Using a rich dataset that merges student-level school records with birth records, and leveraging three alternative … remaining in traditional public schools (TPS). We consistently find that competition stemming from the opening of new charter …

This paper examines the effects of increasing the compulsory school leaving (CSL) age from 16 to 18 in Hungary using a … of elementary school in 1998. Identification is based on compliance with the age of elementary school start rule …. Compliance with the age rule creates a discontinuity in the probability of starting school under the higher CSL age regime around …

achievement-based admissions requirements (i.e. binding track recommendations) in Germany's between-school tracking system. The …

I study the effects of selective admission policies in the context of school tracking. Depending on the federal state … in Germany, either teachers or parents have the discretion to decide which secondary school track a child may attend … after primary school. Applying a differences-in-differences approach, I exploit variation in the implementation and …

This paper studies a large-scale educational expansion to evaluate whether shocks to school inputs have an impact on … doubled enrollment in adult education, thus putting considerable strain on school inputs. Since the policy targeted … stronger negative shocks to peer quality and school resources such as teacher credentials and perpupil expenditure. Then, I …