, I use historical shifts in the school year schedule in Germany, which substantially shortened the duration of the … affected school years without adjusting the core curriculum. The loss of classroom instruction was mainly compensated for by …

-service cognitive and pedagogical skills as measured by two state examinations and the high-school GPA on later effectiveness. I apply …

error in the peer background variable. When we correct for measurement error we find within school estimates close to the …

error in the peer background variable. When we correct for measurement error we find within school estimates close to the …

error in the peer background variable. When we correct for measurement error we find within school estimates close to the …

In Germany and many other countries, students are tracked into various secondary school types. This paper studies …. The reform replaced parents choice about their children s secondary school type by a binding teacher recommendation. Our …

causal effect of class size on school tracking outcomes after elementary school. Our identification strategy relies on the … tracked into more or less academic middle school types at about age ten based, to a large extent, on academic achievement in … elementary school. We mostly find no or small effects of class size in elementary school on receiving a recommendation or on the …

causal effect of class size on school tracking outcomes after elementary school. Our identification strategy relies on the … tracked into more or less academic middle school types at about age ten based, to a large extent, on academic achievement in … elementary school. We mostly find no or small effects of class size in elementary school on receiving a recommendation or on the …

Determining the optimal age at which a child should enter school is a controversial topic in education policy. In …, established age of school entry at 6 years remains appropriate. Policies of encouraging early school entry or increased … consideration of a particular child's competency for school (Schulfähigkeit) have been suggested. Using a dataset capturing children …