Papers by subject (click here for my CV and here for my Google Scholar profile)
1. Labor market returns to education
Published/accepted
Elite Universities and the Intergenerational Transmission of Human and Social Capital (w/ Andres Barrios-Fernandez and Christopher Neilson; conditionally accepted at the American Economic Review)
Old Boys' Clubs and Upward Mobility Among the Educational Elite (w/ Valerie Michelman and Joseph Price, Quarterly Journal of Economics)
Working paper, Online Appendix , slides, Stone Center research summary
In the news: Marginal Revolution, Chronicle of Higher Education, Dealbook, Harvard Crimson, Yale Insights
Elite Colleges and Upward Mobility to Top Jobs and Top Incomes (American Economic Review)
Link to NBER version, link to ungated version
VoxEU policy summary is here.
In the news: (Chile) La Tercera (a,b,c ), El Mostrador, Revista Capital (US) MarketWatch, Bloomberg (a, b), Washington Post.
The Returns to College Admission for Academically Marginal Students. (Journal of Labor Economics)
Working paper available here. In the news: New York Times (a, b), Washington Post (a, b), the Economist, Slate. For a non-technical summary, see the Chicago Policy Review.
The Costs of and Net Returns to College Major (w/ Joseph Altonji; NBER volume on Productivity in Higher Education)
In the news: NBER Digest, Inside Higher Ed, Quartz, NBER reporter
Access college cost data and code here.
Working papers
Firm Sorting, Field of Study, and the Gender Earnings Gap (w/ Federico Huneeus, Conrad Miller, and Christopher Neilson)
Online Appendix available here.
In the news: Pulso (Chile).
2. Education choice and market design
Published/accepted
Heterogeneous Beliefs and School Choice Mechanisms (w/ Adam Kapor and Christopher Neilson, American Economic Review)
Online appendix here.
In the news: New Haven Independent, Market Design
Policy brief at Microeconomic Insights
Smart Matching Platforms and Heterogeneous Beliefs in Centralized School Choice (w/ Felipe Arteaga, Adam Kapor, and Christopher Neilson). Quarterly Journal of Economics.
Online appendix here.
In the news: Yale Insights
Policy brief at Microeconomic Insights
Centralized School Choice with Unequal Outside Options (w/ Mohammad Akbarpour, Adam Kapor, Christopher Neilson, and Winnie van Dijk). Journal of Public Economics. Working paper. Online Appendix.
In the news: Market Design
(Un)informed College and Major Choice: Evidence from Linked Survey and Administrative Data (w/ Justine Hastings, Christopher Neilson, Anely Ramirez. Economics of Education Review.)
Working paper available here.
Working papers
Policy brief from JPAL here.
3. Imperfect information in consumer finance
Published
Working paper available here. Online Appendix here.
Working papers
The Equilibrium Effects of Information Deletion: Evidence from Consumer Credit Markets (w/ Andres Liberman, Christopher Neilson, and Luis Opazo. Revise & Resubmit, Journal of Finance)
Online Appendix available here.
4. Education policy evaluation and governance
Published
Working paper available here. In the news: Associated Press; New Haven Register; CT News Junkie.
Working papers
Parents' Earnings and the Returns to Universal Pre-Kindergarten (w/ John Eric Humphries, Christopher Neilson, and Xiaoyang Ye. NBER WP 33038.) Revised 12/13/2024.
Ungated link; Online Appendix. In the news: Washington Post, ParentData, Bloomberg, NBER Digest, Econimate, Yale Insights
In the news: Freakonomics blog.
Identity and Ideology in the Boardroom (w/ Barbara Biasi, Minseon Park, and John Singleton)
Selected policy briefs
Work and Income Security from 1970 to 2005 (w/ Gregory Acs)
US Intragenerational Economic Mobility from 1984-2004: Trends and Implications (w/ Gregory Acs)
Like Watching Grass Grow? Assessing Changes in U.S. Intragenerational Economic Mobility over the Past Two Decades (w/ Gregory Acs)
Measuring Trends in Income Variability (w/ Austin Nichols)
Trends in Income Volatility and Risk, 1970-2003 (w/ Peter Gosselin)