We used 1990 Census data to compare the matching behaviors of four types of cohabiting
couples: same-sex male couples, same-sex female couples, opposite-sex unmarried couples, …

This article provides one of the first rigorous estimations of the labor-market returns to
community college certificates and diplomas, as well as estimations of the returns to the more …

This paper examines the labor-market returns to a new form of postsecondary vocational
education: vocational master's degrees. We use individual fixed effects models on a matched …

This paper investigates the effects of California’s billion-dollar class-size-reduction program
on student achievement. It uses year-to-year differences in class size generated by variation …

State governments offer tax and location-based incentives to entice firms to locate or expand
operations in their state. We evaluate the effect of these incentives on employment using a …

Teachers and peers are believed to have a strong influence on student achievement, but
the specific characteristics that affect student achievement are hard to identify. This paper …

This paper assesses the causal effects of Catholic primary schooling on student outcomes
such as test scores, grade retention, and behavior. Catholic school students have …

Community college is the most common form of postsecondary education in California,
comprising over 70 percent of all public higher education enrollment in the state. 1 California’s …

The substantial literature on access to higher education has a narrow focus: the effect of
tuition on the enrollment decisions of 18-year-olds seeking bachelors degrees. But for non-…

Although extensive research has compared Catholic and public high schools, little is known
about Catholic primary schools. Using unique data for two cohorts of primary school students…