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Instruction Time, Classroom Quality, and Academic Achievement

Rivkin, Steven G. - 2013

Many countries, American jurisdictions and charter schools have recently embraced longer school days or more time devoted to core academic classes. Recent research generally supports the notion that additional time raises achievement, though difficulties isolating an exogenous source of...

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Neighbors and Co-Workers : The Importance of Residential Labor Market Networks

Hellerstein, Judith K. - 2010

We specify and implement a test for the presence and importance of labor market network based on residential proximity in determining the establishments at which people work. Using matched employer-employee data at the establishment level, we measure the importance of these network effects for...

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Spatial Mismatch or Racial Mismatch?

Hellerstein, Judith K. - 2007

We contrast the spatial mismatch hypothesis with what we term the racial mismatch hypothesis - that the problem is not a lack of jobs, per se, where blacks live, but a lack of jobs where blacks live into which blacks are hired. We first report new evidence on the spatial mismatch hypothesis,...

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Beaches, Sunshine, and Public-Sector Pay : Theory and Evidence on Amenities and Rent Extraction by Government Workers

Brueckner, Jan K. - 2011

The absence of a competitive market may enable public-sector workers to extract rents from taxpayers in the form of high pay, especially when public-sector workers are unionized. On the other hand, this rent extraction may be suppressed by the ability of taxpayers to vote with their feet,...

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Is Marriage Always Good for Children? Evidence from Families Affected by Incarceration

Finlay, Keith - 2010

One-third of children in the United States are born to unmarried parents. A substantial number of black and Hispanic children live with a never-married mother. Children of never-married mothers are more likely to drop out of high school, repeat grades, and have behavioral problems than are...

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Changes in Workplace Segregation in the United States between 1990 and 2000 : Evidence from Matched Employer-Employee Data

Hellerstein, Judith K. - 2010

We present evidence on changes in workplace segregation by education, race, ethnicity, and sex, from 1990 to 2000. The …, there was fairly substantial segregation by skill, as measured by education. Putting together the 1990 and 2000 data, we …. Over this decade, segregation by education also increased. In contrast, workplace segregation by sex fell over the decade …

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School Quality and the Black-White Achievement Gap

Hanushek, Eric A. - 2010

between grades 3 and 8. Moreover, non-random sample attrition for school changers and much higher rates of special education …

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Disruption, Achievement and the Heterogeneous Benefits of Smaller Classes

McKee, Graham - 2010

education production that incorporates disruption and student achievement and illustrates how these underlying sources of …

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Teachers, Schools, and Academic Achievement

Hanushek, Eric A.; Kain, John F.; Rivkin, Steven G. - 2022

Considerable controversy surrounds the impact of schools and teachers on the achievement of students. This paper disentangles the separate factors influencing achievement with special attention given to the role of teacher differences and other aspects of schools. Unique matched panel data from...

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Does Special Education Raise Academic Achievement for Students with Disabilities?

Hanushek, Eric A.; Kain, John F.; Rivkin, Steven G. - 2021

While special education has become a hotly debated issue of school policy, most of the discussion has centered on the … such programs or possible interactions with the provision of regular education. This study, building on the unique data of … the Harvard/UTD Texas Schools Project provides direct evidence on the effectiveness of special education programs. The …

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