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were 0.2 sd higher in public schools. We find evidence of an education multiplier: test scores in private schools were also … 0.2 sd higher in treated markets. Consistent with standard models of product differentiation, the education multiplier …
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of Education to issue temporary waivers (which expire in October of 2022) which essentially provide a path to forgiveness …
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surprisingly little is known about how to achieve these outcomes. In this paper, we estimate causal effects of additional education … combat climate change. Results show a year of education increases pro-climate beliefs, behaviors, most policy preferences …
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Recent attention to the causal identification of spending impacts provides improved estimates of spending outcomes in a variety of circumstances, but the estimates are substantially different across studies. Half of the variation in estimated funding impact on test scores and over three-quarters...
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This paper identifies which investments in school facilities help students and are valued by homeowners. Using novel data on school district bonds, test scores, and house prices for 29 U.S. states and a research design that exploits close elections with staggered timing, we show that increased...
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School finance court cases have proceeded one or more times in all but two states. Plaintiffs ask the courts to rule that the existing funding formula is unconstitutional under state constitutions, and the defendants call for continuation of the existing finance formula. By compiling and...
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In 2006, the federal government effectively uncapped student borrowing for graduate programs with the introduction of the Graduate PLUS loan program. Access to additional federal loans increased graduate students' borrowing and shifted the composition of their loans from private to federal debt....
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A primary rationale for public provision of K-12 education and state financing of school spending is that education …-in-difference-in-differences (DDD) models to isolate the causal impact of school spending on civic engagement. Using data from the National Education … Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS), the Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS), and the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 …
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We offer a new analysis of a large-scale trial of an early-childhood education program that targeted premature, low …
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Transitional Kindergarten (TK) is a relatively recent entrant into the U.S. early education landscape, combining …
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