Policy proposals promoting vocational education focus on the school-to-work transition. But
with technological change, gains in youth employment may be offset by less adaptability and …

Existing estimates of the labor-market returns to human capital give a distorted picture of the
role of skills across different economies. International comparisons of earnings analyses …

Recent studies conclude that teachers are important for student learning but it remains uncertain
what actually determines effective teaching. This study directly peers into the black box …

We study whether early tracking of students based on ability increases migrant-native
achievement gaps. To eliminate confounding impacts of unobserved country traits, we employ a …

Existing estimates of the labor-market returns to human capital give a distorted picture of the
role of skills across different economies. International comparisons of earnings analyses …

Many American states require that students lacking basic reading proficiency after third
grade be retained and remediated. We exploit a discontinuity in retention probabilities under …

Lifelong learning is often promoted in aging societies, but little is known about its returns or
governments' ability to advance it. This paper evaluates the effects of a large-scale …

Education policy‐makers and practitioners want to know which policies and practices can
best achieve their goals. But research that can inform evidence‐based policy often requires …

Composition of the euro area workforce evolves over time and in response to changing labor
market conditions. We construct an estimate of growth in euro area labor quality over the …

Because most skills of labor-market entrants are not directly observed by employers, individuals
acquire skill signals. To study which signals are valued by employers, we randomize …