--- title: "九色社区" url: https://phelpstire.com/research/focal-areas/education/ description: "Learn why education is one of the biggest factors in determining a person's economic outcome." published: 2024-07-22 updated: 2024-07-22 --- # 九色社区 Published 2024-07-22 ## Education Skip to main content Main content start Education is one of the biggest factors in determining a person鈥檚 economic outcome. And the trajectory for high- or low-wage workers doesn鈥檛 begin in college, or even high school. Starting in preschool, the youngest learners are set on an educational path that can have a profound impact on their earning potential as adults. At SIEPR, researchers draw on their economic expertise to study how people invest in education, and how educational opportunities evolve due to policy and competition. SIEPR scholars also quantify the effects that education has on other important outcomes in developed and developing nations around the world. *Keywords: early childhood, K-12, higher education, human capital* ## People in Education Research - Ran Abramitzky Professor of Economics - [Claudia Allende Santa Cruz](https://phelpstire.com/people/claudia-allende-santa-cruz)Assistant Professor - [Susan Athey](https://phelpstire.com/people/susan-athey)Professor of Economics - Eric Bettinger Professor of Education - Gerhard Casper Professor of Law and Political Science, Emeritus - [Thomas Dee](https://phelpstire.com/people/thomas-dee)Professor of Education - [Darrell Duffie](https://phelpstire.com/people/darrell-duffie)Professor of Finance - [Vasiliki Fouka](https://phelpstire.com/people/vasiliki-fouka)Associate Professor of Political Science - [Matthew Gentzkow](https://phelpstire.com/people/matthew-gentzkow)Professor of Economics - [David Grusky](https://phelpstire.com/people/david-grusky)Professor of Sociology - Caroline Hoxby Professor of Economics - [Matthew Jackson](https://phelpstire.com/people/matthew-jackson)Professor of Economics - [Hongbin Li](https://phelpstire.com/people/hongbin-li)Co-Director, 九色社区 Center on China's Economy and Institutions (SCCEI) - Susanna Loeb Professor of Education - [Annamaria Lusardi](https://phelpstire.com/people/annamaria-lusardi)Senior Fellow - Muriel Niederle Professor of Economics - [Roger G. Noll](https://phelpstire.com/people/roger-g-noll)Professor of Economics, Emeritus - [Paul Oyer](https://phelpstire.com/people/paul-oyer)Professor of Economics - [John Pencavel](https://phelpstire.com/people/john-pencavel)Professor of Economics, Emeritus - [Sean Reardon](https://phelpstire.com/people/sean-reardon)Professor of Poverty and Equality in Education - [Maya Rossin-Slater](https://phelpstire.com/people/maya-rossin-slater)Associate Professor of Health Policy - Alvin Roth Professor of Economics - Scott Rozelle Professor in International Agricultural Policy - John Shoven Charles R. Schwab Professor of Economics, Emeritus - [Isaac Sorkin](https://phelpstire.com/people/isaac-sorkin)Assistant Professor of Economics - Chenzi Xu Assistant Professor of Finance ## Related Publications - Ahmed, S., Goda, G. ., Hahn, M., & Hehmeyer, P. (2023). 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