The Negative Consequences of Overambitious Curricula in Developing Countries
Learning profiles that track changes in student skills per year of schooling often find shockingly low learning gains.
Research
The Labor of Division: Returns to Compulsory Math Coursework
Labor economists know that a year of schooling raises earnings but have little evidence on the impact of specific courses completed.
The Role of Elite Institutions
The increase in the college premium—the differential in what is earned by college graduates compared with what is earned by those with high-school diplomas—is a major factor contributing to rising in
The Informal Economy: Definitions, Theories and Policies
This working paper, the first in the WIEGO Working Paper series, provides an overview of the definitional, theoretical, and policy debates on the informal economy.
The Collapse of the Soviet Union and the Productivity of American Mathematicians
It has been difficult to open up the black box of knowledge production.
The Health Care Jobs Fallacy
The United States is in the throes of the most serious recession in post-war history. Despite improving employment numbers, the official unemployment rate still exceeded 8% in March 2012.
Race and Affirming Opportunity in the Barack Obama Era
I first discuss the Obama administration’s efforts to promote racial diversity on college campuses in the face of recent court challenges to affirmative action.
Building New Agricultural Universities in Africa
There is an urgent need to create a new generation of innovation-oriented agricultural that efficiently bring together agricultural research, training, commercialization, and extension.
A Victory for Curbs on Public Worker Unions
Republican Gov. Scott Walker's convincing win Tuesday in Wisconsin was not just a victory for the governor himself, but a major triumph for conservatives in the fight to curb public employee unions.
Teachers Unions Have a Popularity Problem
However Wisconsin's recall election turns out on Tuesday, teachers unions already appear to be losing a larger political fight—in public opinion.
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