The great majority of studies on the effect of school quality on academic outcomes do not take account of changes in … student choices concerning effort if school quality, e.g. class size, changes. We show that empirical estimates of the "total …" effect of changes in school quality could be quite different from the "partial" effect holding other inputs (including …

negative impact of significant immigrant inflows, we are interested in investigating if these inflows into a school affect the …

improve students' long-term outcomes. Using school district and tax records for more than one million children, we find that … students assigned to high-VA teachers in primary school are more likely to attend college, earn higher salaries, and are less …

Does a school district that expands school choice provide better outcomes for students than a neighborhood …-based assignment system? This paper studies the Zones of Choice program, a school choice initiative that created small high school … public school choice programs have the potential to improve school quality and reduce neighborhood-based disparities in …