ability to perform complex tasks. The data suggests that the sorting effect of education is an important determinant of …

on micro-level census data, we describe racial differences in literacy rates, school attendance, years of educational …

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 analyzes the efficiency and welfare …

There is much public discussion but almost no evidence on the effects of high school curriculum on postsecondary … education and on success in the labor market. I use the large variation in curriculum across US high schools to identify the … courses in academic subject is small. One cannot account for the value of a year of high school with estimates of the value of …

between the return to education and measures of school quality is similar for blacks and whites. Since improvements in school … education. Holding constant school quality measures, however, we find no evidence that parental income or education affects …This paper estimates the effects of school quality - - measured by the pupil-teacher ratio, the average term length …

This paper contributes to what is known about the impact of school quality, by documenting its effect on the incomes of … Black South Africans, using data from the 1996 South African census and two national surveys of school quality. South Africa … provides an interesting laboratory for studying the impact of school quality on labor market outcomes. Under the Apartheid …