This Paper examines the education literature through the lens of sorting. It argues that how individuals sort across …. It discusses the implications of different education finance systems for sorting and analyses the efficiency and welfare …

We provide an assessment of the French ZEP (Zones d’Education Prioritaire), a programme started in 1982 that channels …

This Paper proposes a theoretical framework that combines the role of education as a cultural melting pot with its … function as an instrument of human capital accumulation. It highlights the important role of public education in promoting … social cohesion: requiring minority parents to pay twice for culturally distinct private education is a powerful incentive …

officials' handling of a large education grant program. Combining survey and administrative data, we show that the campaign was …

received by a child depends positively on their parental income, unless they are bright. Finally, the optimal education policy … towards the cost of the education system than households with lower income and less bright children. …The paper studies the optimal education policy of a budget-constrained utilitarian government. Households differ in …

inequality in education and income more persistent across generations. Whether the same is true of inequality in total wealth … richer communities; thus average academic performance and income growth both fall. Yet it may still be possible for education … emerge. First, minor differences in education technologies, preferences, or wealth, can lead to a high degree of …