A change to Title IX has spurred new single-sex public schooling in the US. Until recently, nearly all gender-segregated schools were private, and I therefore address potential selection bias in the effects on educational and labor market outcomes using within private sector comparisons, an...

Increasing interest in voucher programs and privatizing public schools reveals a commonlyheld belief that private schools are better able to produce a quality education. While state and national standards do not directly affect these schools, their private control yields strong student...

In this study I examine the relationship between accountability (e.g., state sanctions for poor performance, or the presence of goals required by the district) and public secondary principal pay and school performance. Though such incentives and standards are increasingly common, the existing...