“...The Voting Rights Act of 1965, called one of the most effective pieces of civil rights legislation in U.S. history, generated dramatic increases in black voter...”

“...How much can late schooling investments close racial and ethnic skill gaps? We investigate this question by exploiting the large differences in completed...”

“...Numerous countries have enacted policies to promote the labor force participation of women around the years of childbearing, and unsurprisingly, many research...”

“...Despite substantial interest in preschool as a means of narrowing the achievement gap, little is known about how particular program attributes might influence...”

“...This year marks the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment, which provided American women a constitutional guarantee to the franchise. We assemble data from a...”

“...President Obama's "Preschool for All" initiative calls for dramatic increases in the number of 4-year-olds enrolled in public preschool programs and in the...”

“...Since the mid-1960s, many state governments have introduced subsidies for school districts that offer kindergarten. This paper uses the staggered timing and...”