Working papers
"The Consequences of Mobile Phone Restrictions in Classrooms" (with Francisco Villarroel)
"A Quiet Revolution in Southern School Boards: Elections, Representation, and Student Outcomes" (with Daniel B. Jones)
"Student Disruptions and Teacher Turnover" (with Kyuhan Choi and Maria Zhu)
"Asian College Students' Well-Being During a Period of Rising Anti-Asian Sentiment" (with Kyuhan Choi and Maria Zhu)
Publications
Rangel, M. A. and Shi, Y. (2026) “First Impressions Matter: Evidence from Elementary School Teachers” Journal of Human Resources 61(1): 123-159. [Preprint version]
Yu, Z. and Shi, Y. (2025) "Heat and Productivity: Evidence from Flight On-Time Performance" Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists 12(5): 1243-1275.
Billings, S., Braun, N., Jones, D. and Shi, Y. (2024) "Disparate Racial Impacts of Shelby County v. Holder on Voter Turnout" Journal of Public Economics 230.
Shi. Y. and Zhu, M. (2023) ""Model Minorities" in the Classroom? Positive Bias towards Asian Students and its Consequences" Journal of Public Economics 220. [Preprint version]
Press: New York Times, Brookings Institution
Shi. Y., and Singleton, J. (2023) "School Boards and Education Production: Evidence from Randomized Ballot Order" American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 15(1): 438-472. [Preprint version]
Press: Education Week
Dee. T., Loeb, S., and Shi. Y. (2023) "Public-Sector Leadership and Philanthropy: The Case of Broad Superintendents" Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis 45(2): 220-246.
Shi, Y., Hartley, D., Mazumder, B., and Rajan, A. (2022) "The Effects of the Great Migration on Urban Renewal" Journal of Public Economics 209. [Preprint version]
Shi, Y. and Zhu, M. (2022) "Equal Time for Equal Crime? Racial Bias in School Discipline" Economics of Education Review 88. [Preprint version]
Liu, J., Loeb, S. and Shi, Y. (2022) "More than Shortages: The Unequal Distribution of Substitute Teaching" Education Finance and Policy 17(2): 285-308.
Clark, B. and Shi, Y. (2020) "Low-Income Female Students and the Reversal of the Black-White Gap in High School Graduation" AERA Open 6(2): 1-19.
Shi, Y. (2020) “Who Benefits from Selective Education? Evidence from Elite Boarding School Admissions" Economics of Education Review 74: 1-26.
Rangel, M. A. and Shi, Y. (2019) “Early Patterns of Skill Acquisition and Immigrants’ Specialization in STEM Careers" Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116(2): 484-489.
Press: Education Week, Houston Chronicle
Shi, Y. (2018) "The Puzzle of Missing Female Engineers: Academic Preparation, Ability Beliefs, and Preferences” Economics of Education Review 64: 129-143.
Shi, Y. and Moody, J. (2017) "Most Likely to Succeed: Long-run Returns to Adolescent Popularity” Social Currents 4(1): 13-33.
Shi, Y. (2016) "Cross-cutting Messages and Voter Turnout: Evidence from a Same-Sex Marriage Amendment" Political Communication 33(3): 433-459.
Press: Vox