birth. Children born before the cut-off date start school earlier than children born after the cut-off date. Therefore … the number of children. We analyze the effects of age at school enrolment on fertility in Germany. Our results suggest … correlated with the skill level of women. The age at school enrolment and therefore the age at graduation depends on the month of …

School systems around the world use achievement tests to assign students to schools, classes, and instructional … resources, including remediation. Using a regression discontinuity design, we study a Florida policy that places middle school …

pipeline, including STEM summer programs for high school students, but there is little rigorous evidence of their efficacy. We … fielded a randomized controlled trial to study a suite of such programs targeted to underrepresented high school students at …

This paper studies the effect of attending a high-quality secondary school on subsequent educational outcomes. The … analysis is based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study in which we observe children when they make their … secondary school choice (between ages 10-12) and later when they self-report on their intentions with regard to their further …

It is well known that children reared in non-intact families on average have less favorable educational outcomes than … children reared in two-parent families. Evidence from the United States and Sweden indicates that living in a non-intact family … children's outcomes in terms of educational attainment and earnings using data from Sweden and the United States. Comparing the …