Papers

Publications

The Global COVID-19 Student Survey: First-wave results (with David Jaeger, Jaime Arellano-Bover, Krzysztof Karbownik, Marta Martínez-Matute, John Nunley, R. Alan Seals, Miguel Almunia, Mackenzie Alston, Sascha O. Becker, Pilar Beneito, René Böheim José E. Boscá, Jessica H. Brown, Simon Chang, Deborah Cobb-Clark, Shooshan Danagoulian, Sandra Donnally, Marissa Eckrote-Nordland, Lídía Farré Javier Ferri, Margherita Fort, Jane Cooley Fruewirth, Rebecca Gelding, Allen Goodman, Melanie Guldi, Simone Häckl, Janet Hankin, Scott Imberman, Joanna Lahey, Joan Llull, Hani Mansour, Jaakko Meriläinen, Tove Mortlund, Martin Nybom, Stephen D. OConnell, Rupert Sausgruber, Amy Ellen Schwarz, Jan Stuhler, Petra Thiemann, Roel van Veldhuizen, Marianne Wanamaker, and Maria Zhu). May 2021. Covid Economics: Vetted and Real-time Papers 79:152-217.

Can Re-Enrollment Campaigns Help Dropouts Return to College? Evidence from Florida Community Colleges (with Justin Ortagus and Melvin Tanner). 2021. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. 43(1):

Does Student Effort Respond to Incentives? Evidence from a Guaranteed Admissions Program. (with L. Daugherty and D. Leeds). 2017. Research in Higher Education. 58(3): 231-243.

Investing in Schools: Capital Spending, Facility Conditions, and Student Outcomes. (with P. Martorell and K. Stange). 2016. Journal of Public Economics. 140: 13-29.

Does Failing a Placement Exam Discourage Underprepared Students from Going to College? (with P. Martorell and Y. Xue). 2015. Education, Finance and Policy. 10(1): 46-80.

Percent Plans, Automatic Admissions, and College Outcomes. (with L. Daugherty and P. Martorell). 2014. IZA Journal of Labor Economics.

Help or Hindrance? The Effects of College Remediation on Academic and Labor Market Outcomes. (with P. Martorell). 2011. Review of Economics and Statistics. 93(2): 436-454.

Do School Teacher Parents Make a Difference? 2007. Economics of Education Review. 26(5): 615-628.

Working Papers

Education for All? A Nationwide Audit Study of School Choice (with Peter Bergman). 2022. Revise and Resubmit Quarterly Journal of Economics. NBER Working Paper 25396.

Media Mentions: The Atlantic, Chalkbeat, U.S. News & World Report

College Consumption Amenities, Academic Performance, and Donation Behavior (with Joshua Hyman). 2022. NBER Working Paper 30481. Submitted.

How Much Do Tuition Subsidies Promote College Access? Evidence from Community College Taxing Districts. (with Paco Martorell, Brian McCall, and Bing Zhao). 2018.

Do Public Subsidies Improve College Attainment and Labor Market Outcomes? Evidence from Community College Taxing Districts. (with P. Martorell and B. McCall). 2017.

Work in Progress

Racial and Gender Discrimination in the Labor Market: Evidence from New College Graduates

Do Re-Enrollment Campaigns Help Dropouts Complete College? Evidence from Florida Community Colleges

Estimates of the Effects of Financial Aid on Postsecondary Educational Attainment and Labor Market Outcomes

Estimates on the Labor Market Returns to College Achievement

The Effects of College Consumption Amenities on Academic Performance

Other Publications

Who Does the Choosing Under School Choice? (with Peter Bergman). 2019. Brown Center Chalkboard, Brookings Institution, April 15, 2019.

The Texas Ten Percent Plan's Impact on College Enrollment. (with L. Daugherty and P. Martorell). Education Next. 14(3): 63-69.

Book Review: After Admission by Rosenbaum, Deil Amen and Person. 2008. Journal of Economic Literature. 742-744.