This dissertation focuses on three different questions in the field of education, using the method of theoretical …

applied in economics using twins or adoptees. Exploiting an education reform differentially affecting parents, we find no …

This paper studies the impact of exam luck on individuals’ education and labor market success. We leverage unique … features of the Norwegian education system that produce random variation in the content of the exams taken by students at the … improvements in both their high school GPA and diploma probability. Subsequently, exam luck generates substantial and persistent …

background on student performance in two international TIMSS tests. We then show how organizational features of the education …. Using cross-country variations in education policies and their interaction with family background at the student level, we …