distributional effects across students. We test the model using the quasi-natural experiment of the G8 reform in Germany. We find …, such benefits are more pronounced for well-prepared students. In contrast, less-prepared students do not benefit from the …

positively affects the overall performance of students as the quality of institutions improves, whereas autonomy over academic … low-ranking students is improved by providing schools with enough power to decide on academic course con- tent and … textbooks. Meanwhile, providing schools with great autonomy over budget-related decisions benefits high-ranking students …

Using detailed Danish administrative data covering the entire population of students entering higher education in the … students' drop out decisions as well as later labor market outcomes. Overall, we find that a one standard deviation increase in … for lower ability students. …

This paper uses a new administrative dataset of students at a large university matched to courses and instructors to … interest outcomes. Student fixed effects, time of day and week controls, and the fact that first year students have little …'s influence on students while objective characteristics such as rank and salary do not. Whether an instructor teaches full-time or …

-achieving students. The reduction in learning time was not larger for children from lower-educated parents, but it was larger for boys … collect detailed time-use information on students before and during the school closures in a survey of 1,099 parents in … argue that low-achieving students may be particularly affected by the lack of educator support during school closures. We …