Higher education in Pakistan was largely neglected up to the end of the 20 th century; accordingly, only a very small segment of the society has historically had access to college or universities, and their access has varied based on purchasing power, geographic, and demographic factors. More...

Few studies address the effect of coursework on student achievement. Resultingly, Liberal Arts and STEM education are rarely stacked up against each other despite the increasing evidence that technical classes increase lifetime earnings. The practice of academic tracking in Italy's secondary...

Peers play an essential role in cognitive and non-cognitive skills formation. Ordinal rank may also change incentives and environment, impacting students' efforts. Using two rich administrative data sets and a rule of admission at one top university in Brazil, we apply a regression discontinuity...

We exploit an exogenous increase in General Educational Development (GED) testing requirements to determine whether raising the difficulty of the test causes students to finish high school rather than drop out and GED certify. We find that a six point decrease in GED pass rates induces a 1.3...

Der Anrechnung von vorgängig - formal, non-formal sowie informell - erworbenen Kompetenzen wird im Kontext der europäischen Bildungs- und Arbeitsmarktpolitik eine Schlüsselstellung für die Realisierung von Bildungs- und Arbeitskräftemobilität, für die Durchlässigkeit der Bildungssysteme...

Der Anrechnung von vorgängig - formal, non-formal sowie informell - erworbenen Kompetenzen wird im Kontext der europäischen Bildungs- und Arbeitsmarktpolitik eine Schlüsselstellung für die Realisierung von Bildungs- und Arbeitskräftemobilität, für die Durchlässigkeit der Bildungssysteme...

We use administrative data from Ireland to study differences in college application behavior between students from disadvantaged versus advantaged high schools. Ireland provides an interesting laboratory for this analysis as applicants provide a preference-ordering of college programs (majors)...

We use administrative data from Ireland to study differences in college application behavior between students from disadvantaged versus advantaged high schools. Ireland provides an interesting laboratory for this analysis as applicants provide a preference-ordering of college programs (majors)...