This paper examines how exposure to students identified as gifted (IQ ≥ 130) affects achievement in secondary school … combined with psychological examination records, we study the causal impact of gifted students on their classmates in … unprecedented detail. We find a positive and significant effect of the exposure to gifted students on school achievement in both …

focusing on explicitly stated parental preferences for their children’s occupations, using a large-scale randomized survey … experiment with adults (N=5940) in Switzerland. The focus on parents (and hypothetical parents) is motivated by the observation … that adolescents consistently mention their parents as the single most important factor influencing their career choices …

language classes in compulsory school on students' subsequent educational choices in upper secondary school. Using … progression of either low-track female or high-track students, it impedes low-track male students' transition to upper secondary … education. The effect of foreign language classes on the educational trajectory of low-track male students is particularly …

We investigate the impact of the presence of university dropouts on the academic success of first-time students. Our … of dropouts on first- time students' success masks treatment heterogeneity and non-linearities. First, we find negative …

using a large survey linked to administrative student register data. Exploiting cross sectional variation in students' self …-reported grit in the last year of compulsory school, we find that an increase in students' grit is associated with a higher … cognitive skill measures and a comprehensive set of other students' background characteristics. Moreover, using novel data on …

threshold students may make use of additional resources, such as private tutoring. We investigate how the use of private … successfully pass through this school, controlling for the students competencies after tutoring, but before the transition. Using … PISA and linked register data from Switzerland, we find that students who had private tutoring before the transition are …