-run peer quality improvements within schools, on the same population. While students at schools with higher-achieving peers …

We study the effect of exposure to immigrants on the educational outcomes of US-born students, using a unique dataset … selection of US-born students, especially among White and comparatively affluent students, in response to the presence of … immigrant students in the school. We propose a new identification strategy to partial out the unobserved non-random selection …

event-study analyses focusing on students that attend targeted schools and therefore exposed to major campus renovations …

adulthood. The program led to a gradual increase in university education of the high school treated students, reaching a gain of …

Using Eurobarometer data, we document large variation across European countries in education gradients in income, self … why the effect of education on income, health and health behaviors varies is not well understood. We build on previous …, compared to those graduating in good times. We investigate whether more educated individuals suffer smaller income and health …

This paper describes a field experiment in Oklahoma City Public Schools in which students were provided with free … cellular phones and daily information about the link between human capital and future outcomes via text message. Students …' reported beliefs about the relationship between education and outcomes were influenced by treatment, and treatment students …

pipeline, including STEM summer programs for high school students, but there is little rigorous evidence of their efficacy. We … fielded a randomized controlled trial to study a suite of such programs targeted to underrepresented high school students at … modality (on-site or online). Students offered seats in the STEM summer programs are more likely to enroll in, persist through …