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Access to technology and the transfer function of community colleges : evidence from a field experiment
Fairlie, Robert W.; Grunberg, Samantha H. - 2014
first-ever field experiment randomly providing free computers to students, we examine the relationships between access to … experiment indicate that the treatment group of students receiving free computers has a 4.5 percentage point higher probability … colleges for low-income community college students. This paper explores the role that access to information technology, in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010393654
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Access to technology and the transfer function of community colleges : evidence from a field experiment
Fairlie, Robert W.; Grunberg, Samantha H. - 2013
first-ever field experiment randomly providing free computers to students, we examine the relationships between access to … experiment indicate that the treatment group of students receiving free computers has a 4.5 percentage point higher probability … colleges for low-income community college students. This paper explores the role that access to information technology, in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010212638
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Housing search frictions : evidence from detailed search data and a field experiment
Bergman, Peter; Chan, Eric; Kapor, Adam - 2020
neighborhoods with schools that have 1.5 percentage point higher proficiency rate on state exams. We use data from the experiment to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012179214
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Educational inequality and public policy preferences : evidence from representative survey experiments
Lergetporer, Philipp; Werner, Katharina; Woessmann, Ludger - 2018
strongly increases concerns about educational inequality but only slightly affects support for equity-oriented education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011905178
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Educational inequality and public policy preferences : evidence from representative survey experiments
Lergetporer, Philipp; Werner, Katharina; Woessmann, Ludger - 2018
strongly increases concerns about educational inequality but only slightly affects support for equity-oriented education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011891763
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Educational inequality and public policy preferences : evidence from representative survey experiments
Lergetporer, Philipp; Werner, Katharina; Woessmann, Ludger - 2018
strongly increases concerns about educational inequality but only slightly affects support for equity-oriented education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011895602
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The Scandinavian fantasy : the sources of intergenerational mobility in Denmark and the U.S.
Landersø, Rasmus; Heckman, James J. - 2016
because of disincentives to acquire education arising from the redistributional policies that increase income mobility. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011493939
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Can Technical Education in High School Smooth Postsecondary Transitions for Students with Disabilities?
Brunner, Eric J.; Dougherty, Shaun; Ross, Stephen L. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Participation in Career Technical Education (CTE) programs has been proposed as a valuable strategy for supporting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015056194
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China and the United States: Different economic models but similarly low levels of socioeconomic mobility
van der Weide, Roy; Narayan, Ambar - 2019
The United States and China are the world's largest economies. Together they are responsible for about one-third of the world's economic output. This paper aims to examine whether the two economic giants are also lands of opportunity where resources are allocated in a way that minimizes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012423987
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The impact of intergenerational transfers on household wealth inequality in Japan and the United States
Niimi, Yoko; Horioka, Charles - 2016
To help shed light on the implications of intergenerational transfers for wealth inequality, this paper examines whether or not individuals who receive intergenerational transfers from their parents are more likely to leave bequests to their children than those who do not using data for Japan...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011537589