high school graduation in Massachusetts, with especially large effects on the likelihood of qualifying for a state …

We exploit variation stemming from school consolidations in Denmark from 2010-2011 to analyze the impact on student … achievement as measured by test scores. For each student we observe enrollment and test scores one year prior to school … consolidation and up to four years after. We find that school consolidation has adverse effects on achievement in the short run and …

Using an originally constructed dataset that follows 30,000 Italian individuals from high school to the labor market …, we analyze whether the gender composition of peers in high school affected their choice of college major, their academic … performance and their labor market income. We exploit the within-school, cohort-by-cohort variation in the gender composition of …

The central vs. local nature of high-school exit exam systems can have important repercussions on the labor market. By … high-school grades is indeed 6 percent when obtained on central exams but less than 2 percent when obtained on local exams …

proposes that arguments for increased state spending in school education is expressively appealing as it appears equitable, but …

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 …