Students starting at a two-year college are much less likely to graduate with a college degree than similar students … of peer ability for most two-year and four-year colleges in the United States- the average PSAT of enrolled students. We … between students who start at two-year versus four-year institutions is explained by differences in peers, leaving room for …

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 …

colleges, which serve higher percentages of lower-income and minority students, have implications for policy, impending … enrollment patterns and the academic outcomes of community college students using administrative college-level panel data … covering the universe of students in the 116-college California Community College system. We find that community college …

mapped into the observed 1-5 integer scores, for over 4.5 million students. Earning higher AP integer scores positively … that receiving a score of 3 over a 2 on junior year AP exams causes students to take between 0.06 and 0.14 more AP exams …

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 …