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The Long-Term Effects of Universal Preschool in Boston
Gray-Lobe, Guthrie; Pathak, Parag A.; Walters, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
We use admissions lotteries to estimate the effects of large-scale public preschool in Boston on college-going, college preparation, standardized test scores, and behavioral outcomes. Preschool enrollment boosts college attendance, as well as SAT test-taking and high school graduation. Preschool...
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Still Worth the Trip? School Busing Effects in Boston and New York
Angrist, Joshua D.; Gray-Lobe, Guthrie; Idoux, Clemence M. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
tried to integrate schools. Today, district-wide choice allows Boston and New York students to enroll far from home, perhaps …
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The Long-Term Distributional Impacts of a Full-Year Interleaving Math Program in Nigeria
Haar, Lotte van der; Gray-Lobe, Guthrie; Kremer, Michael; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
This study reports the findings from a year-long randomized evaluation assessing the impact of assigning 62 classrooms in Nigeria to receive either blocked or interleaved math problem sets. Blocked practice sessions focused on a single skill at a time. Interleaved problem sets alternated between...
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Still worth the trip? : school busing effects in Boston and New York
Angrist, Joshua D.; Gray-Lobe, Guthrie; Idoux, Clemence M. - 2022
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013465408
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Effects of Weight on Adolescent Educational Attainment
Kaestner, Robert - 2009
In this paper, we investigate the association between weight and adolescent's educational attainment, as measured by highest grade attended, highest grade completed, and drop out status. Data for the study came from the 1997 cohort of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY), which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012463655
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Effects of the Minimum Wage on Infant Health
Wehby, George - 2016
The minimum wage has increased in multiple states over the past three decades. We examine the impact of the state minimum wage on infant health. Using data on the universe of births in the US over 24 years, we find that an increase in the minimum wage is associated with an increase in birth...
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Childhood Medicaid Coverage and Later Life Health Care Utilization
Wherry, Laura R. - 2015
pronounced for hospitalizations and emergency department visits related to chronic illnesses and those of patients living in low-income …
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Estimating a Theoretically Consistent Human Capital Production Function With an Application to Head Start
Kaestner, Robert; Faundez, Luis F. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
This article describes a conceptual and empirical approach for estimating a human capital production function of child development that incorporates mother- or child-fixed effects. The use of mother- or child-fixed effects is common in this applied economics literature, but its application is...
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Effects of Income on Infant Health : Evidence from the Expanded Child Tax Credit and Pandemic Stimulus Checks
Lyu, Wei; Wehby, George; Kaestner, Robert - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
pandemic payments varied by marital status and the number of children in the household and were substantial with some families … receiving several thousand dollars. We exploit this plausibly exogenous variation in income to obtain estimates of the effect … income on infant health. We measure the total amount of pandemic payments received during pregnancy, or the year before birth …
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