declines and increasing number of the share of low performing students across European countries. Results of previous national …

), within school-cohort and teacher-group, was not chosen by the students and it was as good as random. We find that male …In this paper we use a newly constructed dataset following 30,000 Italian individuals from high school to labor market … and we analyze whether the gender composition of peers in high school affected their choice of college major, their …

This research examines the benefits of attending HBCUs vs PWI for black college students. Using a College Board Data … graduating with a bachelor's degree for black students attending an HBCU. Additionally, when comparing only those students who …

, gender) on the achievement of eighth grade students using matched student-teacher data from the 1999, 2003 and 2007 TIMSS …

female neighbors improves both male and female students' high school and university outcomes. We also find that female … characteristic of same-age neighbors-their gender-affects a variety of high school and university outcomes. We exploit randomness in … the gender composition of local cohorts at birth from one year to the next. In a setting in which school assignment is …

systems. In this study, we ask if high-stakes testing affects school-related stress among students and if there are gender …Outcomes related to the wellbeing of students are increasingly being recognized as valuable objectives for education … differences in these effects. We combine macro-level data on high-stakes testing with survey data on more than 300,000 students …