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What Do Parents Want? An Exploration of School Preferences Expressed by Boston Parents

This working paper seeks to determine the preferences of Boston parents for certain school attributes.

The Effects of Girl-Friendly Schools: Evidence from the BRIGHT School Construction Program in Burkina Faso

We evaluate a 'girl-friendly' primary school program in Burkina Faso using a regression discontinuity design.

Experimentally Estimated Impacts of a School Choice Intervention on Long-Term Educational Outcomes: The Effects of School Vouchers on College Enrollment

Providing the first experimental estimate of the long-term impacts of an offer of a private-school voucher to low-income families, we link data from a privately sponsored voucher initiative, which awa

Enforcing Girls' Access to Secondary Education: A Human Rights Imperative

"If I like a boy I cannot tell anybody about my choice because I am a girl. I like making friends with boys but being a girl I cannot do that.

Psychological Perspectives on Gender in Negotiation

The Urban Jobs Crisis

In his State of the Union Address on February 13, President Barack Obama urged that young people be given the opportunity to obtain the skills training and education that will enable them to find stab

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

Success or failure in freshman math has long been thought to have a strong impact on subsequent high school outcomes.

Low-Income High-Achieving Students Miss Out on Attending Selective Colleges

The vast majority of low-income, high-achieving students in the U.S.

Students Today, Teachers Tomorrow: Identifying Constraints on the Provision of Education

With an estimated one hundred fifteen million children not attending primary school in the developing world, increasing access to education is critical.

Merit Aid, College Quality and College Completion: Massachusetts’ Adams Scholarship as an In-Kind Subsidy

We analyze a Massachusetts merit aid program in which high-scoring students received tuition waivers at in-state public colleges with lower graduation rates than available alternative colleges.