analysis, we exploit administrative data on whole populations of UK university students for ten graduate cohorts to investigate …

main contribution is to show that while previously ineligible high-SES students are relatively more likely to enroll in the … highest (academic) track than comparable low-SES students after the repeal, the SES gap in academic track enrollment does not … increase. The reason is that low-SES students, who were already eligible for the academic track before the repeal, increase …

addressing unobserved residence-country features, we find similar results when assigning migrant students their country …

significantly. We analyze how international student exchange affects students’ academic human capital. Using detailed student … find that, on average, exchange students lose 7% in terms of grades relative to their non-mobile peers, but less so in … Erasmus-facilitated exchange. Since students’ academic performance is an important factor in companies’ hiring decisions …

tracking system. Our results show that the need to perform well to qualify for a better track raises students' math, reading …, listening, and orthography skills in grade 4, the final grade before students are sorted into tracks. Evidence from selfreported …

tracking system. Our results show that the need to perform well to qualify for a better track raises students’ math, reading …, listening, and orthography skills in grade 4, the final grade before students are sorted into tracks. Evidence from self …

. Parents' schooling and income are considerably higher in Saõ Paulo, and inequality in parental schooling is higher in the … regional differences in the characteristics of parents that are consistent with the regional difference in child outcomes … Northeast. Regression estimates imply substantial positive effects of parental schooling and income on child schooling …