school graduation rate. Correcting for important biases that plague previous calculations, we establish that (a) the true … high school graduation rate is substantially lower than the official rate issued by the National Center for Educational … and have not converged over the past 35 years; (d) the decline in high school graduation rates occurs among native …

In this paper I consider the impact of attending a selective high school in the UK. Students are assigned to these … schools on the basis of a test taken in primary school and, using data on these assignment test scores for a particular … district, I exploit this rule to estimate the causal effects of selective schools on test scores, high school course taking and …

Despite its relatively small size, the private school sector plays a prominent role in British society. This paper … reports evidence that the private/state school wage differential has risen significantly over time, despite the rising cost to … sending children to private school. A significant factor underpinning this has been faster rising educational attainment for …

relevant parameter for the UK, namely the return from attaining any academic qualification compared to leaving school at the …