Aus ökonomischer Sicht sollte der Mix staatlich finanzierter Bildungsmaßnahmen neuen Erkenntnissen über deren private und soziale Grenzerträge angepasst werden. Frühe Hilfen sind Unterstützungsangebote für Kinder in sozial benachteiligten Umgebungen, die möglichst früh ansetzen,...

We design an infrastructure experiment in Mexico to evaluate the impact of street pavement on housing values and household outcomes. We find that the provision of street pavement raises housing values by 16% and land values by 54%, according to professional appraisals. Using homeowner...

This report, the second from a large-scale study for the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences of four early math programs, shows that the curriculum used by the study schools mattered. The study examined (1) Investigations in Number, Data, and Space...

This report presents findings from an evaluation of the mandatory-random student drug testing (MRSDT) programs in 36 high schools from seven districts that received grants from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools in 2006.