Recent studies suggest that globalization increases inequality, by increasing skilled wage premiums in developing countries. This effect may be mitigated, however, if human capital responds to global opportunities. I study how the impact of globalization varies across Indian districts with different costs of learning English. Linguistic diversity…

Using institutional data on race-specific college enrollment and completion, I examine whether minority students were less likely to enroll in a four-year public college or receive a degree following a statewide affirmative action ban. As in previous studies, I find that black and Hispanic enrollment dropped at the top institutions; however, there…

The rates of return to investment in schooling, unadjusted for nonschooling factors, are examined for four census years by sex and race. In general, it was found that the social rates to whites' high school investment declined, college payoffs remained stable, and payoffs for graduate training rose sharply. (Author)

The mobility patterns of teachers in one large urban school district are examined for the period from 1965 to 1974, using logic analysis. Teacher seniority and changes in student enrollments are much more important in explaining transfers and terminations in the 1970s than in the 1960s. (Author)

The District of Columbia Tuition Assistance Grant Program (DCTAG), instituted in 1999, allows D.C. residents to attend public colleges and universities throughout the country at considerably lower in-state tuition rates. We use the sharp decline in the price of public colleges and universities faced by D.C. residents to estimate the effects of…

A model of teenage schooling decisions is developed and estimated using 1960 census data for States. The model successfully explains variations in enrollment rates of white teenagers but not of nonwhite teenagers. (Author)

The paper explores the analytical issues which a university would face in implementing a cost-related tuition policy in which students pay more nearly equal percentages of their instructional costs. It also presents empirical estimates of the impact of implementing such a policy using data from the University of Minnesota. (Author/BP)

Earnings data show that Indonesian males have significantly lower returns to education than females, especially at diploma and secondary vocational levels. Indonesian women have acquired secondary and postsecondary education in greater numbers. Greater returns to schooling also appear for older cohorts. (SK)

A 2-equation model indicates that an increase in spending per student will attract students into the public school system. In turn, the response of the local government to this influx of students will be additional expenditures on education, but not such as to maintain the target level of spending per student. (Author)

The higher proportion of private school enrollments in developing countries appears to stem from limited public spending, creating excess demand for public schools. Random variation across countries appears because of cultural, especially religious, heterogeneity. (SK)