graduation gaps, and sources of wage growth. Recent work demonstrates that, through its availability and low cost, the GED also … induces some students to drop out of school. The GED program is unique to the United States and Canada, but provides policy …

leading UK university, we present evidence on the effects of class size on students' test scores. We observe the same student …-linear class size effects controlling for unobserved heterogeneity of both individual students and faculty. We find that (i) at the … and largest ranges of class sizes and zero over a wide range of intermediate class sizes; (iii) students at the top of the …

raising the difficulty of the test causes students to finish high school rather than drop out and GED certify. We find that a … six point decrease in GED pass rates induces a 1.3 point decline in overall dropout rates. The effect size is also much … larger for older students and minorities. Finally, a natural experiment based on the late introduction of the GED in …

either employment or earnings is not statistically significant. GED certification increases postsecondary participation by up …

(pre-reform) - for good students from less affluent household - on the optimal schooling decision. For the students who … would not have enrolled under the old system we also find a small negative impact of the reform on the likelihood to drop-out …

-constraint effects as China?s education policy has changed from one in which the bulk of direct costs are paid by government for students …

random parameters logit choice model we find that simulated lifecycle earnings positively impact the educational … choices with higher simulated lifecycle earnings and household income vary across individuals. We conduct policy simulations …

family income of prospective students. Family circumstances also play a role. We examine the secular increase in the …