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The Effect of High School Exit Exams on Graduation, Employment, Wages and Incarceration

Lang, Kevin; Baker, Olesya - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013

We evaluate the effects of high school exit exams on high school graduation, incarceration, employment and wages. We construct a state/graduation-cohort dataset using the Current Population Survey, Census and information on exit exams. We find relatively modest effects of high school exit exams...

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The Black-White Education-Scaled Test-Score Gap in Grades K-7

Lang, Kevin; Bond, Timothy N. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013

We address the ordinality of test scores by rescaling them by the average eventual educational attainment of students with a given test score in a given grade. We show that measurement error in test scores causes this approach to underestimate the black-white test score gap and use an...

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The Evolution of the Black-White Test Score Gap in Grades K-3: The Fragility of Results

Lang, Kevin; Bond, Timothy N. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012

Although both economists and psychometricians typically treat them as interval scales, test scores are reported using ordinal scales. Using the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study and the Children of the National Longitudinal Survey, we examine the effect of order-preserving scale transformations...

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The Return to English in a Non-English Speaking Country: Russian Immigrants and Native Israelis in Israel

Lang, Kevin; Siniver, Erez - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2006

We use a unique sample of Russian immigrants and natives in Israel to examine the return to English knowledge. In cross …-section estimates there is a significant return to English knowledge for both immigrants and natives with high levels of education … explained by factors other than language acquisition. These results are confirmed using panel data on wages and knowledge of …

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The Role of Simplification and Information in College Decisions: Results from the H&R Block FAFSA Experiment

Bettinger, Eric P.; Oreopoulos, Philip; Long, Bridget Terry - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009

Growing concerns about low awareness and take-up rates for government support programs like college financial aid have spurred calls to simplify the application process and enhance visibility. This project examines the effects of two experimental treatments designed to test of the importance of...

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A Community College Instructor Like Me: Race and Ethnicity Interactions in the Classroom

Fairlie, Robert W.; Oreopoulos, Philip; Hoffmann, Florian - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011

Detailed administrative data from a large and diverse community college are used to examine if academic performance depends on whether students are the same race or ethnicity as their instructors. To identify racial interactions and address many threats to internal validity we estimate models...

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Making College Worth It: A Review of Research on the Returns to Higher Education

Oreopoulos, Philip; Petronijevic, Uros - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013

Recent stories of soaring student debt levels and under-placed college graduates have caused some to question whether a college education is still a sound investment. In this paper, we review the literature on the returns to higher education in an attempt to determine who benefits from college....

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When Opportunity Knocks, Who Answers? New Evidence on College Achievement Awards

Angrist, Joshua; Oreopoulos, Philip; Williams, Tyler - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010

We evaluate the effects of academic achievement awards for first and second-year college students on a Canadian commuter campus. The award scheme offered linear cash incentives for course grades above 70. Awards were paid every term. Program participants also had access to peer advising by...

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Why Is an Elite Undergraduate Education Valuable? Evidence from Israel

Lang, Kevin; Siniver, Erez - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011

In this paper we compare the labor market performance of Israeli students who graduated from one of the leading universities, Hebrew University (HU), with those who graduated from a professional undergraduate college, College of Management Academic Studies (COMAS). Our results support a model in...

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Pathways to Education: An Integrated Approach to Helping At-Risk High School Students

Oreopoulos, Philip; Brown, Robert S.; Lavecchia, Adam M. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014

Pathways to Education is a comprehensive youth support program developed to improve academic outcomes among those entering high school from very poor social-economic backgrounds. The program includes proactive mentoring to each student, daily tutoring, group activities, career counseling, and...

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