The relationship between school resources and student achievement has been
controversial, in large part because it calls into question a variety of traditional policy …

To assess whether school environments can adversely affect academic performance, we
review scientific evidence relating indoor pollutants and thermal conditions, in schools or …

In this paper, we report results from surveys in which enumerators made unannounced visits
to primary schools and health clinics in Bangladesh, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Peru and …

This article identifies for the first time systematic performance differences between younger
and older democracies and argues that these are driven by the inability of political …

Schooling has multiple purposes. In the long run, higher levels of schooling are associated
with higher earnings and economic mobility, better health, lower mortality rates, and greater …

Researchers and policy makers have questioned the efficacy of family-involvement
interventions. They believe that more studies are needed to compare outcomes of students …

We use a time-based system to help organize, summarize, and analyze research on
employee absenteeism published in the last 20 years (1977-1996). Although what is known …

This article exploits highly detailed data on teacher absences from a large urban school
district in the northern United States to shed light on the determinants and effects of teacher …

Previous research has demonstrated that violence, harassment, and discrimination have
negative consequences for individual well-being. However, this literature has focused less …

The purpose of this chapter is to review the research literature on absence from work that
has been published in the last 15 years or so. The review is meant to be fairly …