Understanding how returns to higher education vary across degree programs is critical for effective higher education … policy. Yet there is little evidence as to whether all degrees improve labor market outcomes, and whether they do so for …

One of the continuing areas of controversy surrounding higher education is affirmative action. The Supreme Court has …

devoted to core academic classes. Recent research generally supports the notion that additional time raises achievement …. Moreover, it seems likely that the magnitude of any causal link between achievement and instruction time depends upon the … for International Student Assessment (PISA) data. The empirical analysis shows that achievement increases with instruction …

improve student achievement unless they change children's daily experiences at school. Finally, well-designed incentives for … schools increase attendance and attainment, but do not consistently increase student achievement. Second, providing … information about school quality and returns to schooling generally improves student attainment and achievement, but building …

without changing parental education or high school academic achievement. The racial gap in university enrollment would narrow … proportion of high school graduates who enroll in university and other forms of post-secondary education. Our results indicate … that family background and high school achievement (measured by a literacy and numeracy exam and performance on the grade …

We use the 1997 Education Law in Turkey that increased compulsory formal schooling from five to eight years to study … the effect of women's education on a range of outcomes relating to women's fertility, their children's health and measures … children per women by 0.11. There is also some evidence of a decline in child mortality, caused by mother's education, but …

provide a comparable education to traditional schools. Estimating the effects of distance on academic outcomes, children prove …

We use data from Sierra Leone where a substantial education program provided increased access to education for primary … increased educational attainment and that an increase in education has changed women's preferences. An increase in schooling … regarding violence against women. An increase in education has also reduced the number of desired children by women and …