extended the duration of secondary schooling in the 1960s. I find that hourly wages increase by 6%-8% per additional year of …

school districts, which serve higher-income, predominantly-white families, accept a group of minority elementary school … students who apply to transfer from a nearby, predominantly-minority school district. Slots are allocated via lottery. The …

-tax schedule, combined with sticky posted wages (i.e., the gross labor income minus payroll taxes divided by hours worked). Finally …

expansion of school attainment has not guaranteed improved economic conditions. This paper reviews the role of education in … evidence that the cognitive skills of the population - rather than mere school attainment - are powerfully related to … reveal much larger skill deficits in developing countries than generally derived from just school enrollment and attainment …

Value-added data are an increasingly common evaluation tool for schools and teachers. Many school districts have … analysis is the first in the school valuation literature to examine property value responses to a value-added information shock …, which is of interest as this measure is less correlated with demographics than typical school quality measures. Unique to …

Children starting school at older ages consistently exhibit better educational outcomes. In this paper, we underscore … child development as a mechanism driving this effect. We study the causal effect of school starting age on a child …'s probability of developing special educational needs in early grades. We find that starting school at a relatively older age …

information on the public-private character of both operation and funding of each tested school. Across countries, public …

enter (primary) school. Early age at school entry significantly affects mobility and reduces the relative advantage of …