We investigate short and long-term effects of early childhood education using variation created by a unique policy …

data from Turkey and leveraging an education reform which increased mandatory schooling by three years, we find that the …

science and mathematics. One major class of explanations for these gaps involves the gender-based interactions between … matter is limited and contradictory. In this study, I present new empirical evidence on whether assignment to a same-gender … based on these data indicate that assignment to a same-gender teacher significantly improves the achievement of both girls …

health shocks negatively affect child human capital, including health, education, and socioemotional skills. Compensating …

establish that child health- and education-related human capital outcomes are affected by resources of extended family members …

for a given number of children (sibsize). Thus, having a brother may affect child education in two ways: an indirect … indirect effects of a next brother on the first child's education conditional on potential sibsize. We address endogenous … sibsize using twins. We find new evidence of sibling rivalry and gender bias that cannot be detected by conventional methods …