" We used to think that if we improved policing we could escape its violence," Rachel
Herzing began. 1 It was November 2014, the fall that Darren Wilson killed Michael Brown …

Using a unique historical dataset for 20 OECD economies from 1870 to 2014, we study
whether human capital accumulation is associated with improvements in environmental …

The role of human capital in facilitating macroeconomic development is at the center of both
academic and policy debates. Through the lens of a simple aggregate production function …

We show that tenth-grade teacher expectations affect students' likelihood of college
completion. Our approach leverages a unique feature of a nationally representative dataset …

Economic theory implies a negative correlation between educational attainment and most
types of crime. Empirically, an increase in educational attainment significantly reduces …

Risk assessments have proliferated in the United States criminal justice system. The theory
of change motivating their adoption involves two key assumptions: first, that risk …

In this article, the author examines the turbulence of the current educational context in light
of COVID-19 and the associated school closures, for disengaged, older students nearing the …

A safe environment is a prerequisite for productive learning. Using a unique panel data set
of survey responses from New York City middle school students, the article provides insight …

Policymakers and academics in the US have long debated the root determinants of criminal
behavior. In the 1960s, one dominant strain of thought argued that criminal behavior …

Objective Previous research has shown that self‐esteem is associated with academic
achievement. However, few studies have used longitudinal data to examine how self …