This essay revisits the argument that the removal of worldwide immigration restrictions would induce a very large increase in world GDP.…
Should China build mega-cities or a network of linked middle-sized
metropolises? Can Europe’s mid-sized cities compete with global…
Many economists believe knowledge production generates positive spillovers among knowledge producers. The available evidence, however, is…
Asking students to raise their hands is a time-honored feedback mechanism in education. Hand raising allows the teacher to assess to what…
An interview with Professor Robert D. Putnam about his new book "Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis."
We show that the Roy model has more precise predictions about the self-selection
of migrants than previously realized. The same conditions…
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Recent empirical work has demonstrated the importance both of educational peer effects and of various factors that affect college choices.…
Today in the United States, producing higher scores on
standardized tests of academic skills is the dominant goal of teacher
professional…
Using survey data from the Promise Academy in the Harlem Children’s Zone, we estimate the effects of high-performing charter schools on…
This paper brings a new perspective to the analysis of the Mariel supply shock,
revisiting the question and the data armed with the…