-defined marginal policy changes with IV estimates of the return to schooling. Some marginal policy changes inducing students into …

. Their study has been faulted because minority children and their parents may have pessimistic expectations about receiving … outcomes, minority parents and children have more pessimistic expectations about child schooling relative to white children and … their parents when their children are young. At later ages, expectations are more uniform across racial and ethnic groups …

This paper examines the family income -- college enrollment relationship and the evidence on credit constraints in post … ability. Long-run factors crystallized in ability are the major determinants of the family income -- schooling relationship …

not by parents, most of whom were already working. Beneficiary children saw sustained gains in height-for-age and weight …This study examines the impact of publicly provided daycare for children aged 0-3 on outcomes of children and their … used a lottery to assign children to limited public daycare openings. Winning the lottery translated to a 34 percent …