Multi-period Matching
We examine a dynamic, multi-period, bilateral matching market, such as a labor market where workers are long-lived and production occurs over a period of time.
Research
Inequity Outside the Classroom: Growing Class Differences in Participation in Extracurricular Activities
Research shows that extracurricular activities help cultivate the skills, connections, and knowledge that prepare children for lifelong success, but low-income students are increasingly excluded from
Is Seeing Believing? How Americans and Germans Think about Their Schools
What do citizens of the United States and Germany think about their schools and school policies? This paper offers the first broad comparison of public thinking on education in the two countries.
Value Subtraction in Public Sector Production: Accounting Versus Economic Cost of Primary Schooling in India
We combine newly created data on per student government expenditure on children in government elementary schools across India, data on per student expenditure by households on students attending priva
Middle School Math Acceleration and Equitable Access to 8th Grade Algebra: Evidence from the Wake County Public School System
Taking algebra by eighth grade is considered an important milestone on the pathway to college readiness.
Developing Positive Young Adults: Lessons from Two Decades of YouthBuild Programs
Globalization and technological advances have increased the importance of a high school degree, academic skills, and career preparation for achieving labor market success.
Giving College Credit Where It Is Due: Advanced Placement Exam Scores and College Outcomes
We implement a regression discontinuity design using the continuous raw Advanced Placement (AP) exam scores, which are mapped into the observed 1-5 integer scores, for over 4.5 million students.
Ethnic Complementarities After the Opening of China: How Chinese Graduate Students Affected the Productivity of Their Advisors
The largest and most important flow of scientific talent in the world is the migration of international students to the doctoral programs offered by universities in industrialized countries.
Creating Birds of Similar Feathers: Leveraging Similarity to Improve Teacher-Student Relationships and Academic Achievement
When people perceive themselves as similar to others, greater liking and closer relationships typically result.
Was Moynihan Right?
In his 1965 report on the black family, Daniel Patrick Moynihan highlighted the rising fraction of black children growing up in households headed by unmarried mothers.
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