, peers' observable characteristics impact college achievement for up to three years. Ability peer effects are non-linear, i ….e. very high or low levels of average peer ability in a group harm students' grades. These effects are most pronounced for low-ability …

This paper analyzes the effect of selection on ability on the evolution of the gender wage gap during the first years … Brazil. The panel allows us to build a measure of unobserved ability that we use to analyze the dynamics of labor market … selection across genders as individuals age. We focus on the cohort born in 1974, for which we have a close to complete history …

because they achieve higher numeracy test scores than girls with the same education-related characteristics. …

the vast majority of countries. Third, in many countries with low levels of education for both men and women in 1960 … better. Fourth, gender gaps rarely persist in countries where boys attain high levels of education. Most countries with large … education than men in some regions of the world. Although gender gaps in educational attainment are diminishing in most …

We examine colonial-era primary education as a determinant of modern-day attainment and gender disparities in education … influence of colonial schools on the probability of attaining primary and secondary education in 2004. Overall, schools … dedicated to Moroccans in 1931 exhibit a persistent positive impact on education outcomes, but only in the absence of nearby …

at community level) implies substantially larger impacts of the voucher system. The effect of parents' education on …

provide a comparable education to traditional schools. Estimating the effects of distance on academic outcomes, children prove …