Heat and Learning
We provide the first evidence that cumulative heat exposure inhibits cognitive skill development and that school air conditioning can mitigate this effect.
Research
Male Social Status and Women's Work
Female labor force participation varies significantly even among countries with similar levels of economic development.
Measuring Venezuelan Emigration with Twitter
Venezuela has seen an unprecedented exodus of people in recent months.
Reducing Student Absences at Scale by Targeting Parents’ Misbeliefs
Student attendance is critical to educational success, and is increasingly the focus of educators, researchers and policymakers.
Saving the Heartland: Place-Based Policies in 21st Century America
America’s regional disparities are large and regional convergence has declined if not disappeared. This wildly uneven economic landscape calls for a new look at spatially targeted policies.
Estimating the Impact of Women’s Education on Fertility, Child Mortality, and Empowerment When Schooling Ain’t Learning
We use literacy data available in the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) for 129 survey rounds, across 54 countries, to estimate the impact of female basic education–which we define as completing si
Does a Criminal Past Predict Worker Performance? Evidence from One of America's Largest Employers
This paper is one of the first systematic assessments of ex-felons’ workplace performance.
Some Middle School Students Want Behavior Commitment Devices (but Take-Up Does Not Affect Their Behavior)
Commitment devices impose costs on one's future self for failing to follow through on one's intentions, offer no additional benefit to one's future self for following through on the intention, and peo
Women and Work in India: Descriptive Evidence and a Review of Potential Policies
Sustained high economic growth since the early 1990s has brought significant change to the lives of Indian women, and yet female labor force participation has stagnated at under 30%, and recent labor
Recent US Manufacturing Employment: The Exception that Proves the Rule
This Working Paper challenges two widely held views: first that trade performance has been the primary reason for the declining share of manufacturing employment in the United States, and second that
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