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Taking Teacher Evaluation to Scale : The Effect of State Reforms on Achievement and Attainment
Bleiberg, Joshua; Brunner, Eric J.; Harbatkin, Erica; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Federal incentives and requirements under the Obama administration spurred states to adopt major reforms to their teacher evaluation systems. We examine the effects of these reforms on student achievement and attainment at a national scale by exploiting the staggered timing of implementation...
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The Impact of School Spending on Civic Engagement : Evidence from School Finance Reforms
Asker, Erdal; Brunner, Eric J.; Ross, Stephen L. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
A primary rationale for public provision of K-12 education and state financing of school spending is that education fosters civic engagement and the development of social capital. However, limited evidence exists on whether and how school spending affects civic engagement. Virtually all studies...
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Industry Choice and within Industry Earnings Effects
Brunner, Eric J.; Dougherty, Shaun; Ross, Stephen L. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
earnings premiums using a regression discontinuity design. We study the universe of students that applied to the Connecticut … arise through selection of students with high 8th grade tests scores into these industries because they offer a higher …
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Education Gradients in Mortality Trends by Gender and Race
Leive, Adam A.; Ruhm, Christopher J. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
We examine gender and race differences in education-mortality trends among 25-64 year olds in the United States from 2001-2018. The data indicate that the relationships are heterogeneous with larger mortality reductions for less educated non-Hispanic blacks than other races and mixed results at...
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The Effects of Career and Technical Education : Evidence from the Connecticut Technical High School System
Brunner, Eric J.; Dougherty, Shaun; Ross, Stephen L. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
regression discontinuity design. Male students are 10 percentage points more likely to graduate from high school and have half a … semester less time enrolled in college, although effects on college fade-out. Male students have 32% higher quarterly earnings …. Earnings effects may in part reflect general skills: male students have higher attendance rates and test scores, and industry …
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