Estimates obtained from the first nationally representative longitudinal study of students in the United States in grades K-8, robust to…
This paper studies long-term trends in the labor market performance of immigrants in the United States, using the 1960-2000 PUMS and 1994-…
The author reflects on the state of public schools in the
U.S. under the administration of President Barack Obama. Ratings given
by the…
Regression-based studies of inequality model only between-group differences,
yet often these differences are far exceeded by residual…
Beginning in the early 2000s, there was an upsurge of national concern over the state of the science and engineering job market that…
Social capital is often place-specific while schooling is portable, so the prospect of migration may reduce the returns to social capital…
Does the government control of school systems facilitate equality in school quality? There is a trade-off. On the one hand, government…
Book abstract: The Mexico Competitiveness Report 2009 builds on
the methodology and findings of the World Economic
Forum’s Global…
In this paper, we illustrate a methodology to measure discrimination in educational contexts. In India,
we ran an exam competition through…
The article discusses the need for positive attitudes toward diversity in education. The author notes that discussion and terminology…