Munich. It consists of four distinct empirical essays that address various aspects of how school curricula affect students in … children and participating in the labor market. Chapter 3 provides evidence that the content of science education standards in …-stakes occupational choices. Chapter 4 exemplifies that school curricula reforms can also have unintended consequences by showing that a …

features a long school day, an extended school year, selective teacher hiring, strict behavior norms, and a focus on … traditional reading and math skills. No Excuses charter schools are sometimes said to focus on relatively motivated high achievers … impact of KIPP Academy Lynn, a KIPP school in Lynn, Massachusetts that typifies the KIPP approach. Our analysis focuses on …

features a long school day, an extended school year, selective teacher hiring, strict behavior norms, and a focus on … traditional reading and math skills. No Excuses charter schools are sometimes said to focus on relatively motivated high achievers … impact of KIPP Academy Lynn, a KIPP school in Lynn, Massachusetts that typifies the KIPP approach. Our analysis focuses on …

language classes in compulsory school on students' subsequent educational choices in upper secondary school. Using … more foreign language classes during compulsory school has only minor effects on educational choices of the overall student … pronounced for students who do not speak at home the school's language of instruction. Finally, we find that female students who …

language classes in compulsory school on students' subsequent educational choices in upper secondary school. Using … more foreign language classes during compulsory school has only minor effects on educational choices of the overall student … pronounced for students who do not speak at home the school's language of instruction. Finally, we find that female students who …

early, and schooling merely widens them. Additional university tuition subsidies or improvements in school quality are not …

-run outcomes up to age 27. We exploit exogenous variation in skills due to school entry rules, combining 20 years of Chilean … administrative records with a regression discontinuity design. Our results show higher in-school performance and college entrance …-income children. Our findings suggest that parental time investments are neutral to early skills gaps, while monetary investments are …

understood. We fill this gap by investigating the effects of having disadvantaged primary school peers, generated by random …

understood. We fill this gap by investigating the effects of having disadvantaged primary school peers, generated by random …