This paper analyzes housing market reactions to the release of previously unpublished information on school quality …. Using the sharp discontinuity in the information environment allows us to study price changes within school catchment areas …, thus controlling for neighborhood unobservables. We find a substantial housing market reaction to publication of school …

We study the causal effect of school curricula on students’ stated beliefs and attitudes. We exploit a major textbook … reform in China that was rolled out between 2004 and 2010 with the explicit intention of shaping youths’ ideology. To measure … participation and democracy in China, increased trust in government officials, and a more skeptical view of free markets. …

those of medium ability. At the same time, this reduces the competitive pressure faced by elite colleges, as less selective … colleges become a less appealing alternative for the medium ability students. The selective, elite colleges therefore adopt a …