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Guide to the Prof. Cecilia Elena Rouse Papers on Public School Spending, 1974-1998 (bulk 1980-1995)
This collection consists of the research files for "Using Market Valuation to Assess Public School Spending," (with Lisa Barrow), Journal of Public Economics 88, no. 9-10 (August 2004): 1747- 1769.” Materials in the collection are organized by state, in alphabetical order.
The Price of Independence
More and more young men and women today are taking longer and having more difficulty making a successful transition to adulthood. They are staying in school longer, having a harder time finding steady employment at jobs that provide health insurance, and are not marrying and having children until much later in life than their parents did. In The Price of Independence, a roster of distinguished experts diagnose the extent and causes of these trends. Observers of social trends have speculated on the economic changes that may be delaying the transition to adulthood—from worsening job opportunities to mounting student debt and higher housing costs—but few have offered empirical evidence to b...
The Underrepresentation of Women in Economics
Although women are underrepresented in the field of economics, many see little need for intervention, arguing that women are inherently less interested in economics, or are less willing or able to get the math skills skills needed to do well in the subject. At the same time, others support active efforts to increase the number of women in the field, citing other possible causes of their current underrepresentation. These people argue, for example, that women are deterred from entering the field because of a lack of female role models, or that women are discouraged by an unappealing classroom environment. This study assesses these hypotheses by examining factors that influence undergraduate s...
Choices and Consequences
The contributors to this volume present research that is crucial to an informed policy debate on the choices that students, teachers, and school administrators make and on the consequences of those choices. The reserach was originally presented at a conference sponsored by the ILR-Cornell Institute for Labor Market Relations and the Princeton University Industrial Relations Section.
The Future of Children
A Brookings Institution Press and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University This semiannual journal provides research and analysis to promote effective policies and programs for children Contents include: -What Is the Problem? The Challenge of Providing Effective Teachers for All Children, Richard Murnane and Jennifer Steele - The Effect of Certification and Preparation on Teacher Quality, Donald Boyd, Daniel Goldhaber, Hamilton Lankford, and James Wyckoff - Teacher Wages and Working Conditions, Eric Hanushek and Steven Rivkin -Using Performance-Based Pay to Improve the Quality of Teachers, Victor Lavy - Learning in the Teaching Workforce, Heather Hill - The Challenges of Staffing Urban Schools, Brian Jacob - Recruiting and Retaining Quality Teachers in Rural Areas, David Monk - Teacher Unions and Student Performance: Help or Hindrance, Randall Eberts - Teacher Labor Markets in Developed Countries, Helen (Sunny) Ladd - Teacher Labor Markets in Developing Countries, Emiliana Vegas
