The literature on racial "peer effects" suggests that diversity improves at least some students' school performance. However, a literature in economic development posits that diversity may negatively affect school performance by undermining the efficient provision of education. This article...

The literature on racial “peer effects” suggests that diversity improves at least some students’ school performance. However, a literature in economic development posits that diversity may negatively affect school performance by undermining the efficient provision of education. This paper...

The international labor rights movement, led by the International Labour Organization (ILO), argues that developing countries are currently ready for more stringent labor standards. This paper investigates this claim by examining the timing of labor standard adoption in highly developed...

This paper provides an historical example that appears to illustrate how racial fractionalization reduces school district academic performance. Hall and Leeson (AJES 2010) find a negative relationship between racial fractionalization and school district performance in a sample of Ohio school...