This research examines whether teacher licensure test scores and other teacher qualifications affect high school student achievement. The results are based on longitudinal student-level data from Los Angeles. The achievement analysis uses a value-added approach that adjusts for both student and...

The management literature provides a variety of recommendations as to how workers customer orientation might be improved, including through training. Crucial factors in the process of transferring the contents of service quality training programs to practice, however, have not yet been...

I estimate the effects for combinations of multiple services in formal elder care at home on health status. As a reasonable substitute for expensive institutional care, formal care for the elderly in their own homes is gaining popularity in developed countries. Because care at home consists of...

Underlying mechanisms of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program’s (SNAP) impact on diet quality are poorly understood. Based on data from the National Household Food Acquisition and Purchase Survey (FoodAPS), we find that SNAP does not significantly improve diet quality. Two hypotheses...

This article exploits a randomised controlled trial to evaluate the impact of an intensive, short-term inservice teacher training programme on the performance of English teachers in Beijing migrant schools and their students. The results show no significant impacts of teacher training on either...

The COVID-19 pandemic has imposed catastrophic impacts on the restaurant industry as a crucial socioeconomic sector that contributes immensely to the global economy. However, what remains incomplete is our quantitative understanding of how the restaurant industry was recovered from COVID-19 in...