The author studies the European Schools, which are created and run by the European Unio; the majority of the European Schools' population is to be found in Brussels and Luxembourg, and the pupils include many "non-entitled", i.e. children whose parents are not employed by the Union. The schools...

This paper reports on the distribution of capital stocks and the costs of capital services in 3148 colleges and universities in 1993.

Children of educated parents systematically perform better at school than children of uneducated parents. It is then natural, if the location of families in the city follows a socially stratified pattern, to observe differences in public school's performances even when they are identically financed.

This paper reports on a study that tests the anecdotal hypothesis that the prices of houses near popular comprehensive schools carry a premium. Since local education authorities use admissions policies based on catchment areas and places in popular schools are very hard to obtain from outside...

This paper exploits an unusual policy reform that had the effect of reducing the direct cost of schooling in Ireland in the late 1960's. This gave rise to an increased level of schooling but with effects that vary substantially across family background. This interaction of educational reform and...