Although the theoretical case for universal pre-primary education is strong, the empirical foundation is weak. In this …-primary education on subsequent primary school performance in Argentina. We estimate that one year of preprimary school increases …

from the 2006 Uruguayan household survey, we evaluate the influence of family structure on education using two different …

This paper estimates the impact of elite school attendance on long-run outcomes including completed education, income …, we find that elite school attendance had large impacts on completed education. For women, we find that elite school …

Long-term trends in academic performance and spending are valuable tools for evaluating past education policies and … informing current ones. But such data have been scarce at the state level, where the most important education policy decisions … an unprecedented perspective on American education inputs and outcomes over the past 40 years …

, education has, so far, received less attention – a surprising oversight, given the field's key interest in long-run decision … behavioral economics of education. We first develop a general framework for thinking about why youth and their parents might not … always take full advantage of education opportunities. We then discuss how these behavioral barriers may be preventing some …

estimators consistently show that affirmative action policies incentivize about 0.8 additional years of education for the average … minority group student, and 1.2 more years of education for a student from a marginal minority sub-group. Given the debates …