education. Conversely, little of the SES difference appears to be propagated through family income, marital status, number of … children, or the set of health behaviors we control for. However, approximately half of the SES-weight correlation persists …

I analyze the effects of a program that pays both 11th and 12th grade students and teachers for passing scores on … Advanced Placement exams on college outcomes. Using a difference-in-differences strategy, I find that affected students of all … freshman year. Moreover, the program improves college outcomes even for those students who would have enrolled in college …

-run peer quality improvements within schools, on the same population. While students at schools with higher-achieving peers …

are strained, public schools can employ cost-saving measures with no ill-effect on students. We theorize that if budget …

teachers affect a variety of student outcomes through their effects on both students' cognitive and noncognitive skill. Results …

access to the lessons increased students' math achievement by 0.06 of a standard deviation, but providing teachers with … online access to the lessons along with supports to promote their use increased students' math achievement by 0.09 of a …

We use longitudinal data from the 1984 through 2007 waves of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics to examine how …

efforts of parents with young children to balance work and family life. Next I consider whether employer policies mitigate or …

Using value-added models, we find that high schools impact students' self-reported socioemotional development (SED) by …

allow for much more credible causal claims. Focusing on studies of students in the United States, this paper briefly …