Research
Publications
An Empirical Analysis of Racial Segregation in Higher Education, Education Finance and Policy, Forthcoming.
What Kind of Teachers Are Schools Looking For? Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Vol. 186, June 2021, 395-411.
Affirmative Action and Racial Segregation, The Journal of Law and Economics, Vol. 63(2), May 2020, 239-267.
Affirmative Action Bans and College Graduation Rates, Economics of Education Review, Vol. 42, October 2014, 43-52.
The Effects of Affirmative Action Bans on College Enrollment, Educational Attainment, and the Demographic Composition of Universities, The Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 94(3), August 2012, 712-722.
When the Bell Tolls: The Effects of School Starting Times on Academic Achievement, Education Finance and Policy, Vol. 6(4), Fall 2011, 486-507.
The Effects of Attending a Diverse College, Economics of Education Review, Vol. 30(2), April 2011, 332-341.
The Effects of the National School Lunch Program on Education and Health, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Vol. 29(3), Summer 2010, 479-505.
Working Papers and Research in Progress
The Impact of Tobacco-Free School Laws on Student and Faculty Smoking Behavior (with Rachana Bhatt), Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Working Paper 17-24, December 2017.
State Appropriations and Employment at Higher Education Institutions, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Working Paper 22-32, November 2022.
How Much Can Families Afford to Pay for College? (In preparation for Financing Higher Education NBER conference volume.)
The Effects of College Desegregation Policy
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Economic Commentary
COVID-19 and Education: An Updated Survey of the Research, August 22, 2023
COVID-19 and Education: A Survey of the Research, March 1, 2021
Do Affirmative Action Bans Cause Students to Move Across State Lines to Attend College? February 26, 2020
Custom Comparison Groups in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, March 4, 2019
College Endowments, May 17, 2018
Trends in Revenues at US Colleges and Universities, 1987-2013, March 23, 2017
Trends in Expenditures by US Colleges and Universities,1987-2013, September 14, 2016.
Trends in Employment at US Colleges and Universities,1987-2013, June 13, 2016.
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Economic Trends
Salaries of Private College Presidents (with Anne Chen), February 24, 2016.
Racial and Ethnic Differences in College Major Choice, March 31, 2015.