Students face four decision margins: (a) How many years to spend in school, (b) What to study, (c) How much effort to … achievement trends. Even though, greater rigor and higher standards improve learning, parents and students prefer easy teachers … effects on learning or dropout rates but they do appear to have positive effects on the reputation of high school graduates …

The great majority of studies on the effect of school quality on academic outcomes do not take account of changes in … student choices concerning effort if school quality, e.g. class size, changes. We show that empirical estimates of the "total …" effect of changes in school quality could be quite different from the "partial" effect holding other inputs (including …

In this paper, I use a unique dataset linking administrative school data with birth records to quantify the importance … than teacher assignment for student achievement and also play a substantial role in the time students spend on homework …

In this paper, I evaluate potential side effects of the educational expansion in Germany on the learning outcomes of … today's students. The educational expansion was a demand shock in the labor market of teachers, which could have thus …-affected teacher with an educational expansion teacher leads to a 2 percent reduction in students' test scores. Explorative analyses …

students in Poland is estimated. The COVID-19-induced school closures lasted 26 weeks in Poland, one of Europe's longest …The effect of school closures in the spring of 2020 on the math, science, and reading skills of secondary school … periods of shutdown. Comparison of the learning outcomes with pre- and post-COVID-19 samples shows that the learning loss was …

sort out of public education and into private schooling. The IRCA differentially increases Hispanic school board members … public education, I find significant post-legalization increases in student enrollment and student-to-teacher ratios in … and school expenditure, highlighting legal status as a driver of Hispanic human capital accumulation and representation. …

school starting age. We show that estimating the effect of kindergarten or school enrolment timing on later human capital … results. The instruments originate from exogenous birthdate-related enrolment cutoffs in kindergarten and school admissions …. Using a rich Hungarian database, we show that both earlier kindergarten enrolment and later school enrolment have a …

eligible to start school at a relatively older age. In turn, these students are 2 percentage points more likely to first attend … the increase in the high school graduation rate of relatively younger students attributable to the combination of school …Extant research on school entry and compulsory schooling laws finds that these policies increase the high school …

study the effect of introducing earlier grades in compulsory school on child mental health in Sweden. To do so, we exploit a … year earlier grades are more likely to be diagnosed with depression or anxiety by the end of compulsory school, controlling …

eligible to start school at a relatively older age. In turn, these students are 2 percentage points more likely to first attend … the increase in the high school graduation rate of relatively younger students attributable to the combination of school …Extant research on school entry and compulsory schooling laws finds that these policies increase the high school …