Munich. It consists of four distinct empirical essays that address various aspects of how school curricula affect students in … children and participating in the labor market. Chapter 3 provides evidence that the content of science education standards in …-stakes occupational choices. Chapter 4 exemplifies that school curricula reforms can also have unintended consequences by showing that a …

Although school integration of the children of economic migrants in developed countries is wellstudied in the … literature, little evidence based on large scale representative data exists on the school integration of refugee children - many … one outcome - in never attending school - the native-refugee gap persists even for children who arrive before age 8. Data …

Although school integration of the children of economic migrants in developed countries is well-studied in the … literature, little evidence based on large scale representative data exists on the school integration of refugee children - many … one outcome - in never attending school - the native-refugee gap persists even for children who arrive before age 8. Data …

participation and urban areas with larger numbers of alternative school districts appear to evoke a larger enrollment response. This … desegregation program and racial composition effects on academic, social, and labor market outcomes. The evidence on school …

introduced school vouchers or cash transfers programs that are targeted to disadvantaged children. Others have initiated programs … the incentives and constraints faced by all parties involved, the school providers, the parents and the children. The … to attract or retain students by expanding school access or by setting higher teacher eligibility requirements or …

exploits school-starting-age rules in 34 countries, capturing achievement variation that arises because younger children …We examine whether parental and school investments reinforce or compensate for student performance. Our analysis … low-performing children in nearly all countries studied. Compensatory investments increase over grade levels, suggesting …

Pop-Eleches and Urquiola (2013) apply a regression discontinuity to the Romanian secondary school system, and notably … find that (a) students who go to a better school get higher scores on an exam used for university admission, (b) parents of … students who get into a better school help their kids less with homework, and (c) kids who go to a slightly better school …

language classes in compulsory school on students' subsequent educational choices in upper secondary school. Using … more foreign language classes during compulsory school has only minor effects on educational choices of the overall student … pronounced for students who do not speak at home the school's language of instruction. Finally, we find that female students who …

language classes in compulsory school on students' subsequent educational choices in upper secondary school. Using … more foreign language classes during compulsory school has only minor effects on educational choices of the overall student … pronounced for students who do not speak at home the school's language of instruction. Finally, we find that female students who …

performance, college enrollment, choice, and persistence. On average, we find that children eligible to start school at a …Extant research on school entry and compulsory schooling laws finds that these policies increase the high school … the evolution of postsecondary impacts of the interaction of school entry and compulsory schooling laws in Michigan. We …