John B. Willett

Harvard University - Harvard Graduate School of Education

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1.

Do Teacher Absences Impact Student Achievement? Longitudinal Evidence from One Urban School District

NBER Working Paper No. w13356
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 27 Aug 2007 Last Revised: 31 Dec 2022
Raegen Miller, Richard J. Murnane and John B. Willett
Harvard University - Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University - Harvard Graduate School of Education and Harvard University - Harvard Graduate School of Education
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The Growing Importance of Cognitive Skills in Wage Determination

NBER Working Paper No. w5076
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 26 Jun 2000 Last Revised: 16 Nov 2022
Richard J. Murnane, John B. Willett and Frank S. Levy
Harvard University - Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University - Harvard Graduate School of Education and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Urban Studies & Planning
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The State of Wiki Usage in U.S. K-12 Schools: A Summary for Educators

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 23 Dec 2012
Justin Reich, Justin Reich, Richard Murnane and John B. Willett
Harvard University - HarvardXMassachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Office of Digital Learning, Independent and Harvard University - Harvard Graduate School of Education
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wikis, OER, longitudinal methods, education, education technology

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Who Benefits from Obtaining a Ged? Evidence from High School and Beyond

NBER Working Paper No. w7172
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 29 Apr 2000 Last Revised: 09 Apr 2022
Richard J. Murnane, John B. Willett and John H. Tyler
Harvard University - Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University - Harvard Graduate School of Education and Brown University - Taubman Center for Public Policy
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Estimating the Impact of the Ged on the Earnings of Young Dropouts Using a Series of Natural Experiments

NBER Working Paper No. w6391
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 26 Aug 2000 Last Revised: 19 Dec 2022
John H. Tyler, Richard J. Murnane and John B. Willett
Brown University - Taubman Center for Public Policy, Harvard University - Harvard Graduate School of Education and Harvard University - Harvard Graduate School of Education
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Do the Cognitive Skills of School Dropouts Matter in the Labor Market?

NBER Working Paper No. w7101
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 25 Aug 1999 Last Revised: 29 May 2022
John H. Tyler, Richard J. Murnane and John B. Willett
Brown University - Taubman Center for Public Policy, Harvard University - Harvard Graduate School of Education and Harvard University - Harvard Graduate School of Education
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Does Acquisition of a Ged Lead to More Training, Post-Secondary Education, and Military Service for School Dropouts?

NBER Working Paper No. w5992
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 14 Aug 2000 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2022
Richard J. Murnane, John B. Willett and Kathryn Parker Boudett
Harvard University - Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University - Harvard Graduate School of Education and Harvard University
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The Consequences of High School Exit Examinations for Struggling Low-Income Urban Students: Evidence from Massachusetts

NBER Working Paper No. w14186
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 21 Jul 2008 Last Revised: 07 Oct 2022
John P. Papay, Richard J. Murnane and John B. Willett
Brown University, Harvard University - Harvard Graduate School of Education and Harvard University - Harvard Graduate School of Education
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Expanding School Enrollment by Subsidizing Private Schools: Lessons from Bogotá

NBER Working Paper No. w11670
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 12 Dec 2005 Last Revised: 21 Nov 2022
Claudia Uribe, Richard J. Murnane, John B. Willett and Marie-Andrée Somers
Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), Harvard University - Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University - Harvard Graduate School of Education and Harvard University - Harvard Graduate School of Education
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How Performance Information Affects Human-Capital Investment Decisions: The Impact of Test-Score Labels on Educational Outcomes

NBER Working Paper No. w17120
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 25 Jun 2011 Last Revised: 13 Apr 2023
John P. Papay, Richard J. Murnane and John B. Willett
Brown University, Harvard University - Harvard Graduate School of Education and Harvard University - Harvard Graduate School of Education
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Do Financial Incentives Help Low-Performing Schools Attract and Keep Academically Talented Teachers? Evidence from California

NBER Working Paper No. w14780
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 16 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 22 May 2022
Jennifer L. Steele, Richard J. Murnane and John B. Willett
American University, Harvard University - Harvard Graduate School of Education and Harvard University - Harvard Graduate School of Education
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Trends in the Black-White Achievement Gap:Clarifying the Meaning of Within- and Between-School Achievement Gaps

NBER Working Paper No. w14213
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 18 Aug 2008 Last Revised: 03 Nov 2022
Lindsay C. Page, Richard J. Murnane and John B. Willett
University of Pittsburgh School of Education, Harvard University - Harvard Graduate School of Education and Harvard University - Harvard Graduate School of Education
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The Consequences of Educational Voucher Reform in Chile

NBER Working Paper No. w23550
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 04 Jul 2017 Last Revised: 08 May 2022
Richard J. Murnane, Marcus Waldman, John B. Willett, Maria Soledad Bos and Emiliana Vegas
Harvard University - Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Harvard University - Harvard Graduate School of Education, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and The Brookings Institution
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Income-Based Inequality in Educational Outcomes: Learning from State Longitudinal Data Systems

NBER Working Paper No. w20802
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 12 Jan 2015
John P. Papay, Richard J. Murnane and John B. Willett
Brown University, Harvard University - Harvard Graduate School of Education and Harvard University - Harvard Graduate School of Education
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High-School Exit Examinations and the Schooling Decisions of Teenagers: a Multi-Dimensional Regression-Discontinuity Analysis

NBER Working Paper No. w17112
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 12 Jun 2011 Last Revised: 05 Apr 2023
John P. Papay, John B. Willett and Richard J. Murnane
Brown University, Harvard University - Harvard Graduate School of Education and Harvard University - Harvard Graduate School of Education
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Are Community College Students Increasingly Choosing High-Paying Fields of Study? Evidence from Massachusetts

NBER Working Paper No. w33073
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 29 Oct 2024
Richard J. Murnane, John B. Willett, Aubrey McDonough, John P. Papay and Ann Mantil
Harvard University - Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University - Harvard Graduate School of Education, Brown University - Annenberg Institute, Brown University and Brown University - Annenberg Institute
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Does a G.E.D. Lead to More Training, Post-Secondary Education, and Military Service for School Dropouts?

INDUSTRIAL AND LABOR RELATIONS REVIEW, Oct. 1997
Posted: 29 Jul 1997
Richard J. Murnane, John B. Willett and Kathryn Parker Boudett
Harvard University - Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University - Harvard Graduate School of Education and Harvard University

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