The NBER Digest: September 2006 Issue

Publication Date: September 2006

Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research

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Research Area: Economics

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The following articles appear in this issue:

* Improved Neighborhoods Don't Raise Academic Achievement * Teacher-Student Matching Increases Teacher Effectiveness * Incentives to R&D Directors Improve Corporate R&D Performance * No Decline in Long-Term Employment * Intangible Capital and Economic Growth * The Value of Stock Options to Non-Executive Employees

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