Historically, most attention in public programs has been given to the resources devoted to
the activity, and resources have been used to index both commitment and quality. Education …

I discuss recent contributions to the theory of group formation and the provision of jointly
consumed public goods and services. I highlight the distinction between models of pure …

Human capital is the stock of skills that the labor force possesses. The flow of these skills is
forthcoming when the return to investment exceeds the cost (both direct and indirect) …

This paper shows that racial composition shocks during the Great Migration (1940–1970)
reduced the gains from growing up in the northern United States for Black families and can …

Despite great progress around the world in getting more kids into schools, too many leave
without even the most basic skills. In India's rural Andhra Pradesh, for instance, only about …

This book provides a careful historical analysis of the co-evolution of educational attainment
and the wage structure in the United States through the twentieth century. The authors …

We review the theoretical, computational, and empirical research on school vouchers, with a
focus on the latter. Our assessment is that the evidence to date is not sufficient to warrant …

Health Economics presents a systematic treatment of the economics of health behavior and
health care delivery. Appropriate both for advanced undergraduate and graduate students of …

We review theoretical explanations for in-kind transfers in light of the limited empirical
evidence. After reviewing the traditional paternalistic arguments, we consider explanations …

In 1990 Wisconsin began providing vouchers to a small number of low-income students to
attend nonsectarian private schools. Controlling for individual fixedeffects, I compare the test …