This paper examines evidence on the effect of class size on student achievement. First, it is shown that results of quantitative summaries of the literature, such as Hanushek, depend critically on whether studies are accorded equal weight. Huanushek summarizes 277 estimates extracted from 59...

This paper examines evidence on the effect of class size on student achievement. First, it is shown that results of quantitative summaries of the literature, such as Hanushek, depend critically on whether studies are accorded equal weight. Huanushek summarizes 277 estimates extracted from 59...

This paper provides new evidence on time use and subjective well-being of employed and unemployed individuals in 14 countries. We devote particular attention to characterizing and modeling job search intensity, measured by the amount of time devoted to searching for a new job[...]

This paper tests a central implication of the theory of equalizing differences, that workers sortinto jobs with different attributes based on their preferences for those attributes. We presentevidence from four new time-use data sets for the United States and France on whetherworkers who are...