Munich. It consists of four distinct empirical essays that address various aspects of how school curricula affect students in …-stakes occupational choices. Chapter 4 exemplifies that school curricula reforms can also have unintended consequences by showing that a … reform of education standards in math and English has negative spillovers on student achievement in science. Finally, Chapter …

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 …

This study reports evidence from an unusual policy intervention – The Reaching Out of School Children (ROSC) project … – in Bangladesh where school grants and education allowances are offered to attract hard-to-reach children to schools … findings suggest that there is a modest impact on school participation: ROSC schools increase enrolment probability between 9 …

This study reports evidence from an unusual policy intervention- The Reaching Out of School Children (ROSC) project in … Bangladesh where school grants and education allowances are offered to attract hard-to-reach children to schools comprised of a … findings suggest that there is a modest impact on school participation: ROSC schools increase enrolment probability between 9 …