Decentralization of decision-making is among the most intriguing recent school reforms, in part because countries went … countries. Relying on panel estimation with country fixed effects, we identify the effect of school autonomy from within …-country changes in the average share of schools with autonomy over key elements of school operations. Our results show that autonomy …

all due to differences in what students bring with them to school – socio-economic background, cultural factors, and the … like? Or do school systems make a difference? This essay argues that differences in features of countries' school systems … factors of the school system, as well as factors beyond the school system, account for cross-country achievement differences …

a large and generous parental leave extension in Austria exploiting a sharp birthday cutoff-based discontinuity in the … capital outcomes only if the reform induces a replacement of informal childcare with maternal care. We conclude that care …

This paper evaluates average educational performance effects of an expanding independent school sector at the … compulsory level by assessing a radical voucher reform that was implemented in Sweden in 1992. Starting from a situation where … across municipalities over time as a result of this reform. We regress the change in educational performance outcomes on the …