degree completion and reduce dropout in higher education, but not in high school. We argue that the higher prevalence of …

degree completion and reduce dropout in higher education, but not in high school. We argue that the higher prevalence of …

below the age of 21 on the attainment of a high school degree. While we find evidence that the prospect of financial loss in … of an increase in the graduation rate in high school. …

degree completion and reduce dropout in higher education, but not in high school. We argue that the higher prevalence of …

The typical measure used by researchers and school administrators to evaluate teachers is based on how the students …

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 …

Is it possible to compress instruction time into fewer school years without lowering education levels? A fundamental … remaining school years to provide students with a very similar core curriculum and the same overall instruction time. Using …

The existence of a rigid cutoff date which determines when children start primary school creates a large heterogeneity … Catalonia to show that: (1) relatively younger children do significantly worse both in tests administered at the school level … the academic track in secondary school less often. (4) Younger children are more frequently diagnosed with learning …

This paper studies the effects of school organisation on short- and long-run pupil outcomes, exploiting a policy change … that reorganised Swedish middle school education. The reorganisation induced pupils to remain in small local schools … qualifications. Despite that the previous literature has found that school transitions and school size are important inputs in the …

Is it possible to compress instruction time into fewer school years without lowering education levels? A fundamental … remaining school years to provide the same overall instruction time and curriculum. Using aggregated administrative data on the …