comparative advantages in math of parents are significantly linked to those of their children. A causal interpretation follows … quality. Finally, we show the strong influence of family skill transmission on children's choices of STEM fields …

students' job prospects, especially in a non-English speaking countries. Using rich administrative data from Statistics … addresses the self-selection issue by generating a matched sample of students with similar characteristics. We find that …

students' job prospects, especially in a non-English speaking countries. Using rich administrative data from Statistics … addresses the self-selection issue by generating a matched sample of students with similar characteristics. We find that …

birth month threshold used in the Netherlands. We find that students born just after the threshold perform better at the end … of primary school than students born just before it. This translates into increased placement in high ability tracks in … not harm long-term outcomes of children who were, for exogenous reasons, placed in a lower track. …