"We develop a framework that may be used to determine the degree to which a school choice program may harm public school stayers by luring the best students to other schools. This framework results in a simple formula showing that the "cream-skimming" effect is increasing in the degree of...

"Bei dem vorliegenden Text handelt es sich um den Abschlussbericht für die Follow-up-Studie der Evaluation des Modellprojekts „Abschlussquote erhöhen – Berufsfähigkeit steigern“ der Regionaldirektion Niedersachsen-Bremen der Bundesagentur für Arbeit und des Landes Niedersachsen. Diese...

"Offers an analysis of the promise and controversy around teacher pay for performance. Identifies potential strengths and weaknesses of performance-driven compensation policies and addresses key conceptual and implementation issues that have dominated the debate surrounding teacher compensation...

We study the impact on criminal activity from a large scale Swedish reform of vocational upper secondary education, extending programs from two to three years and adding more general theoretical content. The reform directly concerns age groups where criminal activity is high and students who are...