Gary Wolfram

Economics and Business Administration, Social Sciences, Hillsdale College

Journal article Peer reviewed

Commentary on Andrew Coulson's "Comparing Public, Private, and Market Schools: The International Evidence"

by Gary Wolfram and Andrew J Coulson

Published 19/06/2009

Journal of school choice, 3, 2, 197 - 199

Journal article Peer reviewed

Effect of Time Spent in Charter Schools on Student Test Scores: A Michigan Case Study

by Gary Wolfram

Published 06/05/2008

Journal of school choice, 2, 1, 20 - 46

In response to concerns about the efficacy of the U.S. education system, a number of school reforms have been attempted. This article briefly presents an argument explaining why the current public school system will not efficiently produce educational services and the role of charter schools in improving public school efficiency. It then examines empirically, for a set of charter schools managed by National Heritage Academies (NHA), the effect of time spent at school as a measure of value added in the educational process. The finding is that for NHA schools, time spent has a statistically significant positive effect on test scores.

Journal article

Wage act shouldn't prevail over schools

by Gary Wolfram

Published 03/12/2001

Crain's Detroit business, 17, 50, 9

Journal article

School-to-work: A large step down the road to serfdom

by Gary Wolfram

Published 01/09/1999

The Freeman (Irvington-on-Hudson, N.Y.), 49, 9, 15

Wolfram takes a negative view of School-to-Work, a federal program he believes is ostensibly designed to improve the work skills of children in the nation's government schools.

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Insurance "Redlining" and Government Intervention

by Gary Wolfram

Published 01/06/1997

The Freeman (Irvington-on-Hudson, N.Y.), 47, 6, 365

The market isn't the problem and regulation isn't the cure.

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The Natural Disaster Protection Act: a disaster waiting to happen

by Gary Wolfram

Published 01/08/1994

The Freeman (Irvington-on-Hudson, N.Y.), 44, 8, 417 - 420

Whether proposed legislation, requiring better building codes, improved primary insurance, and reinsurance programs, will reduce the taxpayer burden for disasters; US. View that reducing the cost of locating in disaster-prone areas, through reasonable home insurance, will increase the number and value of buildings in such areas.

Journal article

A Note on Converting the Ruble

by Gary Wolfram

Published 01/01/1991

The Freeman (Irvington-on-Hudson, N.Y.), 41, 1, 22

A free market economy, with full private property rights, is essential for making Soviet currency convertible.

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Inheritance taxation: Michigan as a case study

by Gary Wolfram

Published 22/09/1990

Wayne law review, 37, 1, 121