OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Economics of Education Review is 6. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
The impact of pre-conference advice on academic talk effectiveness	47
Home broadband and human capital formation	45
State differences in pathways to school leadership and in achievement growth	41
Distance to degrees: How college proximity shapes students’ enrollment choices and attainment across race-ethnicity and socioeconomic status	30
Putting the “A” in AP: The effect of advanced placement state policies on student participation and performance	28
Well-being and technology: The effect of individual laptops in high school	25
Free to improve? The impact of free school attendance in England	22
University peers and career prospects: The impact of university ties on early labor market outcomes	22
Online teaching and gender bias	21
Childcare and parenting in the production of early life skills	21
School attendance and child labor: Evidence from Mexico’s Full-Time School program	21
The impacts of same and opposite gender alumni speakers on interest in economics	20
The role of individual institutions in creating effective and efficient transfer pathways from community college to bachelor’s degree	20
How cost framing affects college applications: evidence from a targeted information intervention	19
Public health insurance and special education enrollment	19
The economics of encouragement: Can a simple email shape major choice?	18
Foreign language skills and labor market outcomes: The case of English in Mexico	18
Comparing earnings outcome differences between all graduates and title IV graduates	17
The importance of external assessments: High school math and gender gaps in STEM degrees	15
De-tracking at the margin: How alternative secondary education pathways affect student attainment	15
The value of in-person schooling during times of educational disruption: Impacts on students’ emotional problems and subjective well-being	15
School resources, peer inputs, and student outcomes in adult education	15
Editorial Board	15
Mobile Phones, Civic Engagement, and School Performance in Pakistan	15
Formal vs. informal mathematics: Assessing numeracy with school and market items in a large sample of school-aged children in North-West Nigeria	15

Good or bad? Understanding the effects over time of multigrading on child achievement	14
Attending a school with heterogeneous peers: The effects of school detracking and its attenuation	14
Trends in international assessments and outcomes in adulthood	14
Liquidity for teachers: Evidence from Teach For America and LinkedIn	14
How do public schools respond to competition? Evidence from a charter school expansion	13
Scaling up: Advanced Placement Incentive Program	13
The signaling value of university rankings: Evidence from top 14 law schools	13
Corrigendum to “Late-childhood foundational cognitive skills predict educational outcomes through adolescence and into young adulthood: Evidence from Ethiopia and Peru” [Economics of Education Review,	13
Editorial Board	13
Short-run shock, long-run consequences? The impact of grandparental death on educational outcomes	12
The effects of charter school entry on the supply of teachers from university-based education programs	12
Predicting teacher retention behavior: Ex ante prediction and ex post realization of a voluntary retirement incentive offer	12
Editorial Board	12
The demand for data analytical skills by gender: Evidence from a field experiment	12
Sorting, peer effects and school effectiveness in private and public schools	12
The timing of the unconditional cash transfers and human capital accumulation: experimental evidence from Malawi	11
Messaging teachers to boost student EdTech use	11
College peer effects, gender, and STEM	11
Assessing the overall benefits of programs enhancing human capital and equity: a new method with an application to school meals	11
Editorial Board	11
The UK Disability Discrimination Act 2005: Consequences for the education and employment of older children	11
Particulate pollution and learning	11
A multi-state, student-level analysis of the effects of the four-day school week on student achievement and growth	11
The rising influence of family background on early school performance	11
Relative performance feedback and the effects of being above average — field experiment and replication	11
Labor market conditions and college graduation: Evidence from Brazil	10
Does the provision of universal free school meals improve school attendance?	10
Teacher relationship skills and student learning	10
Social identity and learning: Adult literacy program in India	10
Central exams and adult skills: Evidence from PIAAC	10
The attraction of magnet schools: Evidence from embedded lotteries in school assignment	10
Escaping into a master's degree in times of crisis? Master's degree applications and enrolment over the business cycle	9
Educational impacts of an unconditional cash transfer program in Mali	9
Gender Bias in Evaluation Processes	9
Boys left behind: The effects of summer camp and follow-up strategies on academic, personal, and social competencies	9
Tracking when ranking matters	9
Racial and gendered impacts of international students on domestic peers	9
Is a name change a game change? The impact of college-to-university conversions	9
The impact of work-based versus school-based learning on cognitive and non-cognitive outcomes in vocational secondary education	9
Editorial Board	9
The effects of mass migration on the academic performance of native students. Evidence from Chile	9
Does state-mandated financial education reduce high school graduation rates?	9
The educational experiences of Indian children during COVID-19	9
The impact of combining performance-management tools and training with diagnostic feedback in public schools: Experimental evidence from Argentina	8
Ability signals and rigorous coursework: Evidence from AP Calculus participation	8
Does starting a Division III college football program benefit the institution?	8
Closing the income-achievement gap? Experimental evidence from high-dosage tutoring in Dutch primary education	8
A for effort: Incomplete information and college students’ academic performance	8
Educational pathways and earnings trajectories of second-generation immigrants in Australia: New insights from linked census-administrative data	8
Skill-biased technological change and intergenerational education mobility	8

Teacher quality and gender-differentiated long-term outcomes: Evidence from rural China	8
Book matters: The effect of Cocky’s Reading Express on student performance	8
Do elite schools improve students performance? Evidence from Tunisia	7
Rule-based civil service: Evidence from a nationwide teacher reform in Mexico	7
The effects of financial aid on graduation and labor market outcomes: New evidence from matched education-labor data	7
Rank, peer achievement, and shadow education: Evidence from secondary school students in China	7
Local economic impact of small, non-research private universities: evidence from Japan	7
The effects of accelerated mathematics on self-efficacy and growth mindset	7
Financial literacy calls the roll — The effectiveness of a financial education program in Italian schools	7
All pain and no gain: When goal setting leads to more effort but no gains in test scores	7
The effect of female education on fertility: Evidence from China’s compulsory schooling reform	7
Streaks to success: The effects of highlighting streaks on student effort and learning	7
Where do colleges advertise? Demographic targeting by U.S. colleges	7
Do welfare counsellors help at-risk upper secondary school students?	7
The impact of need-based aid on higher education achievement: Evidence from Portugal	7
When Effective teacher training falls short in the classroom: Evidence from an experiment in primary schools	7
The effect of school closures on standardized test scores: Evidence under zero-COVID policies	7
The Influence of Mega Universities on college competition and outcomes	6
Editorial Board	6
Post-secondary funding and the educational attainment of indigenous students	6
Endogenous peer effects in diverse friendship networks: Evidence from Swedish classrooms	6
Refugees and the educational attainment of natives: Evidence from Norway	6
Gender and choices in higher education	6
Still Waters Run Deep: Groundwater Contamination and Education Outcomes in India	6
The Labor Market Returns to Very Short-Term Rapid Postsecondary Certificates	6
Progressivity of pricing at US public universities	6
Preschool and child health: Evidence from China's universal child care reform	6