We study the three-year impact of a private tuition-free middle school on the academic outcomes of poor students. Several features of the treatment school fit with innovative paradigms that have delivered successful outcomes in poor urban areas. Our research design exploits the excess of...

This paper addresses the issue of inequality of opportunity in education among young adults in Russia. The Russian household panel data (RLMS) are used. The results are discussed in the context of the current education policy in Russia, such as introduction of the unified state examination at...