education they receive. School enrollment rates have increased dramatically in developing counties since 1960, but many children … still leave school at a young age and often learn little while in school. This chapter reviews recent research on the impact …

Schooling is related to health and future labor market outcomes. The school parents choose for their children often … depends on feedback received from other parents. Therefore, it is important to understand whether parental satisfaction with … the school depends only on objective measures of the quality of the school. We examine the association between children …

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 …

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 …

participation and urban areas with larger numbers of alternative school districts appear to evoke a larger enrollment response. This …A half a century has passed since the landmark decision Brown v. Board of Education (1954) overturned the doctrine of … desegregation program and racial composition effects on academic, social, and labor market outcomes. The evidence on school …

the incentives and constraints faced by all parties involved, the school providers, the parents and the children. The … introduced school vouchers or cash transfers programs that are targeted to disadvantaged children. Others have initiated programs … to attract or retain students by expanding school access or by setting higher teacher eligibility requirements or …