The Changing Impact of School Suspensions on Student Outcomes: Evidence from North Carolina Public Schools
by Lewis Zhu Abstract Motivated by a historic decline in standardized test scores among US students, this paper investigates whether exclusionary discipline—specifically out-of-school suspensions (OSS)— contributes to changes in academic performance. Drawing on administrative data from the North Carolina Education Research Data Center, which span a period marked by substantial discipline policy reform, I assess […]
Affirmative Action and Human Capital Accumulation: Evidence from Brazil Marcos Hirai Catao
by Marcos Hirai Catao Abstract In this study, I examine the effects of affirmative action (AA) policies on high school students’ incentives to invest in human capital, focusing on the Brazilian Quotas Law (QL). This law mandates that federal higher education institutions reserve half of their seats for students from public high schools. Utilizing administrative […]
Bailing on Justice: Plea Bargain Sentencing Outcomes
by Esmé Lise Mailloux Govan Abstract In 2020, over 630,000 American adults were detained in local jails each day, 74% of whom had not yet been convicted of a crime. These defendants were detained before going to court because they did not make bail. There is a large body of work documenting the negative impacts […]
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