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Earnings functions when wages and prices vary by location
Black, Dan; Kolesnikova, Natalia; Taylor, Lowell J. - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - 2007
evidence that the return to a college education, relative to a high school education, does indeed vary widely across cities, e … the returns to education are relatively lower in expensive high-amenity locations, and present evidence consistent with … to education as a single parameter. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005360561
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Dependent children and aged parents: funding education and social security in an aging economy
Pecchenino, Rowena A.; Pollard, Patricia S. - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - 2000
tax policies on an aging economy. We find that if the quality of the education system is sufficiently high then shifting … tax resources away from social security and toward education is both growth and welfare enhancing. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005352873
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Nonlinear hedonics and the search for school district quality
Chiodo, Abbigail; Hernández-Murillo, Rubén; Owyang, … - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - 2005
A school’s quality is often inferred from the premium a parent must pay to buy a house associated with a better school. Isolating this effect, however, is difficult because better schools also tend to be located in nicer neighborhoods and, therefore, cost more for reasons other than school...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005353011
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Inefficient education spending in public school districts: a case for consolidation
Garrett, Thomas A.; Marvin E. Dodson, III - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - 2003
This paper estimates scale economies for Arkansas school districts. Large economies of scale exist in teacher salary and supply costs, as well as total costs. Our results suggest that districts, especially rural districts, would experience measurable cost-savings from consolidation. We simulate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005353012
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Out-of-school suspensions and parental involvement in children’s education
Canon, Maria E. - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - 2011
children’s education. The use of out-of- school suspensions is the novelty of this paper. Out-of-school suspensions are chosen …—that is, out-of-school suspensions do not affect parental involvement in children’s education. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009320683
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Why do education vouchers fail at the ballot box?
Bearse, Peter; Cardak, Buly A.; Glomm, Gerhard; … - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - 2011
We compare a uniform voucher regime against the status quo mix of public and private education, focusing on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009357968
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As easy as PIE: productivity, innovation and education
Poole, William - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - 2002
Presentation to the Annual Technology Transfer Showcase for the University of Missouri System, St. Louis - April 25, 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005420418
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The critical role of economic education in the conduct of monetary policy
Poole, William - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - 2000
Presentation at the Hawaii Council on Economic Education Annual Meeting, Honolulu - April 25, 2000 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005420428
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Improving productivity in higher education
Poole, William - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - 2005
Presentation at Webster University, St. Louis, Mo., April 07, 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005420443
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The role of schools in the production of achievement
Canon, Maria E. - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - 2010
choice of inputs for the production of achievement and by using parents’ saving for their child’s postsecondary education to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008690981