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 …’s academic performance, parents’ aspirations, the mismatch between the two, and parents’ satisfaction with different aspects of …

I show that parents select schools by considering attributes of the student-school match that improve the learning … achievement of students who are as good as randomly enroled in schools ranked differently in their application. Enroling at the …

' education by 46%. We show that the heterogeneous treatment effects are a result of differences in parents' responses in terms of … significantly for children of all backgrounds. There is, however, complete fade-out for children with highly educated parents. Given … positive longrun effects for children with low-educated parents, the treatment reduces child skill gaps across parents …

education they receive. School enrollment rates have increased dramatically in developing counties since 1960, but many children … of education and other policies on the quantity and quality of education obtained by children in developing countries …. The policies considered include not only provision of basic inputs but also policies that change the way that schools are …

the short-run effects of parents' illness on child school enrollment. Our analysis is based on household panel data from … shocks to the primary household earner should have more negative consequences for child education - it is especially maternal … health are about 7 percentage points less likely to be enrolled in education at ages 15-24. These results are robust to …