rate versus just the steady-state income level - matters less than academic discussions suggest. We close by discussing …

to work in schools with higher achieving students from more advantaged socioeconomic backgrounds. Principals often use … schools with many poor or low-achieving students as stepping stones to what they view as more desirable assignments. We use …

student observations over 5 years. The results indicate that students in grade-levels with higher turnover score lower in both … ELA and math and that this effect is particularly strong in schools with more low-performing and black students. Moreover …

individuals during childhood. Furthermore, high levels of life cycle income inequality and a high skill level increase the optimal …

Analyses of income inequality have identified the importance of increased demand for worker skills, but … characterizations of worker skills by the amount of schooling attained do not capture important aspects of the widening income … quality is an important component of the changing income distribution. The central analysis focuses on how governmental …

improves trust and social interaction, and may offer substantial consumption value to some students. We discuss various …

internal rate of return (IRR) of 14.2% for gross earnings, 7.4% for disposable income, and 6.6% for the net fiscal contribution … found to have negative IRRs: -0.5% for gross earnings and -5.9% for both disposable income and the net fiscal contribution … per student, and the level of income tax payments …

grade is higher for students with higher initial achievement and that specific teacher and peer characteristics including …

teachers resulted in average improved achievement for students in the poorest decile of schools of .03 standard deviations …