A large school consolidation reform in the Netherlands changed minimum school size rules underlying public funding. The … of schools implies, for a given number of pupils, an increase in average school size. We present evidence that in our …

This paper evaluates average educational performance effects of an expanding independent-school sector at the … increase in the share of independent-school students between Swedish municipalities. We find that an increase in the share of … independent-school students improves average performance at the end of compulsory school as well as long-run educational outcomes …

We examine the effect of single motherhood on children's secondary school track choice using a sample of 14 years old … single parenthood reduces school attainment mainly because it is associated with lower resources (income and time) available …

eligibility for contextual admission. The estimated effects on high school leaving exam scores of attending elite schools vs … the most selective flagship school vs elite schools, has a large negative and statistically significant effect, which is … data that matches high school preferences of the population of urban middle school graduates in one Chinese prefecture in …

We estimate the effect of publicly disseminated information about school-level achievement on students' mobility … between elementary schools. We find that students are more likely to leave their school when poor school-level performance is …

This paper looks at the determinants of school selection in rural Bangladesh, focusing on the choice between registered … religious values. We investigate how household income, religious preferences, schooling costs, and school quality affect the … proportion of children sent to each school type. Using a unique dataset on secondary school age children from rural Bangladesh …

We study how a large household windfall affects sorting of relatively disadvantaged youth over high school tracks by … returns. The observed change in stated preferences across tracks effectively alters school placement, and bears a positive …

There is substantial cross-country variation in secondary school design, with some countries tracking students into … different ability schools very early, and other countries with little or no tracking at all. Does tracking length affects school …