Program Director
Caroline M. Hoxby is the Scott and Donya Bommer Professor of Economics at Stanford University and a Senior Fellow of the Hoover Institution and the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research. Her research spans the field of education economics, including K-12 as well as college. She has been an NBER affiliate since 1994.
Featured Program Content
Over 5.4 million Americans, or more than 8 percent of the college-educated workforce, teach in K–12 schools. Teachers play a central role in the creation...
Attending a four-year college eventually results in higher earnings, even for “marginal” students whose high school records do not guarantee admission....
A growing share of US college students work part- or full-time to support themselves while studying, a trend that seems likely to continue as tuition costs...