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High-School Exit Examinations and the Schooling Decisions of Teenagers : A Multi-Dimensional Regression-Discontinuity Analysis

Papay, John P. - 2011

We ask whether failing one or more of the state-mandated high-school exit examinations affects whether students graduate from high school. Using a new multi-dimensional regression-discontinuity approach, we examine simultaneously scores on mathematics and English language arts tests. Barely...

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Causal Effects of Mental Health Treatment on Education Outcomes for Youth in the Justice System

Cuellar, Alison Evans - 2015

This study assesses whether mental health interventions can improve academic outcomes for justice-involved youth. Only … a limited number of studies have linked justice policies to outcomes beyond crime, particularly education, which carries … under which youth are assigned to behavioral treatment programs. The administrative data allow for a rich set of controls …

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Informing Mothers about the Benefits of Conversing with Infants : Experimental Evidence from Ghana

Dupas, Pascaline; Falezan, Camille; Jayachandran, Seema; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

Despite the well-established importance of verbal engagement for infant language and cognitive development, many parents in low-income contexts do not converse with their infants regularly. We report on a randomized field experiment evaluating a low-cost intervention that aims to raise verbal...

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Cash Bail and Trial Outcomes in an Early Twentieth-Century Southern Police Court

Bodenhorn, Howard - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

Studies of modern misdemeanor adjudication find that courts set bail higher than is required to reasonably assure that nonviolent defendants who pose no immediate threat to the community will appear for trial. Some defendants languish in jail for extended periods during which time they lose...

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The economics of school choice

Hoxby, Caroline M. (ed.) - 2003

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Overcoming Racial Gaps in School Preferences : The Effect of Peer Diversity on School Choice

Idoux, Clemence M.; Corradini, Viola - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

Differences in school choice by race contribute to school segregation and unequal access to effective schools. Conditional on test score and district of residence, Black and Hispanic families consistently choose schools with fewer white and Asian students, lower average achievement, and lower...

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Does Illiquidity Alter Child Labor and Schooling Decisions? Evidence from Household Responses to Anticipated Cash Transfers in South Africa

Edmonds, Eric V. - 2004

This study considers the response of child labor supply and schooling attendance to anticipated social pension income in South Africa. For black households in South Africa, the social pension is large, highly anticipated, and shared across generations. Moreover, pension benefits are largely...

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The Effect of School Choice on Student Outcomes : Evidence from Randomized Lotteries

Cullen, Julie Berry - 2003

School choice has become an increasingly prominent strategy for urban school districts seeking to enhance academic achievement. Evaluating the impact of such programs is complicated by the fact that a highly select sample of students takes advantage of these programs. To overcome this...

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Does School Choice Increase School Quality?

Holmes, George M. - 2003

Federal No Child Left Behind' legislation, which enables students of low-performing schools to exercise public school choice, exemplies a widespread belief that competing for students will spur public schools to higher achievement. We investigate how the introduction of school choice in North...

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The Impact of Public School Choice : Evidence from Los Angeles' Zones of Choice

Campos, Christopher; Kearns, Caitlin - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

Does a school district that expands school choice provide better outcomes for students than a neighborhood-based assignment system? This paper studies the Zones of Choice (ZOC) program, a school choice initiative of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) that created small high school...

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