Expanding estimates of North America’s supply of accessible shale gas, and more recently, shale oil, have been trumpeted in many circles as the most significant energy resource development since the o
Many reform initiatives in developing countries fail to achieve sustained improvements in performance because they are merely isomorphic mimicry—that is, governments and organizations pretend to refor
Twenty years ago Russia and fourteen other newly-independent states emerged from the ruins of the Soviet empire, many as nations for the first time in history.
See RWP13-005 for an updated version of this paper: We use a Massachusetts merit aid program to provide the first clear causal evidence on the impact of college quality on students’ post-secondary en
Labor economists know that a year of schooling raises earnings but have little evidence on the impact of specific courses completed.
The world's advanced economies remain divided over whether to strengthen budget balances in the short term or to use fiscal policy to promote recovery.
Proponents of the recent and widely adopted Common Core State Standards argue that high quality curricular standards are critical to students’ educational success.
This paper examines whether social interactions and cultural practices affect political views and behavior in society.
Learning profiles that track changes in student skills per year of schooling often find shockingly low learning gains.
Like most of you, I'm spending some time these days watching the Olympics.
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