Alphabetical listing of co-authors reflects equal authorship unless otherwise noted.
* First author, non-alphabetical authorship.
⁺ Student co-author.
PUBLICATIONS
Barrow, Lisa, Sarah Komisarow, and Lauren Sartain (Forthcoming), “Are Friends of Schools the Enemies of Equity? The Interplay of Public School Funding Policies and Private External Fundraising,” Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis.
Gonzalez, Robert, Ranae Jabri, and Sarah Komisarow (2025), “When Does Crime Respond to Punishment?: Evidence from Drug-Free School Zones,” Journal of Urban Economics, 147.
Komisarow, Sarah and Steven Hemelt (2024), “School-Based Healthcare and Absenteeism: Evidence from Telemedicine,” Education Finance and Policy, 19 (2): 252–282.
Komisarow, Sarah and Robert Gonzalez (2023), “Can Community Crime Monitoring Reduce Student Absenteeism?” Education Finance and Policy, 18 (2): 319-350.
Komisarow, Sarah (2022), “Comprehensive Support and Student Success: Can Out of School Time Make a Difference?” Education Finance and Policy, 17 (4), 579-607. [Winner, Thomas A. Downes Award for Best Paper in Education Finance and Policy.]
Komisarow, Sarah and Emily Pakhtigian (2022), “Are Power Plant Closures a Breath of Fresh Air? Local Air Quality and School Absences,” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 112.
Komisarow, Sarah and Emily Pakhtigian (2021), “The Effect of Coal-Fired Power Plant Closures on Emergency Department Visits for Asthma-Related Conditions Among 0-4 Year-Old Children in Chicago, 2009-2017,” American Journal of Public Health, 111(5): 881-889.
Gonzalez, Robert and Sarah Komisarow (2020), “Community Monitoring and Crime: Evidence from Chicago’s Safe Passage Program,” Journal of Public Economics, 191.
Komisarow, Sarah (2017), “Public Health Regulation and Mortality: Evidence from Early 20th Century Milk Laws,” Journal of Health Economics, 56: 126-144.
WORKING PAPERS
Karger, Ezra and Sarah Komisarow (2024), "Ending Early Grade Suspensions," Revisions requested, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
IN PROGRESS
School-Based Support Staff and Chronic Absenteeism: Evidence from North Carolina
More than Just Suspension: Informal Discipline in K–12 Schools (with Siobhan O'Muircheartaigh⁺)
The Effects of Non-Shooting Gun Incidents on Public School Students and Teachers (with Agustina Laurito)