increased time investments in students' skill development. Overall, my results suggest that selective admission policies can … lead to permanent improvements in students' educational performances. …

significantly improves students’ reading achievement. Lower-performing student groups – boys, students born abroad, and students …

Without a school degree, students can have difficulty in the labor market. To improve the lives of upper …-secondary school dropouts, German states instituted a school reform that awarded an interim degree to high-track students upon …

and their classrooms on students’ short-term academic success, and more importantly, on later-life outcomes. We use …

and their classrooms on students' short-term academic success, and more importantly, on later-life outcomes. We use …

been a lot of interest in the effect of peers on the learning outcomes of students recently. We revisit this issue in … much reduced within schools. While this could be explained by selection of students into schools and hence by correlated … support from the Fritz Thyssen Foundation under the project “Bildungschancen zwischen Grundschule und Sekundarstufe” and …