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.
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Low-income children who participated in Head Start were 2.7 percent more likely to finish high school, 8.5 percent more likely to enroll in college, and...

Full scholarships to low-income high school graduates in Nebraska raised college enrollment and completion, especially for those with the least academic...

In late August 2020, faced with the uncertainty of the unfolding COVID-19 pandemic, many — but not all — public school...