Success or failure in freshman math has long been thought to have a strong impact on
subsequent high school outcomes. We study an intensive…
This paper investigates the impact of elite capture on the allocation of targeted government
welfare programs in Indonesia, using both a…
The vast majority of low-income, high-achieving students in the U.S. do not even apply to any selective colleges, in spite of the fact that…
Why are public-sector workers so heavily compensated with pensions and other non-pecuniary benefits? In this paper, we present a political…
Many studies find that presentation of balanced information, offering competing positions, can promote polarization and thus increase…
We analyze a Massachusetts merit aid program in which high-scoring students received
tuition waivers at in-state public colleges with lower…
The Full Birth History has become the dominant source of estimates of fertility levels and trends for countries lacking complete birth…
When I hear free-spending national leaders call for more infrastructure investment, I think of Detroit’s absurd People Mover monorail…
Defensive medicine—the ordering of unnecessary tests and procedures to reduce the threat of malpractice litigation—has long been a…