education, one essential aspect is that “good” peers can potentially improve students’ academic achievement, career choices, or …

There is a widely held belief that older students, by virtue of being more mature and readier to learn at school entry …-understood. Children's primary school entry ages vary worldwide, 2020 …

Children starting school at older ages consistently exhibit better educational outcomes. In this paper, we underscore … relatively younger children to special needs services. The effect is persistent throughout compulsory schooling, resulting in …

Many countries are experiencing increasing inflows of immigrant students. This raises concerns that having a large … share of students for whom the host country language is not their first language may have detrimental effects on the … educational outcomes of native children. However, the evidence is mixed, with some studies finding negative effects, and others …

investigate the mechanisms behind this relationship using data on German pre-teen students. We show that (i) taller children are … better recommendations to taller students. This holds even when controlling for academic achievement and parental background … respect to education policy, our findings suggest that early school tracking might increase disadvantages for students with …

Many countries are experiencing increasing inflows of immigrant students. This raises concerns that having a large … share of students for whom the host country language is not their first language may have detrimental effects on the … educational outcomes of native children. However, the evidence is mixed, with some studies finding negative effects, and others …

Does after-school care provision promote mothers’ employment and balance the allocation of paid work among parents of …