This thesis combines five essays in the fields of Labor Economics and the Economics of Education. The goal of the … peer groups for student outcomes in post-secondary education. Many university entrants rely on friends and study partners …-authored with Darjusch Tafreschi and Sharon Pfister) examines the effect of course repetition in higher education. Students who do …

poverty, malnutrition, social disadvantage, gender, globalisation, and education, and look at both physical and psychological …

"Highlights costs of inadequate education, attaching hard numbers to the relationship between educational attainment … policy interventions to boost the education system's performance and explains why demographic trends are so challenging to …The education attainment gap : who's affected, how much, and why it matters / Clive R. Belfield and Henry M. Levin …