This book collects the main papers written by George Borjas on the economics of immigration during a decades-long career. Although there…
Larry Cuban, a former public-schools superintendent turned urban historian, confesses to hold much the same view. Students are not learning…
The article explores the ways in which pretrial incarceration affects job retention, job-seeking, and relative confidence or lack of…
The share of US residents who were born in Latin America and the Caribbean plateaued recently, after a half century of rapid growth. Our…
Paid sick leave helps workers recover from illness and manage care obligations and protects public health. Yet access to paid sick leave…
Rising inequality in the United States has raised concerns about potentially widening gaps in educational achievement by socioeconomic…
Policymakers, conceptualized here as principals, disagree as to whether US student performance has changed over the past half century. To…
Has the achievement of U.S. students improved over the past half century? Have gaps between racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups…
Against the backdrop of dramatic changes in work and family life, this article draws on survey data from 2,971 mothers working in the…
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Demographers and other social scientists often study effect heterogeneity (defined here as differences in outcome–predictor associations…