While the concept of nontraditional, short-term, and contract work has been around since well before the digital age, it wasn’t until the…
Who are the girls who decide to sign up for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) programs and coding clubs? In this…
We study the relationship between teachers' stereotypes and students' high school choice in a setting where students can enroll in more or…
High-cost financial services allow economically insecure families to make ends meet but often contribute to additional financial strain in…
State and local policies increasingly restrict employers’ access to criminal records, but without addressing the underlying reasons that…
States and districts are increasingly incorporating measures of achievement growth into their school accountability systems, but there is…
This chapter summarizes existing evidence on the link between education and innovation and presents open questions for future research.…
Nationwide, 36 states and over 150 cities and counties have adopted what is widely known as “Ban the Box” (BtB). These policies require…
Immigrant supply shocks are typically expected to reduce the wage of comparable workers. Natives may respond to the lower wage by moving to…
We study the educational choices of children of immigrants in a tracked school system. We first show that immigrants in Italy enroll…