Replication data for: Are High-Quality Schools Enough to Increase Achievement among the Poor? Evidence from the Harlem Children's Zone
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Project Citation:
Dobbie, Will, and Fryer, Roland G., Jr. Replication data for: Are High-Quality Schools Enough to Increase Achievement among the Poor? Evidence from the Harlem Children’s Zone. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2011. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E113790V1
Project Description
Summary:
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Harlem Children's Zone (HCZ), an ambitious social experiment, combines community programs with charter schools. We provide the first empirical test of the causal impact of HCZ charters on educational outcomes. Both lottery and instrumental variable identification strategies suggest that the effects of attending an HCZ middle
school are enough to close the black-white achievement gap in mathematics. The effects in elementary school are large enough to close the racial achievement gap in both mathematics and ELA. We conclude with evidence that suggests high-quality schools are enough to significantly increase academic achievement among the poor. Community programs appear neither necessary nor sufficient. (JEL H75, I21, I28, J13, R23)
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JEL Classification:
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H75 State and Local Government: Health; Education; Welfare; Public Pensions
I21 Analysis of Education
I28 Education: Government Policy
J13 Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
R23 Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics: Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population; Neighborhood Characteristics
H75 State and Local Government: Health; Education; Welfare; Public Pensions
I21 Analysis of Education
I28 Education: Government Policy
J13 Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
R23 Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics: Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population; Neighborhood Characteristics
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