how to get better involved in their children’s education. At the end of the school-year, we find that treated families … effectively increased their school- and home-based involvement activities. Children of families who were directly targeted by the … program developed more positive behavior and attitudes in school, and had less literacy problems. Importantly, for all …

Private school students do not always perform better in standardized tests. We suggest that this may be explained by … differences between private and state school regarding organizational features that are differently suitable for students with … choice of private schooling by less capable students in countries where government schools are better suited to talented …

family immigration in a framework where school quality and student outcomes are determined endogenously. This allows us to …, we can study the eect of immigration on the school system and how school quality may self-reinforce immigrants' and …

In Israel, as in many other countries, a high school matriculation certificate is required by universities and some … and socioeconomic status. We attempted to increase the likelihood of matriculation among low-achieving students by … low-achieving students reduce investment in schooling because of high discount rates, part-time work, or face peer …

We study the effects of a conditional cash transfers program on school enrollment and performance in Mexico. We provide … performance at school (passing grades) and the effect of a cash transfer program conditional on school attendance. This framework … been implemented and allows us to identify the effect of the program on enrollment and performance at school. Using the …

students’ performance on high-school matriculation exams. Since the schools in the programme were not selected at random, the … performance incentives have a significant effect on students’ achievements in English and math. No spillover effect on untreated …-effective than alternative forms of intervention such as extra instruction time and is as effective as cash bonuses for students. …

schools who decide to apply for the program, and a second one caused by students when choosing school. We take several routes … schools of the Madrid region in 2004. Under this program students not only study English as a foreign language but also some … all 6th grade students in Madrid on the skills considered 'indispensable' at that age. This test is our measure of the …

We study the causal effect of school curricula on students' stated beliefs and attitudes. We exploit a major textbook … its effect, we present evidence from a novel survey we conducted among 2000 students at Peking University. The sharp …

We study a model where student eort and talent interact with parental and teachers' investments, as well as with school … an improvement in parental outside options will reduce parental and school effort, which are partially compensated … through school resources. In this way we provide a rationale for the ambiguous existing empirical evidence on the effect of …