educational mobility by exploiting within-family variation from children whose families moved during primary school age. While …

ability distribution drive the impact of peer quality on students‟ achievements. To do so, we use census data for four cohorts … of pupils taking their age-14 national tests, and measure students‟ ability by their prior achievements at age-11. We …

schooling in Israeli kibbutzim. This pay reform, which induced kibbutz students to improve their academic achievements during … high school, spilled over to non-kibbutz members who attended schools with these kibbutz students. In the short run, peers … of kibbutz students improved their high school outcomes and shifted to courses with higher financial returns. In the …

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

We estimate the effects of gifted children programs (GCP) in high schools in Israel. We selected a comparison group of … equally gifted students from other cities where GCP was not offered at the time. Based on administrative data, we follow 22 … equally talented children in the knowledge economy. These results are very similar for females and males gifted children …

improvement in outcomes of students from below median income families. Therefore, we conclude that remedial education program that … students were in their early 30s. Our evidence suggest that treated students experienced a 10 percentage points increase in … points in months employed, and a significant increase in intergenerational income mobility. These gains are reflecting mainly …

targeted disadvantaged students in Israel. I show that the program led to significant gains in post-secondary education … universities. Free school choice increased also earnings at adulthood of treated students. Male students had much larger … improvements in college schooling and labor market outcomes. Female students, however, experienced higher increases in marriage and …

students, and children from higher socio-economic backgrounds. The results suggest that random disturbances during high … Israeli high school students who took a series of high stakes matriculation exams between 2000 and 2002. As a source of random …

exploiting information on children whose households moved when they were at different ages during childhood. Irrespective of the … religious identity, regional exposure effects are present for all children moving before 12. Fourth, we map and characterize the …, the district's Muslim share is the most important correlate. Children adhering to Islam underperform Christians in areas …