We use a credible regression discontinuity design to estimate causal education effects. Pupils in the Swiss education … system had to pass a centrally organized exam that classified them into different levels of secondary school, and that …

more resources to the education sector, it is expected that pupils will achieve higher educational attainment by the time … are regressed on variables capturing the mean level of school quality in each LEA. The results provide little evidence … evidence is found, however, that segregating pupils according to ability is beneficial on average since the greatest returns to …

This paper utilizes the German Mikrozensus to model competing secondary school outcomes among both foreign and … naturalized children of guest workers, ethnic Germans, EU and third country immigrants. In line with previous research, I find … less adversely affected by low parental education than are the children of native Germans. …

Empirical evidence suggests that relative age, which is determined by date of birth and the school entry cutoff date … analyze whether the initial assignment to different school tracks has persistent effects on educational attainment and … earnings in the first years of the career. I estimate the reduced-form effect of the school entry law on starting wages and …