Do Higher Salaries Yield Better Teachers and Better Student Outcomes?
More experienced and better qualified teachers are less likely to teach in schools that serve children from relatively poor families.
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Benefits of Smaller Classes—A Cautionary Tale
The relationship between class size and human capital is one of the most researched and debated questions in education, but
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Nonbinding Peer Reviews Can Improve Team Effort and Productivity
Working in teams presents many advantages, from knowledge sharing to technological complementarities, but also a major drawback—individuals may be tempted
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Spain Cut Unemployment Benefits during the Great Recession, and Labor Rallied
In the turmoil of the Great Recession, the Spanish government reduced the level of unemployment insurance (UI) benefits in relation
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Redshirting Kids—Delaying Starting School Affects the Entire Family
Parents often think about their child’s future success when they consider waiting for them to start school, but a child’s
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Prescription Opioids and Labor Market Pains
In the United States, the opioid epidemic has had dramatic adverse effects—in 2017 alone there were over 45,000 overdose deaths
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What Happens when Students Must Meet Academic Standards to Receive Need-Based Aid?
College students who receive need-based financial aid typically must meet minimum academic standards to stay eligible, and it’s not well
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Battling the Brain Drain—In-State College Enrollment Affects Future Residence
States subsidize public higher education with the goal of building an educated workforce. But college-educated workers can and often do
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When Abortion Clinics Close, Distance and Access Issues Reduce Abortions
The recent wave of new state restrictions on abortion accompanied by the closures of providers across the country are changing
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Partial Schooling Subsidy Puts Kids into the Classroom—And to Work
Evidence suggests that government subsidies typically increase school attendance and at the same time decrease paid work by children. The
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