The aim of this paper is to study whether schooling choices are affected by social interactions. Such social … eligible children tend to attend school more frequently, (ii) but also the ineligible children acquire more schooling when the …

estimate the ATT effect of independent schooling on educational attainment. We find large, positive, robust, and statistically … significant effects of independent schooling on attainment. The robustness of the results to omitted variable bias is addressed …

conditioning the prospective entitlement to unemployment benefits for education-leavers on age or schooling attainment can affect …

conditioning the prospective entitlement to unemployment benefits for education-leavers on age or schooling attainment can affect …

age, and schooling attainment can affect educational achievements. The first part of this reform disqualified labor market …

conditioning the prospective entitlement to unemployment benefits for education-leavers on age or schooling attainment can affect …

, but remains evident and statistically significant in high-stakes exams taken at the end of compulsory schooling. To … of starting school, length of schooling and relative age without cohort) lead to these differences in attainment between … relationship (age at test = age of starting school + length of schooling). This paper is the first to apply the principle of …