We investigate the efficacy of text messaging campaigns to support students with key steps in the college search, application, selection and transition process with concurrent cluster randomized contr
This book collects the main papers written by George Borjas on the economics of immigration during a decades-long career.
Many states mandate districts or schools notify parents when students have missed multiple unexcused days of school.
Using Fontana et al.’s (2019) database, we analyze levels and trends in the global distribution of authorship in economics journals, disaggregating by country/region, quality of journal, and fields of
We study the effects of a policy that distributed large cash grants through school councils to public schools in rural Pakistan.
Hotter temperature can reduce labor productivity, work hours, and labor income. The effects of heat are likely to be a joint consequence of both exposure and vulnerability.
Gender segregation in the field of study is still a pervasive phenomenon in many countries.
States and districts are increasingly incorporating measures of achievement growth into their school accountability systems, but there is little research on how these changes affect the public’s perce
Employment rates fell dramatically between March and April 2020 as the initial shock of the Covid-19 pandemic reverberated through the U.S. labor market.
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