This paper reviews the research on the impacts of charter school attendance on students'
academic and other outcomes, the mechanisms behind those effects, and the influence of …

Market-based policies, especially school vouchers, are expanding rapidly and shifting
students out of traditional public schools. This article broadens, deepens, and updates prior …

This paper models decisions to apply to and attend charter schools in Boston using a
generalized Roy selection framework linking preferences to the achievement gains …

Administrators can use their discretion to discriminate in the provision of public services via
two mechanisms. They make decisions to allocate public services, allowing them to …

We study the total, market-level effects of charter schools, and their mechanisms, on a
national level and across multiple outcomes. Using a generalized difference-in-differences …

Disabled people constitute the largest minority group in the United States, and disability
discrimination is prohibited under federal law. Nevertheless, disability has received limited …

This article broadens our understanding of street‐level governance by examining how
citizen performance, organizational publicness, and group bias moderate racial …

In recent decades, policymakers around the globe have adopted market mechanisms such
as consumer-style choice, provider autonomy and competition. Such policies may improve …

Equal access to public services is a foundational element of democratic societies. Yet, stark
inequalities in access to public services persist, partially due to bureaucratic discrimination …

Outsourcing the management of ninety-three randomly-selected government primary
schools in Liberia to eight private operators led to learning gains of 0.18 after one year, but …