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Upskilling: Do Employers Demand Greater Skill When Workers Are Plentiful?

In the wake of the Great Recession, policymakers and academics have expressed concerns about rising employer skill requirements.

How High-Skill Immigration Affects Science: Evidence from the Collapse of the USSR

No Child Left Behind and Testing Help Hold Schools Accountable

The controversial education law known as No Child Left Behind is up for reauthorization, and amid the nuances under debate one question stands out: Will pressures from the left and right force the fed

Experimentally Estimated Impacts of School Vouchers on College Enrollment and Degree Attainment

We provide the first experimental estimates of the long-term impacts of a voucher to attend private school by linking data from a privately sponsored voucher initiative in New York City, which awarded

A Rescue Plan for the Black Family

As we celebrate the anniversary of Martin Luther King's birth, we should ask why so many of the problems against which he struggled — segregation, poverty, persistent racial gaps in education and inco

Race, Self-Selection, and the Job Search Process

While existing research has documented persistent barriers facing African-American job seekers, far less research has questioned how job seekers respond to this reality.

Intensive Math Instruction and Educational Attainment: Long-Run Impacts of Double-Dose Algebra

We study an intensive math instruction policy that assigned low-skilled 9th graders to an algebra course that doubled instructional time, altered peer composition and emphasized problem solving skills

Do Differences in School Quality Matter More Than We Thought? New Evidence on Educational Opportunity in the Twenty-first Century

Do schools reduce or perpetuate inequality by race and family income?

Slow Down, You’re Going Too Fast: Matching Curricula to Student Skill Levels

Learning profiles show changes in student skills per year of schooling. Profiles are often shockingly shallow in developing countries in part because curricula move faster than the pace of learning.

The Engagement Gap: Social Mobility and Extracurricular Participation among American Youth

Participation in extracurricular activities is associated with positive youth outcomes such as higher education attainment and greater future earnings.