Education Pays

Education Pays | (News and Research 378) Show this chart to anyone who tells you college isn’t worth it | Peck | Also: The Labor Market for Recent College Graduates, Federal Reserve Bank of New York; Economic inequalities among college graduates are linked to college major choice Startz, Brookings Scaling and sustaining teacher policies forContinue reading “Education Pays”

Higher Education

Higher Education | (News and Research 377) Ernesto Schiefelbein: An Appreciation and Remembrance by Eduardo Velez  and Laurence Wolff | Ernesteo Schiefelbein died in Santiago Chile in January 2024 at the age of 89. “When Ernesto Schiefelbein began working in the field, there was little or no analytical or empirical work on education at any level in Latin America.Continue reading “Higher Education”

Human Capital and Climate Change

Human Capital and Climate Change | (News and Research 376) Human Capital and Climate Change | Angrist, Winseck, Patrinos, Graff Zivin | The Review of Economics and Statistics | Addressing climate change requires individual behavior change and voter support for pro-climate policies, yet surprisingly little is known about how to achieve these outcomes. In this paper,Continue reading “Human Capital and Climate Change”

New Developments in the Economics of Education

New Developments in the Economics of Education | (News and Research 375) New Developments in the Economics of Education | Exciting opportunity to present your research on the economics of education at the Public Sector Economics 2024 Conference September 23, 2024, in Zagreb, Croatia https://pse-conference.ijf.hr/en/submission/ Submit proposals by May 15 here. Keynote speakers:  Daniele Checchi,Continue reading “New Developments in the Economics of Education”

COVID-19 School Closures Caused a Significant Drop in Student Learning Outcomes

COVID-19 School Closures Caused a Significant Drop in Student Learning Outcomes | (News and Research 372) COVID-19 school closures caused a significant drop in student learning outcomes | Maciej Jakubowski, Tomasz Gajderowicz, Harry Patrinos A new working paper shows that declines in student achievement were significantly larger for students in schools that faced longer closures.Continue reading “COVID-19 School Closures Caused a Significant Drop in Student Learning Outcomes”

COVID-19, School Closures, and Student Learning Outcomes

COVID-19, School Closures, and Student Learning Outcomes | (News and Research 370) COVID-19, School Closures, and Student Learning Outcomes: New Global Evidence from PISA | Jakubowski, Gajderowicz, Patrinos | Worldwide school closures due to COVID-19, starting in 2020, had varying reopening timelines. Some reopened quickly, while others remained closed for an extended period. Country-specific studiesContinue reading “COVID-19, School Closures, and Student Learning Outcomes”