We present a theory explaining the impact of ability tracking on academic performance based on grading policies. Our … knowledge. We show that achievements of low ability students may be higher in a comprehensive school system, even if there are … neither synergy effects nor interdependent preferences among classmates. This arises because the comprehensive school sets a …

more likely to enroll in 'Gymnasium', the most academic secondary school track, and that (ii) primary school teachers give … results imply that controlling for social skills would significantly reduce estimates of the height-school premium. With … respect to education policy, our findings suggest that early school tracking might increase disadvantages for students with …

This paper provides novel evidence on the labor-market returns to for-profit postsecondary school and community college … administrative records on for-profit school and community college attendance with quarterly earnings data for over 400,000 students …

degree completion and reduce dropout in higher education, but not in high school. We argue that the higher prevalence of …

school. …

We ran a field experiment at a large Dutch school for intermediate vocational education to examine whether the response …