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The medium term schooling and health effects of low birth weight: Evidence from siblings
Jason M. Fletcher
Economics of Education Review Vol. 30, No. 3 pp. 517–527
Research has shown that low birth weight is linked to infant mortality as well as longer term outcomes. This paper examines the medium term outcomes that may link low birth weight to adult disadvantage using a national longitudinal sample with a...
Language: English
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Is identification with school the key component in the ‘Black Box’ of education outcomes? Evidence from a randomized experiment
Jason M. Fletcher
Economics of Education Review Vol. 28, No. 6 pp. 662–671
In this paper, we follow up the important class size reduction randomized experiment in Tennessee in the mid 1980s (Project STAR) to attempt to further understand the long-lasting influences of early education interventions. While STAR led to large...
Language: English
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The importance of family income in the formation and evolution of non-cognitive skills in childhood
Jason M. Fletcher; Barbara Wolfe
Economics of Education Review Vol. 54, No. 1 (October 2016) pp. 143–154
Little is known about the relationship between family income and children's non-cognitive (or socio-emotional) skill formation. This is an important gap, as these skills have been hypothesized to be a critical link between early outcomes and adult...
Language: English
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College selectivity and young adult health behaviors
Jason M. Fletcher; David E. Frisvold
Economics of Education Review Vol. 30, No. 5 (October 2011) pp. 826–837
Large literatures have shown important links between the quantity of completed education and health outcomes on one hand and the quality or selectivity of schooling on a host of adult outcomes, such as wages, on the other hand. However, little...
Language: English