This paper examines the effect of increasing the length of senior high school education on immediate academic performance. We exploit a unique natural experiment that extended high school duration by one year in Ghana from 2007 to 2009. Following the policy’s reversal, the 2009 and 2010 high...

This paper examines the effect of increasing the length of senior high school education on immediate academic performance. We exploit a unique natural experiment that extended high school duration by one year in Ghana from 2007 to 2009. Following the policy’s reversal, the 2009 and 2010 high...

Children starting school at older ages consistently exhibit better educational outcomes. In this paper, we underscore child development as a mechanism driving this effect. We study the causal effect of school starting age on a child's probability of developing special educational needs in early...

Diese Dissertation umfasst fünf Kapitel und beschäftigt sich vorwiegend mit Themen aus dem Bereich der Gesundheitsökonomie. Kapitel zwei erforscht die Auswirkungen inklusiver Klassenzusammensetzung in Sekundarschulen auf den Bildungserfolg von Schülern. Dazu werden Unterschiede in der Anzahl...

Children starting school at older ages consistently exhibit better educational outcomes. In this paper, we underscore child development as a mechanism driving this effect. We study the causal effect of school starting age on a child's probability of developing special educational needs in early...