This paper examines the impact of the iconic Perry Preschool Project on the children and siblings of the original … participants. The children of treated participants have fewer school suspensions, higher levels of education and employment, and … lower levels of participation in crime, compared with the children of untreated participants. Impacts are especially …

students possess before their decision on tertiary education participation. The sample is prone to selective participation and …

As Switzerland experiences a severe shortage of nurses, this paper investigates the impact of students' ex ante wage …. This suggests that policies that increase returns from studying nursing can attract students to nursing. In addition, the …

-American children in the 1960s. We discuss the design of the experiment, compromises in and adjustments to the randomization protocol …

, graduation rates of minorities increased by 4.4%. We characterize conditions required for better matching of students to campuses … graduation gains experienced by less-prepared students. At the same time, better matching only explains about 20% of the overall … graduation rate increase. Changes after Prop 209 in the selectivity of enrolled students explains 34-50% of the increase. Finally …