Research Interests

Primary fields: Economics of Education, Policy and Program Evaluation

Secondary: Labor Economics, Development Economics

Discussion papers

• (Un)Intended Effects of a Teacher Bonus Tournament. Link to latest manuscript.

• School Choice and Higher Education Attainment, with Diana Alessandrini. IZA Discussion Paper No. 15330

• Son Targeting Fertility Behaviour in Albania, with Marie-Claire Robitaille. IZA Discussion Paper No. 15122

• Minimum Wage effects on Human Capital Accumulation: Evidence from Canadian Data, with Diana Alessandrini. IZA Discussion Paper No. 14178

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Publications

• Vietnam Era Fathers: The Intergenerational Transmission of Tertiary Education, with Michael Hoy, Thanasis Stengos and Louis N. Review of Income and Wealth, 2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/roiw.12538

• The Canadian University Selectivity Premium on Wages. Review of Economic Analysis, 2018, Vol. 10, p. 313–349. DOI: https://doi.org/10.15353/rea.v10i4.1473

• Sensitivity of University Rankings: Implications of a Stochastic Dominance Efficiency Analysis, with Mehmet Pinar and Thanasis Stengos. Education Economics, 2018, Vol. 27 (1), p. 75–92. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09645292.2018.1512560.

• Updating Higher Education Expectations and Choices with Learning. Education Economics, 2017, Vol. 25, No. 6, p. 640–658, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09645292.2017.1331204.

• Higher Education Value-Added using Multiple Outcomes, with Ernesto San Martin and Sebastien Van Bellegem. Journal of Educational Measurement, 2016, Vol. 53, No. 3, p. 368-400, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jedm.12114.

• Grades, Aspirations and Post-secondary Education Outcomes, with Louis N. Christofides, Michael Hoy and Thanasis Stengos. Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 2015, 45(1), p. 48–82, DOI: https://doi.org/10.47678/cjhe.v45i1.184203.