• Essays on the economics of education 

    Parsons, Eric (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
    [ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The first chapter in this dissertation follows a cohort of initially high performing Missouri students from grade-3 through grade-9 and examines which ...
  • Three essays on educator labor markets : evidence from Missouri public schools 

    Shi, Shishan (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
    This dissertation consists of three essays. The first essay investigates the feasibility of moving high-performing teachers to low-performing schools using administrative micro data from Missouri. I find when a teacher ...