their happiness, adjusted for numerous demographic and economic variables. Satisfaction among married individuals increases … most with additional time spent with spouse. Among singles, satisfaction decreases most as more time is spent alone …

Students starting at a two-year college are much less likely to graduate with a college degree than similar students … of peer ability for most two-year and four-year colleges in the United States- the average PSAT of enrolled students. We … between students who start at two-year versus four-year institutions is explained by differences in peers, leaving room for …

these rates and reports illustrative findings, using data from Illinois, New York, and Italy. We combine the data with … rate in Italy is substantially lower than reported …

that are not tested under current guidelines), is not well estimated in the literature because tests for the coronavirus …

France, Italy and Germany corroborates this finding, and we estimate cumulative gains of up to 5 percentage points in … the provincial mandate announcements). We also find large vaccination gains in France (3 to 5 mln first doses), Italy …

influence of job mismatch is estimated for three job outcomes: earnings, job satisfaction and turnover. Surprisingly large and … robust influences emerge. Mismatch is associated with substantially lower earnings, lower job satisfaction and a higher rate …

Half of all college students take at least one remedial course as part of their postsecondary experience, despite mixed … students' skills. But we also find relatively little evidence that it discourages either initial enrollment or persistence … appears to be diversionary: students simply take remedial courses instead of college-level courses. These diversionary effects …

students from 1999 to 2006, we document and exploit variation by district over time in the math course-taking environment … encountered by students. Within an instrumental variables setup, we examine effects of the policy change on students grouped into … deciles defined by their 8th grade math test scores. First, we find that students took more math courses in high school …