We develop a general equilibrium model of the market for undergraduate higher education that captures the coexistence … characteristics of U.S. higher education including college attendance in public and private schools, tuition levels, and the …

This paper reviews some of the econometric methods that have been used in the economics of education. The focus is on … interpretation of the results. We start by considering the estimation of the returns to education both within the context of a … of assessing the impact of education quality, the teacher contribution to pupils' achievement and the effect of school …

In recent years, the United States has witnessed significant growth in programs of financial and retirement education … in the workplace. This phenomenon provides an opportunity to assess the effects of targeted education programs on …-based financial education. While our primary focus concerns the effects of these programs on saving (both in general and for the …

labor income tax rates nationwide than the Massachusetts health reform added to average rates in Massachusetts following its … 2006 statewide health reform. The rate impacts are different between the two laws for several reasons, especially that: the …, before either reform Massachusetts had already been offering more means-tested and employment-tested health insurance …

This paper constructs a dynamic model of health insurance to evaluate the short- and long run effects of policies that … prevent firms from conditioning wages on health conditions of their workers, and that prevent health insurance companies from … charging individuals with adverse health conditions higher insurance premia. Our study is motivated by recent US legislation …