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Campbell Objectives The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of differentially stringent graduated drivers license programs on teen driver fatalities, day-time and night-time teen driver fatalities, fatalities of teen drivers with passengers present, and fatalities among teen passengers Learn more Published Research Social Psychology The Effects of Catholic Schooling on Civic Participation Authors: Thomas Dee The promotion of adult civic engagement is one of the primary goals of public schools. And the putatively negative effects of private schooling on civic engagement provide one of the most fundamental motivations for publicly provided schooling. Learn more Published Research Education Expense Preference and Student Achievement in School Districts Authors: Dee Thomas There is little direct evidence on the widely held view that school districts spend too few of available resources on student instruction. I find evidence of such an expense preference by assessing the effect of competition from private schools on the allocation of resources by school districts. Learn more Published Research Health Policy Graduated Driver Licensing and Teen Traffic Fatalities Authors: Dee Thomas, David C. Grabowski, Michael A. Morrisey Over the last 8 years, nearly every state has introduced graduated driver licensing (GDL) for teens. These new licensing procedures require teen drivers to advance through distinct stages where they are subject to a variety of restrictions (e.g., adult supervision, daytime driving, passenger limits). Learn more Published Research A Teacher Like Me: Does Race, Ethnicity or Gender Matter? Authors: Thomas Dee Learn more Published Research Trade in University Training: Cross State Variation in the Production and Use of College Educated Labor Authors: Sarah Turner, John Bound, Jeffrey Groen, Gabor Kezdi The main question addressed in this analysis is how the production of undergraduate and graduate education at the state level affects the local stock of university-educated workers. The potential mobility of highly skilled workers implies that the number of college students graduating in an area need not affect the number of college graduates living in the area. Learn more Published Research Social Psychology The Great Game: The Myth and Reality of Espionage Authors: Frederick P. Hitz In this fascinating analysis, Frederick Hitz, former inspector general of the Central Intelligence Agency, contrasts the writings of well-known authors of spy novels—classic and popular—with real-life espionage cases. Drawing on personal experience both as a participant in “the Great Game” and as the first presidentially appointed inspector general, Hitz shows the remarkable degree to which truth is stranger than fiction. Learn more Published Research Social Psychology Flourishing: Positive Psychology and the Life Well-Lived Authors: C. L. M. Keyes, J. Haidt Psychology has made great strides in understanding mental illness, but how much has it learned about mental health? When people want to reflect upon the good life and how to live it, they turn to philosophers and novelists, not psychologists. Learn more Published Research Closing the Gap or Widening the Divide: The Effects of the G.I. Bill and World War II on the Educational Outcomes of Black Americans Authors: Sarah Turner, John Bound The effects of the G.I. Bill on collegiate attainment may have differed for black and white Americans owing to differential returns to education and differences in opportunities at colleges and universities, with men in the South facing explicitly segregated colleges. The empirical evidence suggests that World War II and the availability of G.I. benefits had a substantial and positive impact on the educational attainment of white men and black men born outside the South. Learn more Published Research Going to War and Going to College: Did World War II and the G.I. Bill Increase Educational Attainment for Returning Veterans? Authors: Sarah Turner, John Bound The end of World War II brought a flood of returning veterans to America’s colleges and universities. Yet, despite widespread rhetoric about the democratization’ of higher education that came with this large pool of students, there is little evidence about the question of whether military service, combined with the availability of post-war educational benefits, led these men to increase their investments in education - particularly at the college and university level. Learn more Published Research Back to School: Federal Student Aid Policy and Adult College Enrollment Authors: Sarah Turner, Neil S. Seftor Much of the research examining the question of how federal financial aid affects decisions to enroll in college has focused on the behavior of students in the relatively narrow range immediately following high school graduation, leaving unanswered the question of how changes in the availability of aid affect the behavior of older students. Learn more Published Research Health Policy Napsterizing Pharmaceuticals: Access, Innovation, and Welfare Authors: James W. Hughes, Michael J. Moore, Edward A. Snyder We analyze the effects on consumers of an extreme policy experiment – Napsterizing’ pharmaceuticals – whereby all patent rights on branded prescription drugs are eliminated for both existing and future prescription drugs without compensation to the patent holders. The question of whether this policy maximizes consumer welfare cannot be resolved on an a priori basis due to an obvious tradeoff: While accelerating generic entry will yield substantial gains in consumer surplus associated with greater access to the current stock of pharmaceuticals, future consumers will be harmed by reducing the flow of new pharmaceuticals to the market. Learn more Pagination Previous page ‹ Previous Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Current page 27 Page 28 Next page Next ›
Published Research Health Policy The Strength of Graduated Drivers License Programs and Fatalities among Teen Drivers and Passengers Authors: M.A. Morrisey, D.C. Grabowski, T. S. Dee, C. Campbell Objectives The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of differentially stringent graduated drivers license programs on teen driver fatalities, day-time and night-time teen driver fatalities, fatalities of teen drivers with passengers present, and fatalities among teen passengers Learn more
Published Research Social Psychology The Effects of Catholic Schooling on Civic Participation Authors: Thomas Dee The promotion of adult civic engagement is one of the primary goals of public schools. And the putatively negative effects of private schooling on civic engagement provide one of the most fundamental motivations for publicly provided schooling. Learn more
Published Research Education Expense Preference and Student Achievement in School Districts Authors: Dee Thomas There is little direct evidence on the widely held view that school districts spend too few of available resources on student instruction. I find evidence of such an expense preference by assessing the effect of competition from private schools on the allocation of resources by school districts. Learn more
Published Research Health Policy Graduated Driver Licensing and Teen Traffic Fatalities Authors: Dee Thomas, David C. Grabowski, Michael A. Morrisey Over the last 8 years, nearly every state has introduced graduated driver licensing (GDL) for teens. These new licensing procedures require teen drivers to advance through distinct stages where they are subject to a variety of restrictions (e.g., adult supervision, daytime driving, passenger limits). Learn more
Published Research A Teacher Like Me: Does Race, Ethnicity or Gender Matter? Authors: Thomas Dee Learn more
Published Research Trade in University Training: Cross State Variation in the Production and Use of College Educated Labor Authors: Sarah Turner, John Bound, Jeffrey Groen, Gabor Kezdi The main question addressed in this analysis is how the production of undergraduate and graduate education at the state level affects the local stock of university-educated workers. The potential mobility of highly skilled workers implies that the number of college students graduating in an area need not affect the number of college graduates living in the area. Learn more
Published Research Social Psychology The Great Game: The Myth and Reality of Espionage Authors: Frederick P. Hitz In this fascinating analysis, Frederick Hitz, former inspector general of the Central Intelligence Agency, contrasts the writings of well-known authors of spy novels—classic and popular—with real-life espionage cases. Drawing on personal experience both as a participant in “the Great Game” and as the first presidentially appointed inspector general, Hitz shows the remarkable degree to which truth is stranger than fiction. Learn more
Published Research Social Psychology Flourishing: Positive Psychology and the Life Well-Lived Authors: C. L. M. Keyes, J. Haidt Psychology has made great strides in understanding mental illness, but how much has it learned about mental health? When people want to reflect upon the good life and how to live it, they turn to philosophers and novelists, not psychologists. Learn more
Published Research Closing the Gap or Widening the Divide: The Effects of the G.I. Bill and World War II on the Educational Outcomes of Black Americans Authors: Sarah Turner, John Bound The effects of the G.I. Bill on collegiate attainment may have differed for black and white Americans owing to differential returns to education and differences in opportunities at colleges and universities, with men in the South facing explicitly segregated colleges. The empirical evidence suggests that World War II and the availability of G.I. benefits had a substantial and positive impact on the educational attainment of white men and black men born outside the South. Learn more
Published Research Going to War and Going to College: Did World War II and the G.I. Bill Increase Educational Attainment for Returning Veterans? Authors: Sarah Turner, John Bound The end of World War II brought a flood of returning veterans to America’s colleges and universities. Yet, despite widespread rhetoric about the democratization’ of higher education that came with this large pool of students, there is little evidence about the question of whether military service, combined with the availability of post-war educational benefits, led these men to increase their investments in education - particularly at the college and university level. Learn more
Published Research Back to School: Federal Student Aid Policy and Adult College Enrollment Authors: Sarah Turner, Neil S. Seftor Much of the research examining the question of how federal financial aid affects decisions to enroll in college has focused on the behavior of students in the relatively narrow range immediately following high school graduation, leaving unanswered the question of how changes in the availability of aid affect the behavior of older students. Learn more
Published Research Health Policy Napsterizing Pharmaceuticals: Access, Innovation, and Welfare Authors: James W. Hughes, Michael J. Moore, Edward A. Snyder We analyze the effects on consumers of an extreme policy experiment – Napsterizing’ pharmaceuticals – whereby all patent rights on branded prescription drugs are eliminated for both existing and future prescription drugs without compensation to the patent holders. The question of whether this policy maximizes consumer welfare cannot be resolved on an a priori basis due to an obvious tradeoff: While accelerating generic entry will yield substantial gains in consumer surplus associated with greater access to the current stock of pharmaceuticals, future consumers will be harmed by reducing the flow of new pharmaceuticals to the market. Learn more