We examine the role an exogenous increase in household income, due to a government
transfer unrelated to household characteristics, plays in children's long-run outcomes …

This paper applies a unified methodology to multiple data sets to estimate both the levels
and trends in US high school graduation rates. We establish that (a) the true rate is …

In Right to be Hostile, scholar and activist Erica Meiners offers concrete examples and new
insights into the" school to prison'pipeline phenomenon, showing how disciplinary …

Both early teen marriage and dropping out of high school have historically been associated
with a variety of negative outcomes, including higher poverty rates throughout life. Are these …

Do students benefit from compulsory schooling? In an important article, studied the 1947
British compulsory schooling law change and found large returns to schooling of about 15 …

In this article, we use a unique data set on criminal behaviour to analyse the effects of
education on offences and crimes committed. The findings suggest that substantial savings …

This invaluable guide presents all of the information and clinical tools needed to implement
the Anger Coping Program, an empirically supported intervention for students in grades 3 …

School violence, drug use, vandalism, gang activity, bullying, and theft are costly and
interfere with academic achievement. Fortunately, crime victimization in schools for students …

This paper assesses the effects of school desegregation on its intended beneficiaries: black
students. In Louisiana, substantial reductions in segregation between 1965 and 1970 were …

This study quantifies one part of the return to US public investment in college education,
namely, the fiscal benefits associated with greater college attainment. College graduates …