Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Hong Kong
Teaching: klopfer at hku dot hk
Research: john klopfer at gmail dot com
Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Hong Kong
Teaching: klopfer at hku dot hk
Research: john klopfer at gmail dot com
"Labor Supply, Learning Time, and The Efficiency of School Spending: Evidence from School Finance Reforms"
[Draft 9/25] [Conferences: SOLE/EALE/AASLE, NTA, APPAM, AEFP, MPRC]
[Status: Submitted]
"Using SSNs to Identify Immigration, Selection, and Censoring in Administrative Data" with Corbin Miller
[Draft 11/24] [Conferences: NTA]
[Status: Revising for resubmission]
"Information and Wage Inequality in Labor Markets" with Maria Zumbuehl
[Draft 5/17] [Slides 11/18] [Conferences: NTA]
"Does School Spending Pay for Itself? Long-Run Effects on Personal Income and Tax Revenue" with Corbin Miller
[Abstract] [Conferences: AEA, NTA x2, AEFP x2, OTA]
"Learning Time and Achievement: Evidence from a Nationwide Natural Experiment"
[Abstract] [Slides 6/21] [Conferences: AEA, APPAM, NCES, HKEMW]
"Immigration in Tax Data" with Corbin Miller, Richard Patterson, and Uta Schoenberg
Other projects on school finance, education, and immigration. Details by request.
"Blacks in the Top 1 Percent, 1960-2013: Education, Industry, and Occupational Factors in the Racial Wage Gap"
[Abstract] [Media: Marginal Revolution]
"I Can See It in the Superstars: Do Labor Markets with Returns to Scale and Product Differentiation Amplify Racial Discrimination?"
[Abstract] [Media: Marginal Revolution]
2025: ESG Research Grant, HKU Jockey Club Enterprise Sustainability Research Center (HKD 174,000) with Uta Schoenberg
2022: General Research Fund, University Grants Committee of Hong Kong (HKD 633,088)
2021: Seed Fund, University of Hong Kong (HKD 60,660)
2020: Seed Fund, University of Hong Kong (HKD 300,000)
Institute for Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, US Department of Education
National Assessment of Educational Progress
Schools and Staffing Survey
National Household Education Survey
Early Childhood Longitudinal Studies
Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan
Panel Study of Income Dynamics
Bureau of Labor Statistics, US Department of Labor
National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 Cohort