David DemingHarvard Graduate School of Education
My research focuses on the economics of education, particularly early childhood and K-12 education, and the effect of education policies on long-term outcomes other than test scores.
Here is a link to my Harvard webpage. Thanks for visiting.
CV (click for PDF version)
Papers and Publications
"School Choice, School Quality and Academic Achievement" (with Justine Hastings, Tom Kane and Doug Staiger), revise and resubmit, American Economic Review.
"The For-Profit Postsecondary School Sector: Nimble Critters or Agile Predators?" (with Claudia Goldin and Larry Katz). Journal of Economic Perspectives, forthcoming.
"Better Schools, Less Crime?" Quarterly Journal of Economics, forthcoming.
"Early Childhood Intervention and Life-Cycle Skill Development: Evidence from Head Start". 2009. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 1(3): 111-34.
"The Lengthening of Childhood" (with Susan Dynarski). 2008. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 22(3): 71-92.
This paper was featured in the 2008 New York Times Magazine Year in Ideas Issue.
"Into College, Out of Poverty? Policies to Increase the Postsecondary Attainment of the Poor" (with Susan Dynarski) in Targeting Investments in Children: Fighting Poverty When Resources are Limited, Philip Levine and David Zimmerman (eds.) University of Chicago Press (forthcoming).