What Explains Vietnam's Exceptional Performance in Education Relative to Other Countries? Analysis of the 2012, 2015, and 2018 Pisa Data
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21506830 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hai-Anh Dang (0000-0003-4913-5291, World Bank), Paul Glewwe (0000-0002-1473-2494, University of Minnesota), Jongwook Lee (0000-0002-3660-4370, Seoul National University, corresponding author), Khoa Vu (0009-0007-9224-2179, University of Minnesota) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 96 |
| Pages | 102434 |
| Publication date | 2023-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Economics of Education Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0272-7757 • E-ISSN: 1873-7382 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.econedurev.2023.102434 |
| OpenAlex | W4385156746 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 15 |
Despite being the poorest or second poorest participant, Vietnam outperformed all other developing countries, and many wealthier countries, on the 2012, 2015, and 2018 PISA assessments. We investigate Vietnam's strong performance, evaluating several possible explanations for this apparent exemplary achievement. After correcting for potentially non-representative PISA samples, including bias from Vietnam's large out-of-school population, Vietnam remains a large positive outlier conditional on its income. Possible higher motivation of, and coaching given to, Vietnamese students can at most only partly explain Vietnam's performance. The child-, household- and school-level variables in the PISA data explain little of Vietnam's strong PISA performance relative to its income level. At most, they explain about 30% of Vietnam's exceptional performance in math and reading. Further research is needed to understand the exceptional performance of Vietnamese students
Demographic economics · Econometrics · Economic growth · Economics · Labour economics · Mathematics education · Political science · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Global Educational Reforms and Inequalities · Psychology · School Choice and Performance
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 2,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |