Study (NPSAS), and the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID). We show that this treatment of assets provides an implicit … subsidy worth thousands of dollars annually to students from families with above-median incomes. White students receive larger … subsidies relative to Black students and Hispanic students with similar family incomes, and this gap in subsidies is associated …

This paper examines the impact of public health insurance expansions through both Medicaid and SCHIP on children … time and across ages in children's health insurance eligibility. Using this approach, we find that test scores in reading …, but not math, increased for those children affected at birth by increased health insurance eligibility. A 50 percentage …

students who survive them, highlighting the impact of indiscriminate, high-fatality incidents. Initially, we focus on test …, such as those that occurred at Sandy Hook and Columbine, have considerable adverse effects on students exposed to them. We …

This paper investigates whether preschool children exposed to Sesame Street when it began in 1969 experienced improved …. The results indicate that Sesame Street improved school readiness, particularly for boys and children living in …