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The Intergenerational Effects of Parental Leave : Exploiting Forty Years of U.S. Policy Variation

Flores, Andrea M.; Gayle, George-Levi; Hincapié, Andrés - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

We study the effects of job-protected leave policies on intergenerational mobility, long-run child outcomes, and parental decisions (labor market, investments in children, and fertility). We merge rich sources of historical information on family leave policies across the United States since 1973...

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What Makes a Program Good? Evidence from Short-Cycle Higher Education Programs in Five Developing Countries

Dinarte-Diaz, Lelys; Ferreira, María M.; Urzua, Sergio; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, and Peru. Categories of quality determinants include training and curriculum, infrastructure … novel survey to collect program-level information on quality determinants and average outcomes for Brazil, Colombia … and Ecuador and match it to survey data. Using machine learning methods, we select the quality determinants that predict …

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Comparing China REACH and the Jamaica Home Visiting Program

Zhou, Jin; Heckman, James J.; Liu, Bei; Mai, Lu; Chang, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

This paper summarizes empirical findings from a series of recent papers studying a replication of the Jamaica Reach Up … original program. An analysis of it facilitates investigation of the skills generated by Jamaica Reach Up and Learn. We find …, treatment effect sizes and skill growth curves are comparable across the Jamaica and China REACH interventions, despite …

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Violent Discipline and Parental Behavior : Short- and Medium-term Effects of Virtual Parenting Support to Caregivers

Dinarte-Diaz, Lelys; Ravindran, Saravana; Shah, Manisha; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

study the impact of a virtually-delivered intervention on positive parenting practices in Jamaica. We find the intervention …

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New Schools and New Classmates : The Disruption and Peer Group Effects of School Reassignment

Hill, Darryl V.; Hughes, Rodney P.; Lenard, Matthew A.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

Policy makers periodically consider using student assignment policies to improve educational outcomes by altering the socio-economic and academic skill composition of schools. We exploit the quasi-random reassignment of students across schools in the Wake County Public School System to estimate...

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Teacher Performance Pay, Coaching, and Long-Run Student Outcomes

Cohodes, Sarah; Eren, Ozkan; Ozturk, Orgul Demet - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

This paper examines the effects of a comprehensive performance pay program for teachers implemented in high-need schools on students' longer-run educational, criminal justice, and economic self-sufficiency outcomes. Using linked administrative data from a Southern state, we leverage the...

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The Effects of Comprehensive Educator Evaluation and Pay Reform on Achievement

Hanushek, Eric Alan; Luo, Jin; Morgan, Andrew J.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

evaluations and a closer relationship between effectiveness and compensation improves the quality of instruction and raises …

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Competitive Effects of Charter Schools

Figlio, David N.; Hart, Cassandra M. D.; Karbownik, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

Using a rich dataset that merges student-level school records with birth records, and leveraging three alternative identification strategies, we explore how increase in access to charter schools in twelve districts in Florida affects students remaining in traditional public schools (TPS). We...

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What Works and For Whom? Effectiveness and Efficiency of School Capital Investments Across The U.S

Biasi, Barbara; Lafortune, Julien M.; Schönholzer, David - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

This paper identifies which investments in school facilities help students and are valued by homeowners. Using novel data on school district bonds, test scores, and house prices for 29 U.S. states and a research design that exploits close elections with staggered timing, we show that increased...

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Patterns, Determinants, and Consequences of Ability Tracking : Evidence from Texas Public Schools

Antonovics, Kate; Black, Sandra E.; Cullen, Julie Berry; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

Schools often track students to classes based on ability. Proponents of tracking argue it is a low-cost tool to improve learning since instruction is more effective when students are more homogeneous, while opponents argue it exacerbates initial differences in opportunities without strong...

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