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 … those generated by well-known education inputs, such as parental education and teacher quality. …

Students' choices in education can only be based on expected outcomes. Econometric models that infer expectations based …

of the returns to education …

of the returns to education. …

of the returns to education …

smaller economic returns, such as education and humanities degrees, especially for men. …

We evaluate the education and labour impact of vocational education and training (VET). Identification draws on …

Switzerland. Using a novel dataset that links official census data on adult education to longitudinal register data on labor … risk of unemployment two years after the treatment. However, the effects are heterogeneous as to gender, age, education …, and regional labor market context. The gains are highest for middle-aged men with formal vocational education working in …

Switzerland. Using a novel dataset that links official census data on adult education to longitudinal register data on labor … risk of unemployment two years after the treatment. However, the effects are heterogeneous as to gender, age, education …, and regional labor market context. The gains are highest for middle-aged men with formal vocational education working in …