Browsing by Subject "Education policy"
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Can a Broader Education Narrow the Gap? Evidence on Non-Academic Features of Schooling
(2016)Empirical studies of education programs and systems, by nature, rely upon use of student outcomes that are measurable. Often, these come in the form of test scores. However, in light of growing evidence about the long-run ... -
Essays in the Economics of Education
(2017)This dissertation comprises three essays in the economics of education. I begin with a paper that evaluates the effectiveness of selective secondary schools. An unique admissions context permits identifying the causal benefits ... -
Essays on Education Policy
(2013)This dissertation consists of three essays on the topic of education policy. In the first essay, I evaluate the impacts of a teacher quality equity law that was enacted in California in the fall of 2006 prohibiting ... -
Essays on NYC High Schools
(2015)Over my Ph.D. study, I work on various projects about the school choice reform in New York City, with a special focus on understanding how students or parents choose high schools and evaluating education policies. Specifically, ... -
From the Streets to the Classrooms: The Politics of Education Spending in Mexico
(2012)This dissertation examines the political determinants of government spending across different levels of education. What are the political motivations that drive budgetary decisions on primary, secondary, and tertiary education? ... -
Immigration Enforcement and Student Outcomes
(2019)During the past 20 years, immigration enforcement increased dramatically in the U.S. interior. There is a growing recognition that immigration enforcement in the U.S. interior has spillover effects onto U.S. citizens, ... -
Making Good Citizens: Policy Approaches to Increasing Civic Participation
(2016)In this dissertation, I explore the impact of several public policies on civic participation. Using a unique combination of school administrative and public–use voter files and methods for causal inference, I evaluate the ... -
School District Student Assignment and Reassignment Policies
(2013)This dissertation examines the interplay between school district assignment and reassignment policies and the elementary public school parents select for their children. The sample in all chapters includes the third and ... -
The Effect of Commercial Sanitary Pad Use on School Attendance and Health of Adolescents in Western Kenya
(2011)This mixed-method cross-sectional study evaluated the effect of commercial sanitary pads on school attendance and symptoms of vaginal infections in rural Kenyan adolescents aged 11-18. It also provides contextual information ... -
Three Essays in Political Economy of Public Goods in Chile
(2021)In October of 2019, a social crisis exploded in Chile; over one million Chileans marched on the streets, followed by riots and extensive destruction of public and private property. The economic and social inequality was ...
