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Teacher performance pay, coaching, and long-run student outcomes

Cohodes, Sarah; Eren, Ozkan; Ozturk, Orgul Demet - 2023

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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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School and crime

Jones, Todd R.; Karger, Ezra - 2023

a reported crime during the beginning of the school year relative to the weeks before school begins. This sharp increase … and a seasonal adjustment to argue that school increases reported crime rates (and arrests) involving 10-17-year …-old offenders by 47% (41%) annually relative to a counterfactual where crime rates follow typical seasonal patterns. School …

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Early Predictors of Racial Disparities in Criminal Justice Involvement

Jordan, Andrew; Karger, Ezra; Neal, Derek A. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

We examine ten cohorts of male eighth graders in public schools in Chicago, IL: 1995-2004. We find that composite measures of math achievement, reading achievement, and neighborhood SES during elementary school are strong predictors of future felony arraignment and incarceration, even among...

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Financial Aid and Social Mobility : Evidence from Colombia's Ser Pilo Paga

Londoño Vélez, Juliana; Rodríguez, Catherine; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

The paper studies the impact of financial aid on long-term educational attainment and labor market outcomes in Colombia. In 2014, the government launched a large-scale and generous student loan program called "Ser Pilo Paga." It offered full tuition coverage to students admitted to one of 33...

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Effects of Childhood Cognitive and Behavioral Disabilities on Adult Economic Outcomes

Corman, Hope; Noonan, Kelly; Reichman, Nancy E. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

Developmental disabilities are not rare among U.S. children and rates have been increasing in recent decades. The increases have been driven by cognitive and behavioral disorders. While some studies have investigated the effects of specific childhood conditions, particularly ADHD, on adult...

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Family disadvantage and the gender gap in behavioral and educational outcomes

Autor, David H.; Figlio, David N.; Karbownik, Krzysztopf; … - 2016

Using birth certificates matched to schooling records for Florida children born 1992 - 2002, we assess whether family disadvantage disproportionately impedes the pre-market development of boys. We find that, relative to their sisters, boys born to disadvantaged families have higher rates of...

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The long-run effects of teacher collective bargaining

Lovenheim, Michael F.; Willén, Alexander - 2016

This paper presents the first analysis of the effect of teacher collective bargaining on long-run labor market and educational attainment outcomes. Our analysis exploits the different timing across states in the passage of duty-to-bargain laws in a difference-in-difference framework to identify...

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Are expectations alone enough? : estimating the effect of mandatory college-prep curriculum in Michigan

Jacob, Brian Aaron; Dynarski, Susan M.; Frank, Kenneth; … - 2016

This paper examines the impacts of the Michigan Merit Curriculum (MMC), a statewide college-preparatory curriculum that applies to the high school graduating class of 2008 and later. We use a student, longitudinal database for all public school students in Michigan for the main analyses, and...

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Academic achievement and tracking : a theory based on grading standards

Ehlers, Tim; Schwager, Robert - 2019

We present a theory explaining the impact of ability tracking on academic performance based on grading policies. Our model distinguishes between initial ability, which is mainly determined by parental background, and eagerness to extend knowledge. We show that achievements of low ability...

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