Though the use of tracking policies to stratify students is commonplace, evi- dence concerning the effects of ability …-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 …

It is well established that teachers are the most important in-school factor in determining student outcomes. However … selected to participate in the two year program. We find that students of treated teachers perform no better on national tests …

states, we identify the reform effect on students ́probability to graduate from high school. The results show that high …This paper evaluates the effects of a high school curriculum reform that was introduced in one German state on high … school dropout. The reform increased the standards of the curriculum by reducing the freedom of choice in course selection …

addressing unobserved residence-country features, we find similar results when assigning migrant students their country …-of-origin cultural traits in models with residence-country fixed effects. Associations of culture with family and school inputs suggest …

study for a cohort of students in Germany. Using detailed survey data, and employing an instrumental variable strategy based … on variation in the local field of study availability, we provide evidence that students who are not enrolled in their … impact on dropout is particularly strong among students of low socio-economic status and is driven by lower academic …

This paper evaluates the effects of a high school curriculum reform on students ́probability to enroll at university … one German state increased the degree of difficulty to graduate from high school by increasing the mandatory instruction … requirements. Based on administrative data covering all students, the empirical analysis is carried out by applying a difference …

argue that low-achieving students may be particularly affected by the lack of educator support during school closures. We … collect detailed time-use information on students before and during the school closures in a survey of 1,099 parents in … Germany. We find that while students on average reduced their daily learning time of 7.4 hours by about half, the reduction …