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The Impact of Computer Usage on Academic Performance: Evidence from a Randomized Trial at the United States Military Academy

Susan Payne Carter, Kyle Greenberg, Michael S. Walker

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Charters without Lotteries: Testing Takeovers in New Orleans and Boston

Atila Abdulkadiroglu, Joshua D. Angrist, Peter D. Hull, and Parag A. Pathak

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Interpreting Tests of School VAM Validity

Joshua Angrist, Peter Hull, Parag Pathak and Christopher Walters

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School Quality and the Gender Gap in Educational Achievement

David Autor, David Figlio, Krzysztof Karbownik, Jeffrey Roth, and Melanie Wasserman

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Stand and Deliver: Effects of Boston’s Charter High Schools on College Preparation, Entry, and Choice

Joshua Angrist, Sarah Cohodes, Susan M. Dynarski, Parag A. Pathak, and Christopher R. Walters

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Inputs in the Production of Early Childhood Human Capital: Evidence from Head Start

Christopher Walters

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Small Differences that Matter: Mistakes in Applying to College

Amanda Pallais

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When Opportunity Knocks, Who Answers? New Evidence on College Achievement Awards

Joshua Angrist, Philip Oreopoulos, Tyler Williams

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The Elite Illusion: Achievement Effects at Boston and New York Exam Schools

Atila Abdulkadiroglu, Joshua D. Angrist, and Parag A. Pathak

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Charter School Demand and Effectiveness, A Boston Update

Joshua Angrist, Sarah Cohodes, Parag Pathak, Elizabeth Setren and Christopher Walters

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Small High Schools and Student Achievement: Lottery-Based Evidence from New York City

Atila Abdulkadiroğlu, Weiwei Hu, Parag A. Pathak

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Explaining Charter School Effectiveness

Joshua Angrist, Parag Pathak and Christopher Walters

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Charter Schools and the Road to College Readiness: The Effects on College Preparation, Attendance and Choice

Joshua D. Angrist, Sarah R. Cohodes, Susan M. Dynarski, Parag A. Pathak, Christopher D. Walters

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A Structural Model of Charter School Choice and Academic Achievement

Christopher Walters

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Wayward Sons: The Emerging Gender Gap in Labor Markets and Education

David Autor and Melanie Wasserman

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School Admissions Reform in Chicago and England: Comparing Mechanisms by their Vulnerability to Manipulation

Parag A. Pathak and Tayfun Sönmez

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