“We found that the most important components of both satisfaction and dissatisfaction with jobs were concerned with satisfying higher level psychological needs.”

Studies of minority hiring have found that poor-performing firms or firms in highly competitive contexts are more likely to hire minority candidates. However, most work has examined hiring for entry and mid-level positions, not senior management. Management positions differ in terms of the...

Do teachers' expectations directly impact student achievement? We draw on administrative data from North Carolina schools that report both student test scores and teachers' expectations of students' performance on these tests. Employing student fixed effects and instrumental variables strategies...

This article is based on a qualitative study of the relationships between professionals, parents and children in the context of children's therapy after child sexual abuse. Specifically, the study took place in a therapeutic team in England that has developed various ways of involving parents in...

School closings displace thousands of teachers in the US every year. This paper explores how 3rd to 5th grade teachers in North Carolina respond to this labor market shock. After documenting that declining enrollment is a key driver of school closings in our study, we find that while most...