education they receive. School enrollment rates have increased dramatically in developing counties since 1960, but many children … still leave school at a young age and often learn little while in school. This chapter reviews recent research on the impact … of education and other policies on the quantity and quality of education obtained by children in developing countries …

-based tracking on student performance is mixed. Using rich data from the Hungarian secondary school centralized assignment mechanism … effects in terms of academic ability. Given socioeconomic disparities in track placement, tracking may reinforce educational …

also does not generally agree on the impact of access to electricity on education outcomes, despite being the object of … lightning strikes in the area surrounding households. The results show that electricity access leads to an increase in school …

rates and completed years of schooling. Nevertheless, in many countries substantial education gaps persist between rich and … introduced school vouchers or cash transfers programs that are targeted to disadvantaged children. Others have initiated programs … to attract or retain students by expanding school access or by setting higher teacher eligibility requirements or …

primary school enrollment cutoff dates with micro data from the German Socioeconomic Panel (SOEP). Using a regression … discontinuity design around the school enrollment cutoff and an instrumental variable approach I show that children's schooling …

Using a sample of Australians who display high rates of early school-leaving, we compare the trajectories of … respondents who left school at each incremental age between 14 and 17 with respondents who left at 18 years old or more, in terms … school before age 18 increases males' likelihood of experiencing homeless, being incarcerated, using cannabis daily and …