Social Structure, Educational Attainment and Admission to Law School

School Quality, Educational Attainment and Aggregation Bias

School Quality, Educational Attainment and Aggregation Bias Data from 31 countries participating in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is used to estimate education production functions for reading literacy. The analysis suggests that the probability of finding statistically significant and correctly signed class size effects increases the higher the level of aggregation ...

Admission to Law School: New Measures

Adolescents' occupational and educational aspirations and expectations: links to high school activities and adult educational attainment.

This longitudinal study explored adolescents' future-oriented cognitions, current activities, and later educational attainment using data from 317 adolescents (55% female; mean age = 14.98 years, SD = 0.85) followed into early adulthood. Aspirations and expectations regarding work and education showed modest stability from year to year. Exploration of the reciprocal relations between these cogn...

Editorial: The Impact of School Food Consumption on Children’s Cognition, Educational Attainment and Social Development

Frictional Matching: Evidence from Law School Admission

We measure friction in the matching of students and law schools as the number of unnecessary student applications and school admissions that have to be undertaken per actual matriculation. We show that friction increases with student and school attractiveness, but decreases for top schools and students. We discuss connections with the literature on frictional matching. JEL: D02, C78.