connection between cognitive skills of parents and their children by exploiting within-family between-subject variation in these … close at about 0.1. Finally, we show the strong influence of family skill transmission on children’s choices of STEM fields …

that students moving from elementary to middle school suffer a sharp drop in student achievement in the transition year … achievement but do not alter students' performance trajectories …

positive effects of central exams on achievement tests, previous research on university-bound students shows no effects on … subsequent earnings. We suggest that labor-market effects may be more imminent for students leaving school directly for the labor … that central exams are indeed associated with higher earnings for students from school types directly bound for the labor …

We study whether early tracking of students based on ability increases migrant-native achievement gaps. To eliminate …

2018) allowing within country-wave comparisons of Muslim to non-Muslim students across Europe. We provide evidence … formation of social capital and social identity via increased religious participation and shared experiences among students …

–2018) allowing within country-wave comparisons of Muslim to non-Muslim students across Europe. We provide evidence consistent with … social capital and social identity via increased religious participation and shared experiences among students …

A growing number of American states require that students who do not demonstrate basic reading proficiency at the end …