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Raising State Minimum Wages, Lowering Community College Enrollment

Schanzenbach, Diane Whitmore; Turner, Julia A.; Turner, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

institutional data on college enrollment and program completion, we find that enrollment falls markedly among students at public two …-year institutions in response to increases in the minimum wage. The largest enrollment effects are seen for those students who are … of students who are unlikely to have been diverted from degree attainment …

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Who Benefits from Remote Schooling? Self-Selection and Match Effects

Bruhn, Jesse M.; Campos, Christopher; Chyn, Eric - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

parents have the strongest demand for remote learning. Our results suggest an important subset of students who currently sort … learning on reading (-0.14 SD) and math (-0.17 SD). Notably, we find evidence of positive learning effects for children whose …

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The Impact of Public School Choice : Evidence from Los Angeles' Zones of Choice

Campos, Christopher; Kearns, Caitlin - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

Does a school district that expands school choice provide better outcomes for students than a neighborhood …

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School Accountability, Long-Run Criminal Activity, and Self-Sufficiency

Eren, Ozkan; Figlio, David N.; Mocan, Naci; Ozturk, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

ratings distribution, decreases adult criminal involvement. Accountability pressures also reduce the propensity of students …

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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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Late Bloomers : The Aggregate Implications of Getting Education Later in Life

Bárány, Zsófia L.; Buchinsky, Moshe; Corblet, Pauline - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

It is generally agreed upon that most individuals who acquire a college degree do so in their early 20s. Despite this consensus, we show that in the US from the 1930 birth cohort onwards a large fraction - around 20% - of college graduates obtained their degree after age 30. We explore the...

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Contexts of Convenience : Generalizing from Published Evaluations of School Finance Policies

Handel, Danielle V.; Hanushek, Eric Alan - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

Recent attention to the causal identification of spending impacts provides improved estimates of spending outcomes in a variety of circumstances, but the estimates are substantially different across studies. Half of the variation in estimated funding impact on test scores and over three-quarters...

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Toward an Understanding of the Returns to Cognitive Skills Across Cohorts

Hellerstein, Judith K.; Luo, Sai; Urzua, Sergio - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

Recent research concludes that wage returns to cognitive skills have declined in the U.S. We reassess this finding. Using decomposition methods, we document the pivotal role played by dynamic shifts in the distributions of pre-labor market cognitive skills. Our findings show these shifts explain...

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The Effect of Early Childhood Programs on Third-Grade Test Scores : Evidence from Transitional Kindergarten in Michigan

Berne, Jordan S.; Jacob, Brian Aaron; Musaddiq, Tareena; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

Transitional Kindergarten (TK) is a relatively recent entrant into the U.S. early education landscape, combining features of public pre-K and regular kindergarten. We provide the first estimates of the impact of Michigan's TK program on 3rd grade test scores. Using an augmented regression...

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Apart but Connected : Online Tutoring, Cognitive Outcomes, and Soft Skills

Carlana, Michela; La Ferrara, Eliana - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

university students, matched with underprivileged middle school students. We leverage random assignment to estimate effects … smaller effects. TOP enhanced students' aspirations, socio-emotional skills and psychological well-being, but only during …

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