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U.S High School Graduation Rates: Patterns and Explanations
Murnane, Richard J. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
decades of the twentieth century, significant race-, income-, and gender-based gaps, and significant increases in graduation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011095620
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Women's Education: Harbinger of Another Spring? Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Turkey
Kaushal, Neeraj; Grossman, Michael; Dinçer, Mehmet Alper - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
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 … evidence that schooling changed women's attitudes towards gender equality. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011105925
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Does Gifted Education Work? For Which Students?
Card, David E.; Giuliano, Laura - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
Education policy makers have struggled for decades with the question of how to best serve high ability K‐12 students …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010969246
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Heterogeneous Economic Returns to Postsecondary Degrees: Evidence from Chile
Reyes, Loreto; Rodríguez, Jorge; Urzúa, Sergio S. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
postsecondary education could rationalize this result, we argue this might also suggest that individuals lack information at the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010969379
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School Segregation, Educational Attainment and Crime: Evidence from the end of busing in Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Billings, Stephen B.; Deming, David J.; Rockoff, Jonah E. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012
We study the impact of the end of race-based busing in Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools ("CMS") on academic achievement, educational attainment, and young adult crime. In 2001, CMS was prohibited from using race in assigning students to schools. School boundaries were redrawn dramatically to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010950760
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The Impact of Chicago's Small High School Initiative
Barrow, Lisa; Claessens, Amy; Schanzenbach, Diane Whitmore - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
This project examines the effects of the introduction of new small high schools on student performance in the Chicago Public School (CPS) district. Specifically, we investigate whether students attending small high schools have better graduation/enrollment rates and achievement than similar...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010950784
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The Evolution of Charter School Quality
Hanushek, Eric; Rivkin, Steven G.; Baude, Patrick L.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
Studies of the charter school sector typically focus on head-to-head comparisons of charter and traditional schools at a point in time, but the expansion of parental choice and relaxation of constraints on school operations is unlikely to raise school quality overnight. Rather, the success of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010950856
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Improving Educational Outcomes in Developing Countries: Lessons from Rigorous Evaluations
Murnane, Richard J.; Ganimian, Alejandro J. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
This paper describes four lessons derived from 115 rigorous impact evaluations of educational initiatives in 33 low- and middle-income countries. First, reducing the costs of going to school and providing alternatives to traditional public schools increase attendance and attainment, but do not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010950949
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Liberty for More: Finance and Educational Opportunities
Levine, Ross; Rubinstein, Yona - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
define "middle class" as families in which both parents are not highly-educated (above 12 years of education) and that are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010951111
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Can You Leave High School Behind?
Black, Sandra E.; Lincove, Jane Arnold; Cullinane, Jenna; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
seem more pronounced for women and low-income students. In addition, there is little evidence that the effects of high …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010951183