This paper tests the hypothesis that compulsory school attendance laws, which typically require school attendance until … a specified birthday, induce a relationship between the years of schooling and age at school entry. Variation in school … start age created by children's date of birth provides a natural experiment for estimation of the effect of age at school …

This paper tests the hypothesis that compulsory school attendance laws, which typically require school attendance until … a specified birthday, induce a relationship between the years of schooling and age at school entry. Variation in school … start age created by children's date of birth provides a natural experiment for estimation of the effect of age at school …

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 …

Parents gauge school quality in part by the level of student achievement and a school's racial mix. The importance of … school characteristics in the housing market can be seen in the jump in house prices at school district boundaries where peer … bottom of the state SAT score distribution to a school with scores near the median. Successful applicants near admissions …