records from the 1994-95 school year untilthe 2003-04 school year. The first essay explores promotion rates of men and womento … school principal, a position that requires certification. I find ignoring gender differences in desire for promotion yields … opportunities. Usingthe public school principal profession in Texas and measuring teacher quality by changes in student achievement …

--peer-group norms and partner availability--using a national sample of high school students. I develop and estimate an equilibrium …-specific characteristics such as sibling structure and age of menarche, and the regressions include school-by-grade fixed effects. This … analysis demonstrates that school-based social interactions have a large effect on sexual initiation. Second, I estimate the …

This dissertation is a collection of three essays on high school dropout by adolescents and the roll of their siblings … in this risky behavior. Dropping out of high school can scar the individual for his entire labor supply period with lower … dissertation identifies the influence of older siblings on their younger siblings’ decision to leave school before graduation. It …

promoting schoold in the rural areas – particularly the Secondary School in Oniceni, Suceava County. In our approach, we will … focus on a series of considerations that belong to the social and family context, when chosing school. …

). Comparisons are made with the overall population in Peru, and with the income diversification patterns of households in the same …

socioeconomic consequences. This case study for the mango export sector in Piura, Peru, analyzes the adoption of the Eurepgap …