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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.

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The Earnings of Community College Bachelor’s Degree Graduates figure
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 Between 2004 and 2022, the share of community colleges offering bachelor's degrees increased from 2.1 percent to 16.5 percent, and the number of bachelor...
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Two years after the imposition of a student cell phone ban, student test scores in a large urban school district were significantly higher than before, David N...
The Changing Distribution of the Return to Higher Education
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Higher education has played a central role in reducing income inequality and the intergenerational persistence of socioeconomic status in the US during the...
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