British selective grammar school system, it would seem that the role of selection (ability tracking) in the school system … merits further investigation. This paper explores the inter-relationship between school selection, ability and educational … of tracking for low/middle ability students. …

employ an international differences-in-differences approach. We identify tracking effects by comparing differences in outcome … tracking increases educational inequality. While less clear, there is also a tendency for early tracking to reduce mean …

employ an international differences-in-differences approach. We identify tracking effects by comparing differences in outcome … tracking increases educational inequality. While less clear, there is also a tendency for early tracking to reduce mean …

impact on monotonicity bias of bandwidth selection in regression discontinuity (RD) designs, finding that "full sample …

The perpetual inventory method used for the construction of education data per country leads to systematic measurement … education level between census data and observations constructed from enrolment data. We discuss a methodology for correcting …

We study the relationship between education and fertility, exploiting compulsory schooling reforms in Europe as source … of exogenous variation in education. Using data from 8 European countries, we assess the causal effect of education on … the number of biological kids and the incidence of childlessness. We find that more education causes a substantial …

examines the impact of education on both risk components. France faces a higher unemployment rate than West-Germany, due to a …. The risk of entering unemployment is particularly high for French employees with poor education, but higher education … unemployed, they are better in France than in West-Germany at all education levels, but particularly for the unemployed with a …

education to decide on the optimal amount of education they want to invest in. In an extension of the model, the educational …

The perpetual inventory method used for the construction of education data per country leads to systematic measurement … education level between census data and observations constructed from enrolment data. We discuss a methodology for correcting …