. The underlying causal mechanisms for such effects remain unsettled. We consider a model in which parents impose more … stringent disciplinary environments in response to their earlier-born children's poor performance in school in order to deter … such outcomes for their later-born offspring. We provide robust empirical evidence that school performance of children in …

This paper examines revealed parent preferences for their children's education using a unique data set that includes … including principal reports of teacher characteristics that are typically unobservable. We find that, on average, parents … families in higher-income schools …

expectations during high school and beyond. The results indicate that expectations rose for all students with the greatest … data demonstrate that the majority (about 60 percent) of students update their expectations at least once between eighth …

affirm that marginal returns to education among children of less-educated parents are as high and perhaps much higher than … education and earnings than other men. The education and earnings gains are concentrated among men with poorly-educated parents …

High school students from disadvantaged high schools in Toronto were invited to take two surveys, about three weeks … apart. Half of the students taking the first survey were also shown a 3 minute video about the benefits of post secondary … education (PSE) and invited to try out a financial-aid calculator. Most students' perceived returns to PSE were high, even among …

The choice of a college major plays a critical role in determining the future earnings of college graduates. Students … survey students about what their expected earnings would be both in the major they have chosen and in counterfactual majors …. We also elicit students' subjective assessments of their abilities in chosen and counterfactual majors. We estimate a …

graduating seniors at low-transition schools. Over three workshops, students were guided to pick programs of interest that they … exiting students to make the transition easier and more salient. On average, the program increased application rates from 64 … increase in two-year community college programs. The greatest impact was for students who were not taking any university …

school and neighborhood segregation on the relative SAT scores of black students across different metropolitan areas, using … composition, income, and region. We find robust evidence that the black-white test score gap is higher in more segregated cities …

achievement. Evaluating the impact of such programs is complicated by the fact that a highly select sample of students takes …-taking, and credit accumulation. This is true despite the fact that those students who win the lotteries attend better high …