college enrollment and graduation. They also affect outcomes in later life, increasing cognitive skills and improving labor … later years. Recessions at high-school graduation narrow the gender gaps in numeracy skills and labor-market success …

We study the long-term effects of a randomized intervention targeting children's socio-emotional skills. The classroom …-emotional skills rather than cognitive skills …

bite was particularly pronounced. There, the minimum wage lowered both returns to skills and skill supply. We propose a …

provides vast evidence on the positive effects of central exams on student test scores. But critics warn that these effects may … central exams positively affect adult skills. However, our estimates are small compared to the existing estimates for students …, which may indicate some fade-out in the effect on skills over time …

Elite skills have become crucial in today’s superstar economy. We develop a multi-period skillformation model where we … “underdog-incentive effect” implies that “educated underdogs” obtain superior adult skills. We find support for this mechanism …

How much does your neighbor impact your test scores and career? In this paper, we examine how an observable …

Child skills are shaped by parental investments. Health shocks to parents can affect these investments and their … children’s skills. This paper estimates causal effects of severe parental health shocks on child socio-emotional skills …. Drawing on a large-scale survey linked to hospital records, we find that socio-emotional skills of 11-16 year-olds are robust …