<p>This paper addresses the employment environment within which poor single mothers and other low-wage earners work, and identifies policies to foster economic advancement. Low-wage workers, often with minimal education and skills that fail to incorporate knowledge of advancing technology,...</p>

Nearly half of students who enter college do not graduate and completion disparities by race and income are large. While the majority of efforts to increase degree attainment have focused on supporting students before or soon after they enter college, many students drop out after spending...

Policymakers are increasingly including early-career earnings data in consumer-facing college search tools to help students and families make more informed postsecondary education decisions. We offer new evidence on the degree to which existing college-specific earnings data equips consumers...

There is growing policy interest in understanding how educational opportunity influences long-run life trajectories. We examine the relationship between Advanced Placement (AP) and early-career financial well-being using a unique dataset that links the universe of PSAT-takers with their high...

Gaps in advanced high school coursework by socioeconomic status and geography continue to persist in the United States, even among students who have the ability and access to succeed in them. Lack of information on course availability and inaccurate self-perceptions may contribute to the...