This review describes the research frontier on human capital and education in economics
research. It delineates what is known and largely agreed, and what are the most promising …

This paper presents the findings of a literature review on public private partnerships (PPPs)
in two sectors–education and health–in Africa, Asia and Latin America. It highlights the …

Cyptographic tokens are one of the cornerstones of the new blockchain world but the
knowledge about these digital objects is still limited. In this research, we argue that crypto …

In this paper I use detailed administrative data to study the effects of targeted school
vouchers on the outcomes of poor children in Chile. A difference-in-differences analysis …

How does financial aid affect postsecondary enrollment, college choice, and student
composition? We present new evidence based on a large-scale program available to high …

This paper studies the origins of what has become one of the most radical and
encompassing programmes of school reform seen in the recent past in advanced countries …

School choice may allow schools to impede access to students perceived as costlier to
educate. To test this, we sent emails from fictitious parents to 6,452 charter schools and …

Accurate understanding of environmental moderation of genetic influences is vital to
advancing the science of cognitive development as well as for designing interventions. One …

This paper studies families' preferences for peers in the school and the implications of those
preferences for the distribution of academic outcomes. I develop an equilibrium model of …

This paper examines the impact of the Indiana Choice Scholarship Program on student
achievement for low‐income students in upper elementary and middle school who used a …