I analyze the effects of a program that pays both 11th and 12th grade students and teachers for passing scores on … Advanced Placement exams on college outcomes. Using a difference-in-differences strategy, I find that affected students of all … freshman year. Moreover, the program improves college outcomes even for those students who would have enrolled in college …

are strained, public schools can employ cost-saving measures with no ill-effect on students. We theorize that if budget …

-run peer quality improvements within schools, on the same population. While students at schools with higher-achieving peers …

teachers affect a variety of student outcomes through their effects on both students' cognitive and noncognitive skill. Results …

access to the lessons increased students' math achievement by 0.06 of a standard deviation, but providing teachers with … online access to the lessons along with supports to promote their use increased students' math achievement by 0.09 of a …

. This framework demonstrates that non-monetary costs of applying for income-based repayment assistance are critical to … may be inefficient and lead to undesirable redistribution. Empirically, we demonstrate that expanding Canada's income …

This paper examines the implications of tuition and need-based financial aid policies for family income - post …-secondary (PS) attendance relationships. We first conduct a parallel empirical analysis of the effects of parental income on PS … income in Canada relative to the U.S., even after controlling for family background, adolescent cognitive achievement, and …

throughout their lives, parents' initial skills and skill growth rates are equally important determinants of children's skills … lower for children born to younger fathers … transmission of these factors explains up to 40% of children's skill variation. Skills become a more important determinant of …