This paper reviews empirical evidence, especially from Europe, on how education and
training policies can be designed to advance both efficiency and equity. Returns to …

This article reviews evidence from four international student achievement tests on the effects
on student performance of competition from privately managed schools, schools' freedom to …

In this second edition of Counterfactuals and Causal Inference, completely revised and
expanded, the essential features of the counterfactual approach to observational data …

We review the theoretical, computational, and empirical research on school vouchers, with a
focus on the latter. Our assessment is that the evidence to date is not sufficient to warrant …

This paper will discuss eight frequently asked questions about public corruption:(1) What is
corruption?(2) Which countries are the most corrupt?(3) What are the common …

John Gerring's exceptional textbook has been thoroughly revised in this second edition. It
offers a one-volume introduction to social science methodology relevant to the disciplines of …

In 1981, Chile introduced nationwide school choice by providing vouchers to any student
wishing to attend private school. As a result, more than 1000 private schools entered the …

We provide a measure of equality of educational opportunity in 54 countries, estimated as
the effect of family background on student performance in two international TIMSS tests …

This paper analyzes the socioeconomic stratification of achievement in the Chilean voucher
system using a census of 4th and 8th graders, a multilevel methodology, and accounting for …

Advocates argue that vouchers can make improved educational opportunity available to
disadvantaged students. Critics contend that vouchers increase the risk of stratification …