therefore sparked considerable attention among researchers and policy makers. Little is known about the moment in which such gaps emerge, how they evolve and if their evolution differs across countries.