I think there was a misunderstanding, I was asking about the positive effect of former soviet union educated immigrants inside Israel, meaning compared to other jewish (most of them Ashkenazi) Israelis. The question of innate IQ is less relevant here.
It was only an example though—what I’m trying to understand is does Caplan discuss the effects of better and worse education systems, or does he mainly argue that all of them are over-budgeted?
The general explanation for Ashkenazi Jewish success is high IQ and not education.
I think there was a misunderstanding, I was asking about the positive effect of former soviet union educated immigrants inside Israel, meaning compared to other jewish (most of them Ashkenazi) Israelis. The question of innate IQ is less relevant here.
It was only an example though—what I’m trying to understand is does Caplan discuss the effects of better and worse education systems, or does he mainly argue that all of them are over-budgeted?