the following is a list of relatively random papers that are worthwhile to some of the various projects.
Martin and I have been scouring the literatures for evidence on effectiveness of different programmes implemented in third-level institutions. its amazing (or at least if you are not familiar with evaluation of interventions more generally) how many interventions do not have positive effects despite being part of the lexicon. below is a working paper that shows almost no effects (perhaps even negative) of remedial initiatives at third level. its worth placing the caveat again that this is a working paper and results might change
http://www.irp.wisc.edu/newsevents/seminars/mcfarlin_remediation_v2.pdf
Paul Devereux had a paper a couple of years back on the importance of starting salary. Another recent paper has looked at this
http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~lisakahn/papers/Kahn9_06.pdf
A recent Princeton paper examines intra-monthly consumption and self-control
http://www.princeton.edu/~ceps/workingpapers/137mastrobuoni.pdf
Another Princeton paper looks at mismatch in Law Schools
http://www.princeton.edu/~ceps/workingpapers/123rothstein.pdf
One of the top 10 downloaded papers on the SSRN - i thought someone was having a laugh but its actually a full paper!
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=896790
A really interesting paper on financial decision making over the life-cycle
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=973790
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=971103
ReplyDeleteThe follow-up to the f**k paper is worth reading
The paper with the guy from RAND that shows almost no effects (perhaps even negative) of remedial initiatives is intriguing. I'll have to give this a detailed read later.
ReplyDeleteF**k that,the Rand paper looks relevant to the work we are doing on New Era
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