with school system resources. The model is rich, yet sufficiently stylized to provide novel implications. It can show, for … example, that an improvement in parental outside options will reduce parental and school effort, which are partially … compensated through school resources. In this way, by incorporating the behavioral responses of parents, teachers and policymakers …

The great majority of studies on the effect of school quality on academic outcomes do not take account of changes in … student choices concerning effort if school quality, e.g. class size, changes. We show that empirical estimates of the "total …" effect of changes in school quality could be quite different from the "partial" effect holding other inputs (including …

start age created by children's date of birth provides a natural experiment for estimation of the effect of age at school …This paper tests the hypothesis that compulsory school attendance laws, which typically require school attendance until … a specified birthday, induce a relationship between the years of schooling and age at school entry. Variation in school …

start age created by children's date of birth provides a natural experiment for estimation of the effect of age at school …This paper tests the hypothesis that compulsory school attendance laws, which typically require school attendance until … a specified birthday, induce a relationship between the years of schooling and age at school entry. Variation in school …

for the efficient provision of goods and services in a market economy. This paper explores the implications of school … measure of ability dispersion in a school, leading to lower skill acquisition. -- education ; reputation ; competition ; labor …

for the efficient provision of goods and services in a market economy. This paper explores the implications of school … measure of ability dispersion in a school, leading to lower skill acquisition …