Governor Patrick visited Chile this month in an attempt to enhance the state’s collaborations with Latin America in education, clean energy…
The pricing of medical products and services in the U.S. is notoriously complex. In health
care, supply prices (those received by the…
Are teachers’ impacts on students’ test scores (“value-added”) a good measure of their quality? This question has sparked debate largely…
In Project STAR, 11,571 students in Tennessee and their teachers were randomly assigned to classrooms within their schools from…
Are we in danger of forgetting the scene in “The Godfather, Part II,’’ where the odious Senator Geary demands $250,000 from Michael…
We analyze linear models with a single endogenous regressor in the presence of many instrumental variables. We weaken a key assumption…
Three years have passed since the financial crisis of 2008, and unemployment rates remain painfully high. As of August 2011, America…
States have banned smoking in workplaces, restaurants, and bars. They have increased tobacco tax rates, extended “clean air” laws, and…
Although US health care expenditures reached 17.6 percent of GDP in 2009, quality measurement in this important service sector remains…