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How Do Working-Age People with Disabilities Spend Their Time? New Evidence from the American Time Use Survey
Anand, Priyanka; Ben-Shalom, Yonatan - Mathematica Policy Research - 2014
We use the American Time Use Survey to examine the extent to which adults with disabilities—defined using both the new six-question sequence on disability and the traditional work-limitation question—spend more time on health-related activities and less time on other activities...
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Combination Classes and Educational Achievement.
Thomas, Jaime L. - Mathematica Policy Research - 2012
This article examines the relationship between combination class membership in 1st grade and 1st-grade test scores, finding that 1st graders are not harmed by being in a combination class or by their schools offering combination classes. As long as other stakeholders—such as parents,...
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Why We Fight: Understanding Military Participation Over the Life Cycle.
Mann, David R. - Mathematica Policy Research - 2012
This article specifies a dynamic career decision model that includes military service options to understand how human capital, compensation, the business cycle, and combat risk affect the military labor supply. Using data on males from the 1979 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, experimental...
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Immigrants and Retirement Resources.
Sevak, Purvi; Schmidt, Lucie - Mathematica Policy Research - 2014
, this article compares retirement resources of immigrant and native-born workers. Results suggest that although immigrants … characteristics constant, immigrants have higher levels of net worth. The estimated immigrant differentials vary a great deal by … number of years in the United States, with the most recent immigrants being the least prepared for retirement. …
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Educational Achievement and Black/White Inequality
Jacobson, Jonathan E.; Olsen, Cara; Rice, Jennifer King; … - Mathematica Policy Research - 2001
disparities were frequently smaller, and were sometimes nonexistent, for individuals with similar levels of education. …
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Educational Achievement and Black-White Inequality.
Jacobson, Jonathan; Olsen, Cara; Rice, Jennifer King; … - Mathematica Policy Research - 2001
disparities were frequently smaller, and were sometimes nonexistent, for individuals with similar levels of education. Published … by the Department of Education as Statistical Analysis Report No. NCES 2001-061, September 2001. Call 1-877-4ED-PUBS. …
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Preparing for Productive Careers: Students' Participation In and Use of Career-Focused Learning Activities
Haimson, Joshua; Deke, John - Mathematica Policy Research - 2003
Helping students formulate career goals and prepare for successful careers continues to be an important educational objective pursued by many high schools. This report examines the challenges faced by a recent cohort of high school students as they sought to define and achieve their goals, the...
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What Do Effective Teachers of Inner-City Children have in Common?
Murnane, Richard J.; Phillips, Barbara R. - Mathematica Policy Research - 1981
This paper investigates the extent to which variables describing the classroom behavior of teachers and variables describing teachers' backgrounds and training explain differences in the effectiveness of teachers in improving the vocabulary skills of inner-city black children in four elementary...
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How Do Test Scores at the Floor and Ceiling Affect Value-Added Estimates?
Resch, Alexandra; Isenberg, Eric - Mathematica Policy Research - 2014
Some educators are concerned that students with test scores at the bottom or top of the test score distribution will negatively affect the value-added estimates of teachers of those students.
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Schooling in the Workplace: Increasing the Scale and Quality of Work-Based Learning
Haimson, Joshua; Bellotti, Jeanne - Mathematica Policy Research - 2001
Examines work-based learning activities in high school, noting that a diverse mix of students—including both high- and low-achievers—participates in some work-based activity. However, females are more likely to do so than males. Also notes that internships arranged through school...
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