Instruction time varies among schools, subjects, pupils and grades. This variation is positively associated with test …

British secondary schools moved from a system of extensive and early selection and tracking in secondary schools to one … with comprehensive schools during the 1960s and 70s. Before the reform, students would take an exam at age eleven, which … do not solve this problem. -- tracking ; selective secondary schooling ; comprehensive schools …

. In a setting where families choose schools, we identify the causal effect of longer schedules with instrumental variables …, using the local availability of full-day schools as an instrument. We find that lower-income families are more likely to … choose full-day schools, and after controlling for selection, longer school schedules lead to an increase of 0.14 standard …

equilibrium outcomes in school and housing markets. Geographic admissions criteria segregate schools, but integrate neighborhoods … according to income. Incorporating non-parents into the model challenges the existing understanding of how public schools affect … the housing market: non-parent households dampen the equilibrium price premium around popular schools; non …