We investigate the short- and long-term effects of economic conditions at high-school graduation as a source of … across birth cohorts for 28 developed countries, we find that bad economic conditions at high-school graduation increase … college enrollment and graduation. They also affect outcomes in later life, increasing cognitive skills and improving labor …

), within school-cohort and teacher-group, was not chosen by the students and it was as good as random. We find that male … students graduating from classes with at least 80% of male peers were more likely to choose "prevalently male" (PM) college …

high school classmates (peers), after controlling for school and teachers fixed effects. We find that male students …

increase in overeducation. However, the returns to graduation have become more dispersed, with those at the upper quartile of …

universities in the region, affects earnings one and ten years after graduation, controlling for the individual's SAT score. One … year after graduation, high SAT score students earn 12% less if their university's regional rank is worse by 35 places …, conditional on absolute university quality. This effect disappears ten years after graduation. The results suggest initial job …