the same exams. Students are in general unaware of the system prior to school start as it is unofficial. In cases where … are limited. I find significant and sizable effect on the academic achievement of students around the assignment threshold …

only very limited evidence that a student’s first year grade performance is influenced by the observable academic … important role in the higher education setting. However, another very plausible explanation for this finding is that peer … effects are important in higher education but that these previous empirical efforts have simply not been “looking in the right …

of peer effect we restrict to no-child-adult-peers who completed their education much before the children in our sample …

changes in observed fertility of their peers, education plays an important role in moderating peer effects. Our results …

of peer effect we restrict to no-child-adult-peers who completed their education much before the children in our sample …

As global migration flows increase, so do the number of migrant students in host country schools. Yet migrants … in migrant parents' socio-economic background, cultural capital, and language skills. Education policy needs to focus on …-born populations. With the wealth of many industrialized countries threatened by a lack of qualified labor, education of immigrants …