Since the mid-20th century many OECD countries have discarded their previous selective schools systems, in which students early on were separated between academic and vocational tracks, in favor of more comprehensive schools. The effects of these reforms have generally been difficult to evaluate...

The closing of schools and shift to remote teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the use of digital technology in education. Many schools today provide personal computers not only to older students, but also in primary school. There is little credible evidence on how one-to-one...

We study the effects of access to a child home care allowance on parents' labor supply and childcare decisions, as well as their longer-term earnings trajectories and children's school performance. To establish causality, we exploit variation in the availability of the allowance over time and...