of primary education on school enrollment, drop-outs and completion rates. The empirical results show that for children … in elementary school one additional grade of primary education has a negative impact on enrollment rate, while the effect … underdeveloped countries parents do not have incentive to send children to school given the high perceived present economic value of …

Munich. It consists of four distinct empirical essays that address various aspects of how school curricula affect students in …-stakes occupational choices. Chapter 4 exemplifies that school curricula reforms can also have unintended consequences by showing that a … 5 highlights the fundamental role teachers, the transmitters of educational content in school, play in the formation of …

We investigate the impact of attending a free school in England - that is, a new start-up school that enjoys … excuse" school mostly benefits boys, while the "classical liberal" school mainly benefits White British and non-poor students …. Both schools similarly reduce student absences and school mobility. Peer quality, teacher characteristics, and inspectorate …