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
Affirmative action policies, which give preference in college admissions to students from underrepresented minority (URM) groups, have been a subject of debate...
Programs that increase educational attainment in low-income countries can yield lifelong benefits for those who attend school and also pay dividends for...
New evidence from a study of a school spending equalization program adopted by Mississippi in 1920 reveals the extent to which segregation disproportionately...