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The Great Migration and Educational Opportunity
Baran, Cavit; Chyn, Eric; Stuart, Bryan - 2023
estimate selection-corrected place effects on education for children of Black migrants. On average, Black children gained 0 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014296723
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From Immigrants to Americans: Race and Assimilation during the Great Migration
Fouka, Vasiliki; Mazumder, Soumyajit; Tabellini, Marco - 2021
How does the arrival of a new minority group affect the social acceptance and outcomes of existing minorities? We study this question in the context of the First Great Migration. Between 1915 and 1930, 1.5 million African Americans moved from the US South to Northern urban centers, which were...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012597517
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Discipline Reform, School Culture, and Student Achievement
Craig, Ashley C; Martin, David - 2023
Does relaxing strict school discipline improve student achievement, or lead to classroom disorder? We study a 2012 reform in New York City public middle schools that eliminated suspensions for non-violent, disorderly behavior. Math scores of students in more-affected schools rose by 0.05...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014296650
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Kick it like Özil? Decomposing the native-migrant education gap
Krause, Annabelle; Rinne, Ulf; Schüller, Simone - 2012
We investigate second generation migrants and native children at several stages in the German education system to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010283938
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Kick It Like Özil? Decomposing the Native-Migrant Education Gap
Krause, Annabelle; Rinne, Ulf; Schüller, Simone - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
We investigate second generation migrants and native children at several stages in the German education system to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010960127
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Does It Matter Where You Came From? Ancestry Composition and Economic Performance of U.S. Counties, 1850-2010
Fulford, Scott L.; Petkov, Ivan; Schiantarelli, Fabio - 2015
The United States provides a unique laboratory for understanding how the cultural, institutional, and human capital endowments of immigrant groups shape economic outcomes. In this paper, we use census micro-sample information to reconstruct the country-of-ancestry distribution for US counties...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011288193
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The economic progress of American Jewry: from 18th century merchants to 21st century professionals
Chiswick, Barry R. - 2009
This paper tracks the economic status of American Jewry over the past three centuries. It relies on qualitative material in the early period and quantitative data since 1890. The primary focus is on the occupational status of Jewish men and women, compared to non-Jews, with additional analyses...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269403
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The Economic Progress of American Jewry: From 18th Century Merchants to 21st Century Professionals
Chiswick, Barry R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
This paper tracks the economic status of American Jewry over the past three centuries. It relies on qualitative material in the early period and quantitative data since 1890. The primary focus is on the occupational status of Jewish men and women, compared to non-Jews, with additional analyses...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008469716
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Unionization and Productivity: Evidence from Charter Schools
Hart, Cassandra M. D.; Sojourner, Aaron J. - 2014
This paper studies the relationship between teacher unionization and student achievement. Generally stable patterns of teacher unionization since the 1970s have historically presented challenges in measuring the effects of unionization on educational production. However, the blossoming of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010328921
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Expertise and Independence on Governing Boards: Evidence from School Districts
Shi, Ying; Singleton, John D. - 2019
In this paper, we study the roles of expertise and independence on governing boards in the context of education. In … particular, we examine the causal influence of professional educators elected to local school boards on education production … district-level data on education inputs and outcomes. The results reveal that educators on the school board causally increase …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012059144