The demotivating effect (and unintended message) of awards
It is common for organizations to offer awards to motivate individual behavior, yet few empirical studies evaluate their effectiveness in the field.
Research
Job Vacancies and Immigration: Evidence from the Mariel Supply Shock
We use the Conference Board’s Help-Wanted Index (HWI) to document how immigrant supply shocks change the number of job vacancies.
The Role of Leadership in Cultivating Collective Democratic Voice
Financing of US Graduate Medical Education—Reply
Teaching hospitals continue to expand the number of resident physicians, exceeding the number of government-funded residency spots, without additional government funding.
Apart but Connected: Online Tutoring and Student Outcomes during the COVID-19 Pandemic
In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, the governments of most countries ordered the closure of schools, potentially exacerbating existing learning gaps.
The Effects of Police Violence on Inner-City Students
Nearly 1,000 officer-involved killings occur each year in the United States.
Cost-Benefit Information Closes Aspiration Gaps – If Parents Think Their Child Is Ready for College
Can information close socioeconomic gaps in parents’ postsecondary aspirations for their children? We administer a survey experiment to a nationally representative sample of U.S.
Cost-Benefit Information Closes Aspiration Gaps – if Parents Think their Child is Ready for College
Can information close socioeconomic gaps in parents’ postsecondary aspirations for their children? We administer a survey experiment to a nationally representative sample of U.S.
The Distributional Consequences of Public School Choice
School choice systems aspire to delink residential location and school assignments by allowing children to apply to schools outside of their neighborhood.
What American Families Experienced When Covid-19 Closed Their Schools
The 2020 Education Next survey reveals a paradox related to what American parents think about the quality of the instruction their children received after schools closed their doors in response to the
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