Background: Scholars and policymakers have criticized public education in developed
countries for perpetuating health and income disparities. Several studies have examined the …

The digital divide has narrowed with regard to one definition of access to technology—the
binary view of the “haves” and “have-nots.” However, use of technology at home and in …

We conduct meta-analysis on a comprehensive set of studies of the impacts of US K-12
public school spending on student outcomes–estimating average marginal impacts and …

There has been a long-standing debate regarding whether increasing the financial
resources available to public schools can improve child outcomes in general and low …

We examine all known “credibly causal” studies to explore the distribution of the causal
effects of public K-12 school spending on student outcomes in the United States. For each of …

In this paper, we examine the relation between innovation and a firm's financial dependence
using a sample of privately held and publicly traded US firms. We find that public firms in …

This chapter discusses how applied researchers in corporate finance can address
endogeneity concerns. We begin by reviewing the sources of endogeneity—omitted …

Many empirical questions in economics and other social sciences depend on causal effects
of programs or policies. In the last two decades, much research has been done on the …

This paper provides an introduction and “user guide” to Regression Discontinuity (RD)
designs for empirical researchers. It presents the basic theory behind the research design …

This paper measures the effect of increased primary school spending on students' college
enrollment and completion. Using student-level panel administrative data, I exploit variation …