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Preference Signaling in Matching Markets
Coles, Peter - 2010
on this information. In this paper we study how a signaling mechanism, where each worker can send a signal of interest to … ready to provide information about their preferences for particular employers, and employers value and are prepared to act … one employer, facilitates matches in such markets. We find that introducing a signaling mechanism increases the welfare of …
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Screening with Multitasking
Dinerstein, Michael; Opper, Isaac M. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
What happens when employers would like to screen their employees but only observe a subset of output? We specify a model in which heterogeneous employees respond by producing more of the observed output at the expense of the unobserved output. Though this substitution distorts output in the...
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Rent-sharing, Holdup, and Wages : Evidence from Matched Panel Data
Card, David - 2010
Italy that combines Social Security earnings records for employees with detailed financial information for employers to …
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Causal Effects in Matching Mechanisms with Strategically Reported Preferences
Bertanha, Marinho; Luflade, Margaux; Mourifié, Ismael - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
. Matching theory predicts that students' behavior in Chile should be strategic because they can list only up to eight options …
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Preschool Lottery Admissions and Its Effects on Long-Run Earnings and Outcomes
Akee, Randall; Clark, Leah R. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
We use an admissions lottery to estimate the effect of a non-means tested preschool program on students' long-run earnings, employment, family income, household formation, and geographic mobility. We observe long-run outcomes by linking both admitted and non-admitted individuals to confidential...
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Taking Teacher Evaluation to Scale : The Effect of State Reforms on Achievement and Attainment
Bleiberg, Joshua; Brunner, Eric J.; Harbatkin, Erica; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Federal incentives and requirements under the Obama administration spurred states to adopt major reforms to their teacher evaluation systems. We examine the effects of these reforms on student achievement and attainment at a national scale by exploiting the staggered timing of implementation...
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The Effects of Comprehensive Educator Evaluation and Pay Reform on Achievement
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Luo, Jin; Morgan, Andrew J.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
A fundamental question for education policy is whether outcomes-based accountability including comprehensive educator evaluations and a closer relationship between effectiveness and compensation improves the quality of instruction and raises achievement. We use synthetic control methods to study...
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The Effects of Teacher Quality on Adult Criminal Justice Contact
Rose, Evan K.; Schellenberg, Jonathan T.; Shem-Ṭov, Yotam - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
This paper estimates teachers' impacts on their students' future criminal justice contact (CJC). Using a unique data set linking the universe of North Carolina public school data to administrative arrest records, we find a standard deviation of teacher effects on students' future arrests of 2.7...
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Still Worth the Trip? School Busing Effects in Boston and New York
Angrist, Joshua D.; Gray-Lobe, Guthrie; Idoux, Clemence M. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
School assignment in Boston and New York City came to national attention in the 1970s as courts across the country tried to integrate schools. Today, district-wide choice allows Boston and New York students to enroll far from home, perhaps enhancing integration. Urban school transportation is...
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U.S. School Finance : Resources and Outcomes
Handel, Danielle V.; Hanushek, Eric Alan - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
The impact of school resources on student outcomes was first raised in the 1960s and has been controversial since then. This issue enters into the decision making on school finance in both legislatures and the courts. The historical research found little consistent or systematic relationship of...
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