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"The Importance of Student-Teacher Matching: A Multidimensional Value-Added Approach" (with Tom Ahn, and Jonathan James) (Accepted, Review of Economics and Statistics)
"The Effect of Feedback on Student Performance" (with Kelvin Wong) (Journal of Public Economics, Volume 241, January 2025, 105274)
"College Attrition and the Dynamics of Information Revelation" (with Peter Arcidiacono, Arnaud Maurel, and Tyler Ransom) (Journal of Political Economy, Volume 133, Number 1, January 2025)
"Assessing the Heterogeneous Effects of Remedial Education" (with Stephanie El Khoury) (Journal of Human Capital, Volume 19, Number 2, 2025)
“Where versus What: College Value-Added and Returns to Field of Study in Further Education" (with Claudia Hupkau, and Jenifer Ruiz-Valenzuela) (Journal of Human Resources, March 2025, 60 (2) 607-652)
"Estimating Students' Valuation for College Experiences" (with Jacob French, and Basit Zafar) (Journal of Public Economics, Volume 224, August 2023, 104926)
"Teacher Effectiveness and Classroom Composition: Understanding Match Effects in the Classroom" (with Patrick Coate, Jane Cooley Fruehwirth, Sean Kelly, and Zachary Mozenter) (Economic Journal, Volume 132, Issue 648, Pages 3047–3064, 2022)
"Does Evaluation Change Teacher Effort and Performance? Quasi-Experimental Evidence from a Policy of Retesting Students" (with Teresa Romano, and Eric S. Taylor) (Review of Economics and Statistics, 104(3): 417-430, 2022)
"Teachers and the Gender Gap in Reading Achievement" (with Jane Cooley Fruehwirth, Sean Kelly, and Zachary Mozenter) (Journal of Human Capital, 16.3 (2022): 372-403)
"The Path to College Education: The Role of Math and Verbal Skills" (with Jonathan James) (Journal of Political Economy, Volume 129, no. 10, October 2021, Pages 2905–2946)
"The Impact of COVID-19 on Student Experiences and Expectations: Evidence from a Survey" (with Jacob French, Maria Paola Ugalde Araya, and Basit Zafar) (Journal of Public Economics, Volume 191, November 2020, 104271)
"Catching Up to Girls: Understanding the Gender Imbalance in Educational Attainment within Race" (with Jonathan James) (Journal of Applied Econometrics, Volume 34, Issues 4, Pages 502-525, February 2019)
"Identification on Regressions with Missing Covariate Data" (with Federico Bugni and Joe Hotz) (Econometric Theory, Volume 33, Issue 1, Pages 196-241, February 2017)
"Assessing the Effect of School Days and Absences on Test Score Performance" (with Teresa Romano) (Economics of Education Review, Volume 55, Pages 70–87, December 2016)
"University Differences in the Graduation of Minorities in STEM Fields: Evidence from California" (with Peter Arcidiacono and Joe Hotz) (American Economic Review, 106(3): 525-562, 2016)
"Affirmative Action and University Fit: Evidence from Proposition 209" (with Peter Arcidiacono, Patrick Coate and Joe Hotz) (IZA Journal of Labor Economics, 3:7 September 2014, special issue on affirmative action)
"Racial Segregation Patterns in Selective Universities" (with Peter Arcidiacono, Andrew Hussey, and Ken Spenner) (Journal of Law and Economics, Volume 56, November 2013)
"What Happens After Enrollment? An Analysis of the Time Path of Racial Differences in GPA and Major Choice?" (with Peter Arcidiacono and Ken Spenner) (IZA Journal of Labor Economics, 1:5, October 2012)
"Does Affirmative Action Lead to Mismatch? A New Test and Evidence" (with Peter Arcidiacono, Hanming Fang and Ken Spenner) (Quantitative Economics, Volume 2, Issue 3, pages 303-333, November 2011)
"Assessing the Costs of Balancing College and Work Activities: The Gig Economy Meets Online Education" (with Spencer Perry, and Basit Zafar)
"Understanding Gaps in College Outcomes by First-Generation Status" (with Jacob French, Maria Paola Ugalde Araya, and Basit Zafar)
"Assessing the Role of Study Habits on Students’ Beliefs and Academic Performance" (with Agustina Affonso, Stephanie El Khoury, and Tomas Larroucau)
"Compensating Differentials in the Labor Market for Teachers" (with Jonathan James, Vincenzo Scrutinio, and Shqiponja Telhaj)
"School-to-School Differences in Instructional Practice: Descriptive Evidence from the MET Data" (with Sean Kelly, Zachary Mozenter, and Jane Cooley Fruehwirth) (Teacher College Record, Volume 122 Number 11, 2020, p. 1-38)
"Using Global Observation Protocol to Inform Research on Teacher Effectiveness and School Improvement: Strengths and Emerging Limitations" (with Sean Kelly, Robert Bringe, and Jane Cooley Fruehwirth) (Education Policy Analysis Archives, 28, 62. https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.28.5012 )
"Assessing Racial Disparities in Postsecondary Education" (with Zach Tobin), prepared for the 64th Economic Conference at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston: Racial Disparities in Today’s Economy