productivity parameter, class size is a component of school quality, households are heterogeneous in income and hence willingness … to pay for school quality, and schools are subject to a class-size cap. The model offers an explanation for two distinct … approach in settings in which parents have substantial school choice and schools are free to set prices and influence their …

of assessing the impact of education quality, the teacher contribution to pupils' achievement and the effect of school …

and school-by-grade fixed effects in addition to observable family and school characteristics. The analysis also addresses …. Moreover, students throughout the school test score distribution appear to benefit from higher achieving schoolmates. On the …

by lowering class size. The theory provides a measurable and operational way to define school quality that can be tested … successes, public school incentives differ from those of private schools …

randomized outcomes from a school choice lottery to examine if lottery outcomes affect voting behavior in a school board election … participate in the lottery. We find that losing the school choice lottery caused an increase in voter turnout among whites, while …

To study the effects of ability grouping on school competition, we develop a theoretical and computational model of …

evidence, and simple least squares evidence, suggests that after 20-plus years of economic reform with market orientation, the …

acquisition costs and a second on learning and imperfect information. Using data on school responses to discrete signals embedded … in North Carolina's school accountability system, we find patterns of results inconsistent with the first model but …

We examine the effect of air pollution on school absences using unique administrative data for elementary and middle … school children in the 39 largest school districts in Texas. These data are merged with information from monitors maintained … variations in pollution within school-year-attendance period cells. We find that high levels of carbon monoxide (CO …