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作者:Sheiner, Louise
作者单位:Brookings Institution
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作者:Herbst, Chris M.
作者单位:Arizona State University; Arizona State University-Downtown Phoenix
摘要:This paper uses the random assignment of poor families to treatment and control conditions in the Comprehensive Child Development Program (CCDP) to estimate the effects of center-based child care enrollment on child well-being. Implemented in the early-1990s, the CCDP aimed to improve child development and family functioning by offering those in the treatment group 5 years of high-quality child care along with case management. As a result, treated children were substantially more likely to be ...
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作者:Gamper-Rabindran, Shanti; Campbell, Heather E.; Eckerd, Adam; Kim, Yushim
作者单位:Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); University of Pittsburgh; Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); University of Pittsburgh
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作者:Moynihan, Donald P.
作者单位:University of Michigan System; University of Michigan
摘要:The administrative capacity of a government matters enormously to public policy design and implementation. But it is usually taken for granted in public policy settings, a background variable left largely unconsidered. This essay argues that the fields of public policy and public management need to more directly consider threats to state capacity. A creeping threat is a tendency towards proceduralism that layers in rules, veto points, and delay that constrains state actors from achieving criti...
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作者:Yim, Anthony
作者单位:Brigham Young University
摘要:Using a natural experiment which randomized class times to students, this study reveals that enrolling in early morning classes lowers students' course grades and the likelihood of future STEM course enrollment. There is a 29% reduction in pursuing the major within the same college and a 21% rise in choosing a low-earning major, predominantly influenced by early morning STEM classes. To understand the mechanism, I conducted a survey of undergraduate students enrolled in an introductory course,...
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作者:Smetters, Kent
作者单位:University of Pennsylvania; University of Pennsylvania
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作者:Berger, Lawrence M.; Harden, Brenda Jones
作者单位:University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Madison; Columbia University
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作者:Edwards, Frank
作者单位:Rutgers University System; Rutgers University Newark
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作者:[Anonymous]
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作者:[Anonymous]