We use a rich administrative dataset from North Carolina to explore questions related to the
relationship between teacher characteristics and credentials on the one hand and student …

Education researchers and policy makers agree that teachers differ in terms of quality and that
quality matters for student achievement. Despite prodigious amounts of research, however…

This paper examines the role of school desegregation in the demand for private school
enrollment by whites. A model is presented that emphasizes the interdependence of whites' …

GROWING concern about the extent of the"(underground economy" has prompted re-cent
studies of tax evasion and unreported income. An Internal Revenue Service report estimated …

Administrative data on fifth grade students in North Carolina shows that more highly qualified
teachers tend to be matched with more advantaged students, both across schools and in …

With its huge jackpots and heartwarming rags-to-riches stories, the lottery has become the
hope and dream of millions of Americans--and the fastest-growing source of state revenue. …

… In this study, Charles T. Clotfelter demonstrates that changes in tax policy—effected through
… Clotfelter focuses on empirical analysis of the effects of tax policy on charitable giving in four …

We use data on statewide end-of-course tests in North Carolina to examine the relationship
between teacher credentials and student achievement at the high school level. We find …

… Charles Clotfelter provides the invaluable service of … of school desegregation, but Clotfelter's
meticulous, balanced, … the fiftieth anniversary of Brown, Clotfelter's book should become the …

This paper focuses on one potentially important contributor to the achievement gap between
black and white students, differences in their exposure to novice teachers. We present a …