Urban Networks: Connecting Markets, People, and Ideas
Should China build mega-cities or a network of linked middle-sized metropolises? Can Europe’s mid-sized cities compete with global agglomeration by forging stronger inter-urban links?
Research
Which Peers Matter? The Relative Impacts of Collaborators, Colleagues, and Competitors
Many economists believe knowledge production generates positive spillovers among knowledge producers. The available evidence, however, is mixed.
Getting an Honest Answer: Clickers in the Classroom
Asking students to raise their hands is a time-honored feedback mechanism in education.
A Candid Conversation about Schools, Culture, and the Widening Opportunity Gap in America with Professor Robert D. Putnam
An interview with Professor Robert D. Putnam about his new book "Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis."
Self-Selection of Emigrants: Theory and Evidence on Stochastic Dominance in Observable and Unobservable Characteristics
We show that the Roy model has more precise predictions about the self-selection of migrants than previously realized.
The Relationship Between Siblings' College Choices: Evidence from One Million SAT-Taking Families
Recent empirical work has demonstrated the importance both of educational peer effects and of various factors that affect college choices.
The Influence of Teaching Beyond Standardized Test Scores: Engagement, Mindsets, and Agency
Today in the United States, producing higher scores on standardized tests of academic skills is the dominant goal of teacher professional development, the primary gauge of teacher productivity, and th
The Medium-Term Impacts of High-Achieving Charter Schools
Using survey data from the Promise Academy in the Harlem Children’s Zone, we estimate the effects of high-performing charter schools on human capital, risky behaviors, and health outcomes.
The Wage Impact of the Marielitos: A Reappraisal
This paper brings a new perspective to the analysis of the Mariel supply shock, revisiting the question and the data armed with the accumulated insights from the vast literature on the economic impact
The Slowdown in the Economic Assimilation of Immigrants: Aging and Cohort Effects Revisited Again
This paper examines the evolution of immigrant earnings in the United States between 1970 and 2010.
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