uses the framework of an education production function to provide descriptive analysis of the extent to which different …

on the conceptual framework of an education production function, we cover evidence on child, parent, and school inputs …

Control Trial (RCT) conditions. Half of 181 volunteer primary schools in England were randomly selected to participate in a … masks large heterogeneity; in small schools, which would have no choice over which teachers would be involved, we find … negative impacts of the training (0.1-0.18SD), whereas we find positive impacts in larger schools (0.06-0.17SD). We conclude …

the gender gap in academic achievement. Data from several sources indicate that boys are less likely to use computers for …

In many countries there is a considerable gender gap in enrolment for a bachelor's degree in Economics, arguably an …

to social skills shift the burden of child development from schools to parents and particularly mothers, education can … centralized admissions processes to both secondary and tertiary education in Finland. Admission to further education at either … margin does not increase the likelihood that men form families. In contrast, women admitted to further education are more …

find that access to public schools offset the research time loss to a greater extent among mothers of young children … relative to fathers, narrowing the emerging post-pandemic gender gap. Having a stay-at-home partner reduced the disruptions to …

In 2011, Italy introduced gender quotas for boards of directors of companies listed on its stock market. Comparing …, higher levels of education of board members, and a lower share of older members. We then use the reform period as an … the stock price reaction to the introduction of gender quotas. A positive effect of the quota law on stock market returns …