Is improved school accessibility an effective policy tool for reducing child labor in developing countries? We address … school. Consistent with a simple model of child labor supply, but contrary to what appears to be a widespread perception, our … analysis shows that school proximity leads to a rise in school attendance but no fall in child labor. …

-based tracking on student performance is mixed. Using rich data from the Hungarian secondary school centralized assignment mechanism …

The previous literature has shown that children who enter school at a more advanced age outperform their younger … classmates on competency tests taken between kindergarten and Grade 10. This study analyzes whether these effects of school … of the long-term causal effects exploits state and year variation in school entry regulations. The results show that …