almost 60 years, for both the affected cohorts and for their children. To do this, we exploit a natural experiment provided … faced by immigrant children were not correlated with other factors that affected the long-term outcomes of individuals. We … locality of residence was a Yemenite enclave. We find that children who were placed in a better environment (i.e. with better …

two separate occupation-based skill measures and find that these measures are associated with ASD incidence among children …

-ability college students. The Longhorn Opportunity Scholars (LOS) and Century Scholars (CS) programs recruited at specified low-income … combined with adequate supports and financial aid can substantially increase enrollment of low-income students in higher …We study two interventions in Texas that were designed to overcome multiple hurdles faced by low-income, high …

ability distribution drive the impact of peer quality on students‟ achievements. To do so, we use census data for four cohorts … of pupils taking their age-14 national tests, and measure students‟ ability by their prior achievements at age-11. We …

schooling in Israeli kibbutzim. This pay reform, which induced kibbutz students to improve their academic achievements during … high school, spilled over to non-kibbutz members who attended schools with these kibbutz students. In the short run, peers … of kibbutz students improved their high school outcomes and shifted to courses with higher financial returns. In the …

adulthood. The program led to a gradual increase in university education of the high school treated students, reaching a gain of …

Uniform use in public schools is rising, but we know little about how they affect students. Using a unique dataset from …

) students in a particular elementary grade and language is twenty or higher. Using school panel data, we find a significant … significantly impact the standardized test scores of students with Spanish as their home language (comprised primarily of ever …-LEP students). However, there are significant positive spillover effects to their non-LEP peers …

be responsible for poor health and low levels of schooling among the children of young mothers. This paper uses special … the effect of maternal age and single parenthood on children's disability status and school progress. Our results suggest … that there is little association between maternal age at birth and children's disabilities. But the children of teen …

parental leave from 12 to 24 months for children born on July 1, 1990 or later. We use test scores from the Austrian PISA test …