This paper presents a counterfactual decomposition of the public–private gap on test scores obtained by 8th graders in Brazil. Quantile regression methods are used to obtain a characterization of the conditional distribution of scores, which is then used to build counterfactuals. The results...

Interactions between observed and unobserved determinants of educational success imply that the former have a heterogeneous effect on performance. To quantify these interactions, a quantile regression model is estimated using a database of students at public universities in Argentina. The...

Many countries are experiencing increasing inflows of immigrant students. This raises concerns that having a large share of students for whom the host country language is not their first language may have detrimental effects on the educational outcomes of native children. However, the evidence...

Previous research provided ambiguous results on the association between average student performance and inequality of opportunity measured by the effect of family background on student achievement. In this paper we explore this association distinguishing between inequality of opportunity at the...

Many countries are experiencing increasing inflows of immigrant students. This raises concerns that having a large share of students for whom the host country language is not their first language may have detrimental effects on the educational outcomes of native children. However, the evidence...

This paper examines how availability of microfinance influences households’ borrowing from informal sources in village economies. It uses a unique household level panel data set, which spans more than two decades (1987–2008), from rural Bangladesh. We find that households’ access to...

Ein niedrigerer Bildungsabschluss der Mutter geht mit einer geringeren Lebenserwartung einher. Personen, die eine Mutter mit einem Volksschul- oder gar keinem Schulabschluss haben, sterben im Alter ab 65 Jahren im Durchschnitt zwei Jahre früher als Personen, deren Mütter mindestens einen...

Using claims data on more than 23 million statutorily insured, we investigate the causal effect of schooling on health in the largest and most comprehensive analysis for Germany to date. In a regression discontinuity approach, we exploit changes in compulsory schooling in West Germany to...

Ein niedrigerer Bildungsabschluss der Mutter geht mit einer geringeren Lebenserwartung einher. Personen, die eine Mutter mit einem Volksschul- oder gar keinem Schulabschluss haben, sterben im Alter ab 65 Jahren im Durchschnitt zwei Jahre früher als Personen, deren Mütter mindestens einen...

Psychische Erkrankungen, beispielsweise Depressionen, haben in den vergangenen Jahrzenten weltweit an Bedeutung gewonnen. Da diese nicht nur mit erheblichen Einschränkungen für die Betroffenen selbst verbunden sind, sondern auch einen hohen Kostenfaktor für die Allgemeinheit darstellen, wird...