-performing peers in mathematics affects the likelihood that women choose a science track during high school. Results indicate that …Women have historically been underrepresented in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) jobs. There are …-performing women in these fields. This paper uses administrative data from China to examine the extent to which the presence of high …

social environment affects women's STEM choices as early as high school. Using administrative data from China, we find that …Women have historically been underrepresented in STEM majors and occupations, a gap that has persisted over time. There … exposure to high-performing female peers in mathematics increases the likelihood that women choose a science track during high …

characteristic of same-age neighbors-their gender-affects a variety of high school and university outcomes. We exploit randomness in … the gender composition of local cohorts at birth from one year to the next. In a setting in which school assignment is … female neighbors improves both male and female students' high school and university outcomes. We also find that female …

universal random assignment of students to high schools in certain areas of South Korea to provide estimates of school effects … that may better reflect the effects of school practices. We find significant effects of schools on scores in high …-stakes college entrance exams: a 1 standard deviation increase in school quality leads to 0.06-0.08 standard deviations higher …

Despite the prevalence of school tracking, evidence on whether it improves student success is mixed. This paper studies … how tracking within high school impacts high-achieving students' short- and longer-term academic outcomes. Our setting is … a large and selective Chinese high school, where first-year students are separated into high-achieving and regular …

This paper examines how exposure to students identified as gifted (IQ ≥ 130) affects achievement in secondary school … unprecedented detail. We find a positive and significant effect of the exposure to gifted students on school achievement in both …. Finally, exposure to gifted students in school has consequences that extend beyond the classroom: it increases the likelihood …

This paper examines how exposure to students identified as gifted (IQ ≥ 130) affects achievement in secondary school … unprecedented detail. We find a positive and significant effect of the exposure to gifted students on school achievement in both …. Finally, exposure to gifted students in school has consequences that extend beyond the classroom: it increases the likelihood …

Marimasimbe Secondary School (Gokwe South – Midlands Province) taken as a case study. The research adopted a case study … show that the type of school leadership by the head, career guidance, teacher-pupil ratio, qualified and dedicated teachers … external factors are family socioeconomic status, school-community relations, distance or proximity to the school and …

We consider long-term impacts of establishing school psychology offices in Norway, which introduced 'maturity testing …' to advice parents and school boards on school starting age. In the early reform period, children born close to the … normative age cut-off who reached school-starting age after the establishment were more likely to finish compulsory schooling …

We consider long-term impacts of establishing school psychology offices in Norway, which introduced ‘maturity testing …’ to advice parents and school boards on school starting age. In the early reform period, children born close to the … normative age cut-off who reached school-starting age after the establishment were more likely to finish compulsory schooling …