depression, isolation, victimization from bullying and attitudes towards violence at school; and lower verbal and math test … violence exposure over the academic attainment of secondary school students in Peru. However, we also study these peer effects … over a novel set of outcomes: internalizing behaviors and forms of violence at school. Our results show that being in a …

, experiencing long-term health problems, being bullied at school and being beaten or punched as a child all have long-term impacts …

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 …

Using nationally representative linked employer-employee data for Britain in 2004 and 2011 we find school staff are … accounted for by the occupations school employees undertake and perceptions of job quality. School employees are also more … committed to their organization than non-school employees, a difference that remains large and statistically significant having …

It is well established that teachers are the most important in-school factor in determining student outcomes. However … selected to participate in the two year program. We find that students of treated teachers perform no better on national tests …

-tenure-track teachers differently affect students' performance at school. We use data on standardized test scores of a representative sample … of primary and secondary school students in Italy and information on their Italian and mathematics teachers' labor … contracts. Controlling for class- and subject-fixed effects, we find that non-tenure-track teachers decrease students …

share of children lacking important reading skills by socio-economic background. …

3.7, suggesting the presence of significant market power for school districts, especially over more experienced teachers … public school districts in Missouri. We take advantage of the plausibly exogenous variation in pre-negotiated district salary …. The presence of monopsony power in this labor market may be partially explained by institutional features of the teacher …

The nation's largest charter management organization is the Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP). KIPP schools are … features a long school day, an extended school year, selective teacher hiring, strict behavior norms, and a focus on … impact of KIPP Academy Lynn, a KIPP school in Lynn, Massachusetts that typifies the KIPP approach. Our analysis focuses on …