Advanced math coursework can affect college and labor market outcomes, yet discretionary placement policies can lead to differential access…
Throughout the world, public employees play a vital role in determining whether a city, region, or country is a good place to live, work,…
We study the local economic spillovers generated by LeBron James’ presence on a team in the National Basketball Association. Mr. James, the…
We use a unique set of nationally representative data of adults from ten developing countries and a unique measure of literacy - a direct…
While microfinance institutions (MFIs) are increasingly important as employers in the developing world, there is little micro-level…
See the op-ed in The Boston Globe by Carr Senior Fellow John Shattuck.
An authoritarian nationalist regime in Hungary is…
Using new direct measures of numeracy and literacy skills among 85,875 adults in 17 Western countries, we find that foreign-born adults…
Attendance in kindergarten and elementary school robustly predicts student outcomes. Despite this well-documented association, there is…
Using the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data on the ability of women at various levels of schooling attainment on the ability of…
The article looks at educational accountability systems in the context of the implementation of the U.S. Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA…