persistence between parents and children's outcomes has been an active area of research. However, since Gary Solon's 1999 Chapter …

for identifiable subgroups of students. Children of parents whose choices revealed a strong preference for academic … children of parents who forfeit the most in terms of utility gains from proximity and racial match to choose a school with … quality experienced significant gains in test scores as a result of attending their chosen school, while children whose …

More able parents tend to have more able children. While few would question the validity of this statement, there is … estimated elasticity of intergenerational transmission of income of approximately .2 …

, and credit records, to identify the effects of increased student borrowing on credit-constrained students' educational …

standard deviation on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Between 2019 and 2022, U.S. students had … between NAEP scores and students' later life outcomes by year and state of birth. We find that a standard deviation … improvement in a birth cohort's 8th grade math achievement was associated with an 8 percent rise in income, as well as improved …

of children from poorer families …

Many U.S. students arrive on college campus lacking the skills expected for college-level work. As state leaders seek … course requirements. Tennessee has taken a novel approach by allowing students to complete their remediation requirements in … the first year of college and allowed students to earn a modest 4.5 additional college credits by their second year. We …

seem more pronounced for women and low-income students. In addition, there is little evidence that the effects of high … access to public universities for students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. A key concern, however, is how these … students will perform. This paper examines the relationship between high school quality and student success at college. Using …