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1. Governing and Financing Cities in the Developing World

   Enfoques en políticas de suelo
   Mayo 2014
   Roy W. Bahl and Johannes F. Linn

   The economic activity that drives growth in developing countries is heavily concentrated in urban areas. Big cities generate the most dynamic economic development, the strongest links to the global...

2. Is Location Fate?

   Distributional Aspects of Schooling
   Ponencias
   Mayo 2014
   Eric Hanushek

   Eric A. Hanushek analyzes the impact of human capital on economic outcomes, arguing that cognitive skills are a better measure of human capital than years of schooling. He focuses on urban schools...

3. School Quality, School Choice, and Residential Mobility

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2014
   Eric Brunner

   Eric J. Brunner reviews two areas of research concerning the link between residential location and school quality: (1) the long-standing and growing literature on the effects of a residentially based...

4. Charter School Location

   Evidence and Policy Implications
   Ponencias
   Mayo 2014
   Robert Bifulco

   Charter schools are just one school choice option, but one of the options that is growing rapidly. Robert Bifulco contributes a thorough review of the literature on charter school location, pointing...

5. Charter Schools and Minority Access to Quality Education

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2014
   John Logan, Julia Burdick-Will, and Elisabeta Minca

   John R. Logan, Julia Burdick-Will, and Elisabeta Minca contribute a complementary analysis of charter schools across the United States. Their sample included only districts with at least one non-...

6. Beyond “Accidents of Geography”

   Using Housing Policy to Improve Access to Quality Education
   Ponencias
   Mayo 2014
   Elizabeth Mueller and Shannon Van Zandt

   Elizabeth J. Mueller and Shannon S. Van Zandt argue that private restrictive covenants, land use and zoning regulations, and federal housing policies have played a major role in creating income and...

7. Residential Histories, Geography of Opportunities, and Educational Achievement in the City of Santiago

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2014
   Carolina Flores

   This paper explores a fascinating international example of innovation in school choice. In 1980, Chile implemented a universal education voucher. This makes Santiago, a city that exhibits a high...

8. Education, Land, and Location

   Libros
   Mayo 2014
   Edited by Gregory K. Ingram and Daphne A. Kenyon

   Because most children throughout the world attend elementary and secondary schools near their homes, where they live usually determines where they go to school. In the United States, the relationship...

9. Pardee Center Conference The Future is Now: Urban Asia in the 21st Century Panel 1

   BUniverse
   Diciembre 9, 2014
   El Instituto Lincoln en las noticias

10. Panelists Speak on Impacts of Urbanization in Asia at Conference

    Boston University News
    Octubre 20, 2014
    El Instituto Lincoln en las noticias