Having More Siblings Reduces Education Attainment, but Not by Much
Two trends are often observed as a country develops: a decline in family size and a rise in education attainment.
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Unintended Consequences—How Targeting Schools for Special Benefits in France Can Do More Harm Than Good
Compensatory education policies—policies aimed at offsetting educational inequalities between socially and academically disadvantaged children and more advantaged students—are widely used
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Do Conferences Contribute to Academic Impact?
Academics invest significant resources in attending and organizing conferences, and yet—until now—there has been strikingly little empirical analysis that tests
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Poorly Rated NYC Schools Attract Better Teachers
The idea of holding schools accountable for students’ performance has stood at the center of school-reform efforts in the United
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Does Parents’ Access to Family Planning Increase Children’s Opportunities? Evidence from the War on Poverty and the Early Years of Title X
For the past several decades, the U.S. government has invested heavily in anti-poverty programs, like the Earned Income Tax Credit
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Smart Teachers, Smart Kids—An International Study of Who Teaches the Best-Testing Kids
While it’s now generally accepted that teacher quality is the most important element of a good school, research has failed
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Effective Policy for Reducing Poverty and Inequality? The Earned Income Tax Credit and the Distribution of Income
The United States stands out among industrialized nations as one with high poverty and income inequality. In 2016, the supplemental
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Is watching TV bad for you? It depends…
Since television was introduced to a large audience around the mid-20th century, its effects have been debated. A widespread concern
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H-1B Visas and the Career Choices of U.S. International Students
Proponents of more open immigration policy often cite the ability of immigrants to address shortages of workers in specific fields,
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Study: Program with Tablets and Texts Improves Family Reading Time
“Tablets and texts nudge parents to read to kids” describes a new JHR-published study aimed at finding ways to help
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