Endogenous selection bias is a central problem for causal inference. Recognizing the
problem, however, can be difficult in practice. This article introduces a purely graphical way …

This chapter summarizes recent research in economics that investigates differentials by race
and gender in the labor market. We start with a statistical overview of the trends in labor …

Intelligence test scores and educational duration are positively correlated. This correlation
could be interpreted in two ways: Students with greater propensity for intelligence go on to …

This article describes a framework and empirical evidence to support the argument that
educational programs and policies are crucial public health interventions. Concepts of …

When I started writing this book, I knew I'd need to read piles of research but failed to foresee
the enormity of the piles. Education isn't just a major industry; it inspires researchers' …

In the 1960s, many believed that the civil rights movement's successes would foster a new
era of racial equality in America. Four decades later, the degree of racial inequality has …

In this chapter, I provide argument and evidence that the scope of people's ignorance is
often invisible to them. This meta-ignorance (or ignorance of ignorance) arises because lack …

Using a variety of data sets from two countries, we examine possible explanations for the
relationship between education and health behaviors, known as the education gradient. We …

This article establishes that a low-dimensional vector of cognitive and noncognitive skills
explains a variety of labor market and behavioral outcomes. Our analysis addresses the …

In Teaching with Poverty in Mind: What Being Poor Does to Kids' Brains and What Schools
Can Do About It, veteran educator and brain expert Eric Jensen takes an unflinching look at …