The terrain of gender inequalities in education has seen much change in recent decades.
This article reviews the empirical research and theoretical perspectives on gender …

In the past 10 years, there has been an explosion of well-identified studies that measure
peer effects across many settings and for many outcomes. The emphasis on natural …

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' …

A large and growing literature has documented the importance of peer effects in education.
However, there is relatively little evidence on the long-run educational and labor market …

This chapter summarizes the recent literature on peer effects in student outcomes at the
elementary, secondary, and post-secondary levels. Linear-in-means models find modest …

I exploit a natural experiment in Indian schools to study how being integrated with poor
students affects the social behaviors and academic outcomes of rich students. Using …

Why aren't there more women in science? This paper begins to shed light on this question
by exploiting data from the US Air Force Academy, where students are randomly assigned to …

Today, boys generally underperform relative to girls in schools throughout the industrialized
world. Building on theories about gender identity and reports from prior ethnographic …

Administrative data from a large and diverse community college are used to examine if
underrepresented minority students benefit from taking courses with underrepresented …

We study the impact of a public school choice lottery in Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools on
college enrollment and degree completion. We find a significant overall increase in college …