We study the impact of providing school report cards with test scores on subsequent test scores, prices, and enrollment in markets with multiple public and private providers.
Advanced math coursework can affect college and labor market outcomes, yet discretionary placement policies can lead to differential access at key points in the college preparatory pipeline.
Governments play a central role in facilitating economic development.
Throughout the world, public employees play a vital role in determining whether a city, region, or country is a good place to live, work, and raise a family.
We study the local economic spillovers generated by LeBron James’ presence on a team in the National Basketball Association. Mr.
While microfinance institutions (MFIs) are increasingly important as employers in the developing world, there is little micro-level evidence on gender differences among MFI employees and MFIs' relatio
We use a unique set of nationally representative data of adults from ten developing countries and a unique measure of literacy - a direct assessment of reading - to examine the link between targets fo
Using new direct measures of numeracy and literacy skills among 85,875 adults in 17 Western countries, we find that foreign-born adults have lower mean skills than native-born adults of the same age (
Attendance in kindergarten and elementary school robustly predicts student outcomes.
Using the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data on the ability of women at various levels of schooling attainment on the ability of women at various levels of schooling attainment to read a simple
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