students in Catalonia (Spain). The data for this analysis are drawn from a sample of secondary school students who participated …

I study the effects of selective admission policies in the context of school tracking. Depending on the federal state … in Germany, either teachers or parents have the discretion to decide which secondary school track a child may attend … after primary school. Applying a differences-in-differences approach, I exploit variation in the implementation and …

Suspension from school is a commonly-used, yet controversial, school disciplinary measure. This paper uses unique … may continue to play a role in school discipline without harming the educational prospects of those sanctioned. …

We investigate the effects of public school open enrolment, which allows students to enroll in any public school with … whose catchment school is locally top-ranked according to test scores, greater choice is of no direct benefit; however …, students whose catchment school is locally lowest-ranked earn higher scores when they have access to better local schools …

Almost 300,000 entitled children do not participate in the UK's Free School Meals (FSM) programme, worth up to £400 per … year. Welfare take-up can be stigma and lack of information. This paper uses a school-level dataset and fixed … school cohorts. Results show that in a typical school a 10 percentage point rise in peer-group take-up would reduce non …

specifically good match with their children. I investigate the effect of attending a preferred school on student achievement in … assignment which awards school offer based on admission priority, residential distance, and parental preference. I compare … school of choice increases student achievement compared to an institution with lower parental preference but same value …