We use a randomized experiment and a structural model to test whether monitoring and financial incentives can reduce teacher absence and…
Since the middle of the last century, the American labor movement has been in steady decline. In the early 1950s, around one-third of the…
With all the problems in education these days, Arizona’s state superintendent of public instruction, John Huppenthal, thinks he has the…
Just as gross domestic product (GDP) growth is said to be a good measure of a president’s economic management skills, so the nation’s…
Why was the Arab World Poised for Revolution? Schooling, Economic Opportunities, and the Arab Spring
What underlying long-term conditions set the stage for the Arab Spring? In recent decades, the Arab region has been characterized by an…
It has been difficult to open up the black box of knowledge production. We use unique international
data on the publications, citations,…
The literature that attempts to measure the labor market impact of immigration grew explosively in the past decade. This growth was…
A paradox of American higher education is this: The expectations of leading universities do much to define what secondary schools teach,…