Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/185268 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 11808
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper considers a fundamental question about the school environment – what are the long run effects of a student's ordinal rank in elementary school? Using administrative data from all public school students in Texas, we show that students with a higher third grade academic rank, conditional on ability and classroom effects, have higher subsequent test scores, are more likely to take AP classes, graduate high school, enroll in college, and ultimately have higher earnings 19 years later. Given these findings, the paper concludes by exploring the tradeoff between higher quality schools and higher rank.
Subjects: 
rank
education
subject choice
JEL: 
I20
I23
I28
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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