Estimates using admissions lotteries suggest that urban charter schools boost student achievement, while charter … sources of charter effect heterogeneity, we show that urban charter schools boost achievement well beyond that of urban public … school students, while non-urban charters reduce achievement from a higher baseline. Student demographics explain some of …

In this paper we examine a range of postsecondary education and labor market outcomes, with a particular focus on … records have been linked to UI earnings data and also to secondary education records. Our main findings can be summarized as … follows: 1) Gaps in secondary school achievement can account for a large portion of the variation in postsecondary attainment …

that age, for cognitive test scores at ages 16 and 18, and for completed education and wages at age 27 to 42. The estimated …

that age, for cognitive test scores at ages 16 and 18, and for completed education and wages at age 27 to 42. The estimated …