Are Executives Earning It? How Product Market Competition Shapes Executives’ Pay
The pay of CEOs and other top executives has been the focus of academic and policy debates given its sharp
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Understanding Working Hours—Can We Rely on Worker-Recalled Data?
Economists need to understand workers’ reported working hours to develop sound policies related to the labor market, such as income-tax
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Teacher Effects beyond the Test
Though many studies have shown that teachers have large effects on student achievement, we know little about the degree to
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A Two-Child Limit Imposed on Political Candidates in India—Does It Work?
In India, policy-makers have looked to population control as a means of increasing resources per capita and reducing widespread poverty.
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When Families Want Sons, Do Daughters Get an Education?
Gender bias in families is evident in many regions, but the evidence to date does not allow us to fully
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Financial Aid Accelerates College Graduation
Financial aid can affect who goes to college. But how does financial aid affect students already in college who would
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For-Profit Schools Are Not Improving the Earnings of Their Graduates
In “Gainfully employed? New evidence on the earnings, employment, and debt of for-profit certificate students,” Stephanie Riegg Cellini (Brown Center
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Preschool and Parents’ Reactions in a Developing Country: Evidence from a School Construction Experiment in Cambodia
Studies from low-, middle-, and high-income countries show that children brought up in a more favorable early environment benefit in
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Job Corps Improves Earnings, Employment, and Use of Public Benefits…Even for Eligible Nonparticipants
Government-sponsored job training programs are believed to be essential to improve the job prospects of economically disadvantaged citizens and reduce
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Education Next Highlights JHR Dell Scholars Article
Researchers Stacy S. Kehoe and Lindsay C. Page unpack the implications of their Dell Scholars research in an article for
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