Do colleges and universities increase their region’s human capital?
2011 study from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York published in the Journal of Economic Geography on the dynamics between higher education and local economies.
Education
Research roundups, tip sheets, articles and explainers related to the topic of education
Expert Commentary
Chasing the American dream: Recent college graduates and the Great Recession
2012 report from the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers on patterns of employment, wages and difficulties in job-finding among recent graduates.
Expert Commentary
Estimating the return to college selectivity over the career using earning data
2011 Princeton University working paper on the estimated monetary returns and highly selective college attendance in the United States.
Expert Commentary
Early 2000s: A period of declining teen summer employment rates
2010 study by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics published in Monthly Labor Review on teen summer-employment trends.
Expert Commentary
Student loans: Do college students borrow too much — or not enough?
2012 study in the Journal of Economic Perspectives on the consequences and dynamics of assuming student loan debt.
Expert Commentary
Gains and gaps: Changing inequality in U.S. college entry and completion
2011 paper by the National Bureau of Economic Research on college enrollment and completion trends by income and gender.
Expert Commentary
Explaining charter school effectiveness
2011 study from MIT for the National Bureau of Economic Research on the effectiveness of urban and non-urban charter schools on raising student achievement levels.
Expert Commentary
Overview of state anti-bullying legislation and other related laws
2012 report from Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society on current laws as well as definitions of bullying, prevention strategies, and educational, social and legal responses.
Expert Commentary
Beyond the classroom: Using Title IX to measure the return to high school sports
2010 paper by the University of Michigan for the National Bureau of Economic Research examining the effect in later life of girls’ participation in sports.
Expert Commentary
Men’s and women’s pathways through four-year colleges: Disruption and sex stratification
2010 study from the University of Washington published in the American Educational Research Journal on nontraditional college participation and gender.
Expert Commentary