This paper provides evidence of the effect of age at school entry on college admission and earnings. It does so by … applicants with different ages at school entry depending on whether they were born on December 31 or on January 1, our estimates …

emotionally sensitive children in the school-cohort. We exploit that some children move between schools and thus generate … variation in peer composition in the receiving school-cohort. We identify three groups of potentially disruptive and emotionally … sensitive children from detailed Danish register data: children with divorced parents, children with parents convicted of crime …

We estimate the effect of school size on students' long-term outcomes such as high school completion, being out of the … labor market, and earnings at the age of 30. We use rich register data on the entire population of Danish children attending … estimators. We use the natural population variation in the residential catchment areas and school openings and closures to …

Due to increased financial pressures following the Great Recession, a growing number of school districts have switched … from a traditional five-day school week to a four-day week schedule. While these shorter school weeks potentially help … reduce costs, this study considers the implications these school schedules have on student achievement. This study uses a …

Schooling is related to health and future labor market outcomes. The school parents choose for their children often … the school depends only on objective measures of the quality of the school. We examine the association between children … parental satisfaction with all aspects of children's schooling. The results have implications related to school rankings and …

Schooling is related to health and future labor market outcomes. The school parents choose for their children often … the school depends only on objective measures of the quality of the school. We examine the association between children … parental satisfaction with all aspects of children’s schooling. The results have implications related to school rankings and …