This essay proposes a set of non-econometric tests using data on wage structure, school resource costs, public … of school resources calls for a renewed introduction of historical context into the "does money matter" debate …

attractiveness of migration for educated children. Consistent with the model, in response to the treatment we find declines in school …

eliminate the achievement gap or whether the issues that poor children bring to school are too much for educators alone to … effective at increasing the achievement of the poorest minority children. Taken at face value, the effects in middle school are … effects in elementary school close the racial achievement gap in both subjects. We conclude by presenting four pieces of …

percent of U.S. youths had high school diplomas in 1910, but more than 50 percent did by 1940. By the mid-1950s the United …, and why America led the world in educational attainment for much of the twentieth century? Although we motivate the paper …-series variation within the United States. The areas of the United States that led in secondary school education (the Far West, Great …