Many personal and policy decisions turn on perceptions of school effectiveness, defined
here as the causal effect of attendance at a particular school or set of schools on student test …

Students who attend different colleges in the US end up with vastly different economic
outcomes. We study the role of relative value-added across colleges within student choice …

This paper estimates the impacts of attending better middle schools on the test scores, on-
time graduation, self-reported socio-emotional skills, aspirations and high school track …

The returns to selective STEM programs depend on whether students complete these
programs, earnings conditional on completion, and counterfactual schooling choices. Much …

Research has frequently demonstrated negative effects of placing students into
developmental education, but very little inquiry has considered the impact of placing …

Tracking is widespread in education. In US post-secondary education alone, at least 71% of
colleges use a test to track students into various courses. However, there are concerns that …

We study statistical discrimination based on the school which an individual attended.
Employers face uncertainty regarding an individual's productive value. Knowing which …

This chapter reviews recent evidence on peer effects in education. We focus on three
prominent themes that have emerged over the current decade:(1) the heterogeneity of …

Using two rich administrative data sets and a rule of admission at one top university in Brazil
that splits students into two classes, we apply a regression discontinuity design to study the …

This paper studies the impact of relative assessment on performance using a
quasiexperiment: club-level swimming competitions in the US. By exploiting the agegroup …