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Can a Summer Make a Difference? The Impact of the American Economic Association Summer Program on Minority Student Outcomes
Becker, Charles M.; Rouse, Cecilia Elena; Chen, Mingyu - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
In the 1970s, the American Economic Association (AEA) was one of several professional associations to launch a summer program with the goal of increasing racial and ethnic diversity in its profession. In this paper we estimate the effectiveness of the AEA's program which, to the best of our...
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Permanent Income and the Black-White Test Score Gap
Rothstein, Jesse; Wozny, Nathan - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011
Analysts often examine the black-white test score gap conditional on family income. Typically only a current income measure is available. We argue that the gap conditional on permanent income is of greater interest, and we describe a method for identifying this gap using an auxiliary data set to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009372452
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Fasting During Pregnancy and Children's Academic Performance
Almond, Douglas; Mazumder, Bhashkar; Ewijk, Reyn van - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011
We consider the effects of daytime fasting by pregnant women during the lunar month of Ramadan on their children's test scores at age seven. Using English register data, we find that scores are .05 to .08 standard deviations lower for Pakistani and Bangladeshi students exposed to Ramadan in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009403427
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Credit Constraints and the Racial Gap in Post-Secondary Education in South Africa
Leibbrandt, Murray; Lam, David; Ardington, Cally; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
proportion of high school graduates who enroll in university and other forms of post-secondary education. Our results indicate …-white difference in enrollment. Controlling for parental education and baseline scholastic ability reduces the estimated impact of … without changing parental education or high school academic achievement. The racial gap in university enrollment would narrow …
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The Black-White Education-Scaled Test-Score Gap in Grades K-7
Lang, Kevin; Bond, Timothy N. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
grows rapidly in the early school years, particularly in reading, after correction for measurement error, the education …-scaled gap is large, exceeds the actual black-white education gap and is roughly constant. Strikingly, the gap in all grades is …
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Intensive Math Instruction and Educational Attainment: Long-Run Impacts of Double-Dose Algebra
Cortes, Kalena; Goodman, Joshua; Nomi, Takako - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
We study an intensive math instruction policy that assigned low-skilled 9th graders to an algebra course that doubled instructional time, altered peer composition and emphasized problem solving skills. A regression discontinuity design shows substantial positive impacts of double-dose algebra on...
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Affirmative Action and the Quality-Fit Tradeoff
Arcidiacono, Peter; Lovenheim, Michael - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2015
This paper reviews the literature on affirmative action in undergraduate education and law schools, focusing in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011185006
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The Evolution of the Black-White Test Score Gap in Grades K-3: The Fragility of Results
Lang, Kevin; Bond, Timothy N. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012
Although both economists and psychometricians typically treat them as interval scales, test scores are reported using ordinal scales. Using the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study and the Children of the National Longitudinal Survey, we examine the effect of order-preserving scale transformations...
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U.S High School Graduation Rates: Patterns and Explanations
Murnane, Richard J. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
I survey the evidence on patterns in U.S. high school graduation rates over the period 1970-2010 and report the results of new research conducted to fill in holes in the evidence. I begin by pointing out the strengths and limitations of existing data sources. I then describe six striking...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011095620
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Efficacy vs. Equity: What Happens When States Tinker with College Admissions in a Race-Blind Era?
Black, Sandra E.; Cortes, Kalena E.; Lincove, Jane Arnold - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
-year graduation. Importantly, we take advantage of a unique institutional feature of the Texas higher education system to control for …
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