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Learn more Published Research States as Policy Laboratories: Emulating Success in the Children’s Health Insurance Program Authors: Craig Volden This article illustrates the use of the directed dyad-year event history analysis to study policy diffusion, with an application to policy changes in the Children’s Health Insurance Program from 1998 to 2001. This analysis reveals strong evidence that states with successful policies are more likely to be emulated than are those with failing policies. Learn more Published Research How Changes in Entry Requirements Alter the Teacher Workforce and Affect Student Achievement Authors: James H. Wyckoff, Donald Boyd, Pamela Grossman, Hamilton Lankford, Susanna Loeb We are in the midst of what amounts to a national experiment in how best to attract, prepare, and retain teachers, particularly for high poverty urban schools. Using data on students and teachers in grades three through eight, this study assesses the effects of pathways into teaching in New York City on the teacher workforce and on student achievement. Learn more 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 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 Complex by Design. Investigating Pathways Into Teaching in New York City Schools Authors: James H. Wyckoff, Donald J. Boyd, Pam Grossman, Hamilton Lankford, Susanna Loeb, Nicholas M. Michelli New York City represents a microcosm of the changes that are shaking the very foundations of teacher education in this country. In their efforts to find teachers for hard-to-staff schools by creating multiple pathways into teaching, districts from New York City to Los Angeles are in the midst of what amounts to a national experiment in how best to recruit, prepare, and retain teachers. Learn more
Published Research States as Policy Laboratories: Emulating Success in the Children’s Health Insurance Program Authors: Craig Volden This article illustrates the use of the directed dyad-year event history analysis to study policy diffusion, with an application to policy changes in the Children’s Health Insurance Program from 1998 to 2001. This analysis reveals strong evidence that states with successful policies are more likely to be emulated than are those with failing policies. Learn more
Published Research How Changes in Entry Requirements Alter the Teacher Workforce and Affect Student Achievement Authors: James H. Wyckoff, Donald Boyd, Pamela Grossman, Hamilton Lankford, Susanna Loeb We are in the midst of what amounts to a national experiment in how best to attract, prepare, and retain teachers, particularly for high poverty urban schools. Using data on students and teachers in grades three through eight, this study assesses the effects of pathways into teaching in New York City on the teacher workforce and on student achievement. Learn more
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