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Education is one of the biggest factors in determining a person’s economic outcome. And the trajectory for high- or low-wage workers doesn’t begin in college, or even high school. Starting in preschool, the youngest learners are set on an educational path that can have a profound impact on their earning potential as adults. At SIEPR, researchers draw on their economic expertise to study how people invest in education, and how educational opportunities evolve due to policy and competition. SIEPR scholars also quantify the effects that education has on other important outcomes in developed and developing nations around the world.
Keywords: early childhood, K-12, higher education, human capital
People in Education Research
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Ran Abramitzky
Professor of Economics -
Claudia Allende Santa Cruz
Assistant Professor of Economics -
Susan Athey
Professor of Economics -
Eric Bettinger
Professor of Education -
Gerhard Casper
Professor of Law and Political Science, Emeritus -
Thomas Dee
Professor of Education -
Darrell Duffie
Professor of Finance, Emeritus -
Vasiliki Fouka
Associate Professor of Political Science -
Matthew Gentzkow
Professor of Economics -
David Grusky
Professor of Sociology -
Caroline Hoxby
Professor of Economics -
Matthew Jackson
Professor of Economics -
Hongbin Li
Co-Director, Stanford Center on China's Economy and Institutions (SCCEI) -
Susanna Loeb
Professor of Education -
Annamaria Lusardi
Senior Fellow -
Muriel Niederle
Professor of Economics -
Roger G. Noll
Professor of Economics, Emeritus -
Paul Oyer
Professor of Economics -
Jessica Pan
Visiting Scholar -
John Pencavel
Professor of Economics, Emeritus -
Sean Reardon
Professor of Poverty and Equality in Education -
Maya Rossin-Slater
Associate Professor of Health Policy -
Alvin Roth
Professor of Economics -
Scott Rozelle
Professor in International Agricultural Policy -
John Shoven
Charles R. Schwab Professor of Economics, Emeritus -
Isaac Sorkin
Associate Professor of Economics
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