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 … teachers. The results suggest the Achievement Awards program that randomized treatment at the school level raised matriculation …

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 …

cooperative monetary and fiscal policy. Central bank operational independence precludes substantive accountability; it is … compatible only with a weak form of formal accountability: reporting obligations. Central bank independence will only survive if …

from party lists - and thus less individual accountability - are associated with more corruption. Altogether, proportional …