Browsing by Author "Taylor, Lori L."

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    • The ABCD's of Texas Education: Assessing the Benefits and Costs of Reducing the Dropout Rate 
      Alvarez, Roman; Brennan, Stephanie; Carter, Narietha; Dong, Hsiang-Kai; Eldridge, Amanda; Fratto, Joseph; Harrison, Erin; Ryder, Eleanor; Sanderson, Kathleen; Thorburn, Pamela (2009)
    • Abriendo Puertas Expansion Management Model 
      Beifuss, Patricia; Blum, Megean; Broussard, Sarah; Gregory, Heather; Hooper, Erin; Kravitz, Kelly; Mitchell, William; Swanson, Effie; Tolman, Lauren; Valdez, Maritza (2011)
    • Are Charters the Best Alternative? A Cost Frontier Analysis 
      Gronberg, Timothy J.; Jansen, Dennis W.; Taylor, Lori L. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2016-09-01)
      Texas has been part of the charter school movement since 1995, when the 74th Texas Legislature authorized the State Board of Education to establish open enrollment (OE) charter schools in the state. According to the Texas ...
    • Are There Benefits to a Higher Standard? The Effects of Raising the Standard Tax Deduction 
      Taylor, Lori L. (Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics & Public Policy, 2017-10)
    • Bilingual Education in Texas: Exploring Best Practices 
      Ghosh, Banashwar; Hokom, Meghan; Hunt, Zachary; Magdaleno, Miriam; Su, Baoqiang (2008)
    • Bumpy Road Ahead: Bracing for Insolvency in the Highway Trust Fund 
      Dar, Jawad; Taylor, Lori L. (Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics & Public Policy, 2015-03)
      Funding for the federal Highway Trust Fund (HTF) is not keeping up with the deteriorating condition of America’s roads and bridges. HTF outlays have exceeded revenues in almost every year since 2001, and the fund faces an ...
    • A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Universally-Accessible Pre-Kindergarten Education in Texas 
      Aguirre, Elisa; Gleeson, Thomas; McCutchen, Amanda; Mendiola, Leticia; Rich, Katherine; Schroder, Rick; Stephenson, Megan; Varner, Orie (2006)
    • Credible Commitments in Policy and Administration 
      Petrovsky, Nicolai (2010-01-16)
      The theoretical argument of this dissertation contains a set of conditions under which professional personnel systems serve as political tools to make government efforts to implement public policies credible and reliable, ...
    • Deficit Reduction: $38 Billion Won’t Cut It 
      Griffin, James M.; Taylor, Lori L. (The Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics & Public Policy, 2011-04)
      Washington is awash in red ink, and no one seems willing to make the hard choices needed to set our fiscal house aright. Congress’ recent boast of cutting spending by $38 billion makes the problem seem just about solved. ...
    • Does Developmental Education Meet Student Needs? 
      Bobo, Andrew; Duncan, Cherrelle; Goodman, Cameron; Harris, Jennifer; Jarvis, Staci; Kombos, Thanasis; McDaniel, Torey; Prescott, Jena Overall; Rapini, Sarina; Shafer, Jye; King, Silvia; Zhang, Helen (2013)
      Many students graduating from Texas high schools, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds, are underprepared for the rigor of college coursework, and they need extra help. Institutions of higher learning across the ...
    • The Effects of Multi-Dimensional Competition on Education Market Outcomes 
      Karakaplan, Mustafa (2012-10-19)
      In this dissertation, I analyze the effects of competition in education markets. In my first essay, I analyze the effects of different concentration measures on school personnel salaries. I find evidence that principals ...
    • Empirical Essays on Family and Education Economics 
      Hsu, Su-Chin (2018-11-27)
      Family- and child-related topics in China have drawn wide attention from the public and scholars. A number of studies have been interested in the impact of the recent change from the one-child policy to the two-child policy ...
    • Essays on Efficiency Analysis 
      Asava-Vallobh, Norabajra (2010-07-14)
      This dissertation consists of four essays which investigate efficiency analysis, especially when non-discretionary inputs exist. A new approach of the multi-stage Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) for non-discretionary inputs, ...
    • Essays on Energy and Regulatory Compliance 
      Cancho Diez, Cesar (2012-10-19)
      This dissertation contains two essays on the analysis of market imperfections. In the first essay, I empirically test whether in a three-level hierarchy with asymmetries of information, more competition among intermediaries ...
    • Fairer Trade, Removing Gender Bias in US Import Taxes 
      Taylor, Lori L.; Dar, Jawad (Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics & Public Policy, 2015-03)
      Tariff rates on most articles of imported apparel and footwear are classified by the gender of the intended user, and for some items the rates differ. In this issue of The Takeaway the authors describe the discriminatory ...
    • Giving an “F” to the Franchise Tax: The Texas Franchise Tax Fails to Fund 
      Taylor, Lori L.; Cottingham, Erica; Shea, Allison (Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics & Public Policy, 2016-05)
      In 2006, Texas faced a fiscal double whammy. Not only had the Texas Supreme Court ordered the state to pick up more of the tab for K-12 education, but the legislature promised voters significant property tax relief. To ...
    • The Hidden Tax of Jury Service 
      Taylor, Lori L. (Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics & Public Policy, 2015-10-19)
      Not all taxes are conveniently labeled as such. For example, consider jury duty. Although it is seldom discussed in these terms, jury duty clearly fits the textbook definition of a tax—jurors are required to surrender a ...
    • Identifying Effective School Principals 
      Fernandez, Kandyce; Flores, Santa; Huang, Emily; Igwe, Carolyn; McDonald, Leslie; Stroud, Ryan; Willis, Rebecca; Dugat, Amber (2007)
    • The impact of charter schools in Texas 
      Booker, Toby Kevin (2009-06-02)
      This dissertation examines the effects of charter schools in Texas, using data from the Texas Education Agency for 190 charter schools and over 60,000 charter students. In Chapter II we examine charter effect test score ...
    • Labor market issues for administrators: evidence from public schools in Texas 
      Mitchem, Eric John (2009-05-15)
      This dissertation examines three labor market issues regarding public school administrators in Texas using personnel records from the 1994-95 school year until the 2003-04 school year. The first essay explores promotion ...