This paper contrasts measures of teacher effectiveness with the students' evaluations for the same teachers using … in follow-on coursework of students who are randomly assigned to teachers in each of their compulsory courses. We find … material, teachers still matter substantially. The average difference in subsequent performance between students who were …

) students in a particular elementary grade and language is twenty or higher. Using school panel data, we find a significant … significantly impact the standardized test scores of students with Spanish as their home language (comprised primarily of ever …-LEP students). However, there are significant positive spillover effects to their non-LEP peers. …

This paper provides an introduction and overview of my research on the Economics of Language. The approach is that … language skills among immigrants and native-born linguistic minorities are a form of human capital. There are costs and … determinants of destination language proficiency among immigrants. This is based on Exposure, Efficiency and Economic Incentives …

access to public universities for students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. A key concern, however, is how these … students will perform. This paper examines the relationship between high school quality and student success at college. Using … schools in the state that send students to the university, but also provides an admission criteria based on a sole observable …

the effect by comparing a student's academic performance before and after turning 21. We find that students' grades fall … evolution of performance as students make progress towards their degrees. …

College students now use various forms of unsecured credit such as private student loans and credit cards to finance …

This study provides an account of the dynamics of the dominant language adjustment process among immigrants in … language skills in immigrant selection. A difference between differences approach is used to isolate the impacts of these … category, educational attainment and age at migration impact on immigrant?s language skills. The increased English Proficiency …

. Education matters more for women in terms of explaining earnings, whereas language skills are relatively more important for men. …

This paper is an analysis of the determinates of Hebrew language speaking and writing skills and the determinates of … migration and if many others in the area in which the respondent lives speak the same origin language. Country of origin and … primary or only language and who can write a letter in Hebrew earn about 20 percent more than those who do neither …