within a school. We find that greater exposure to "high-achieving" boys, as proxied by their parents' education, decreases … effect of "high-achievers" on male outcomes is markedly different: boys are unaffected by "high-achievers" of either gender. …-run educational outcomes of their peers. Using data from a recent cohort of students in the United States, we identify a causal effect …

positive effect on the probability of teenage pregnancy, but has little effect on educational attainment of boys or girls … market experience at a given age for a given level of education; however, this becomes less important as individuals age …

, sampling pupils at the end of primary school, in the middle of secondary school and several years after secondary school … robust and significant positive effects on educational attainment for pupils who enter school at seven instead of six years …

This paper surveys the trends in gender gaps in education, their causes and potential policy implications. I show that … increasing returns to education and lower female effort costs of education. Widening gender gap in education combined with recent … tertiary education students and graduates. Existing evidence suggests that this pattern is a result of a combination of …

This paper estimates the health returns to education, using data on identical twins. I adopt a twin … both education and health. I further investigate to what extent within-twin-pair differences in schooling correlates with … education on health. Higher educational levels are found to be positively related to self-reported health but negatively related …

This paper uses newly available Chinese micro data to estimate the return to college education for late 20th century … return to education has increased substantially in China, compared to the returns measured in the 1980?s and the early 1990?s. …

education and work experience are high and stable, which is atypical for a transition country. This might be due to the … experience contained, though largely unexplained discrimination coupled with higher than average returns to education. A wage …