Research
Published and Forthcoming Papers
Arcidiacono, Peter, Josh Kinsler, and Tyler Ransom (2023). What the Students for Fair Admissions Cases Reveal About Racial Preferences, Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics, 1(4), 615-668
Del Bono, Emilia, Josh Kinsler, and Ronni Pavan (2022). Identification of Dynamic Latent Factor Models of Skill Formation with Translog Production. Journal of Applied Econometrics, 37(6), 1256-1265
Arcidiacono, Peter, Josh Kinsler, and Tyler Ransom (2022). Divergent: The Time Path of Legacy and Athlete Admissions at Harvard. forthcoming Journal of Human Resources (Online Appendix)
Arcidiacono, Peter, Josh Kinsler, and Tyler Ransom (2022). Asian American Discrimination in Harvard Admissions. European Economic Review, 144 (Online Appendix)
Arcidiacono, Peter, Josh Kinsler, and Tyler Ransom (2022). Recruit to Reject? Harvard and African American Applicants. Economics of Education Review, 88
Arcidiacono, Peter, Josh Kinsler, and Tyler Ransom (2022). Legacy and Athlete Preferences at Harvard. Journal of Labor Economics, 40(1), 133-155
Kinsler, Josh and Ronni Pavan (2021). Local Distortions in Parental Beliefs over Child Skill. Journal of Political Economy, 129(1), 81-100
Arcidiacono, Peter, Josh Kinsler, and Tyler Ransom (2020). Affirmative Action, Transparency, and the SFFA v. Harvard Case. University of Chicago Law Review Online
Caetano, Gregorio, Josh Kinsler, and Hao Teng (2019). Towards Causal Estimates of Child’s Time Allocation on Skill. Journal of Applied Econometrics, 34(4), 588-605
Arcidiacono, Peter, Josh Kinsler, and Joe Price (2017). Productivity Spillovers in Team Production: Evidence from Professional Basketball. Journal of Labor Economics, 35(1), 191-225
Kinsler, Josh (2016). Teacher Complementarities in Test Score Production: Evidence from Primary School. Journal of Labor Economics, 34(1), 29-61
Kinsler, Josh and Ronni Pavan (2015). Specificity of General Human Capital: Evidence from College Major Choice. Journal of Labor Economics, 33(4), 933-972
Kinsler, Josh (2013). School Discipline: A Source or Salve for the Racial Achievement Gap. International Economic Review, 54(1), 355-383
Arcidiacono, Peter, Gigi Foster, Natalie Goodpaster, and Josh Kinsler (2012). Estimating Spillovers in the Classroom with Panel Data. Quantitative Economics, 3(3), 421-470
Kinsler, Josh (2012). Beyond Levels and Growth: Estimating Teacher Value-Added and its Persistence. Journal of Human Resources, 47 (3), 722-753
Kinsler, Josh (2012). Assessing Rothstein's Critique of Teacher Value-Added Models. Quantitative Economics, 3(2), 333-362
Kinsler, Josh and Ronni Pavan (2011). Family Income and Higher Education Choices: The Importance of Accounting for College Quality. Journal of Human Capital, 5 (4), 453-477
Kinsler, Josh (2011). Understanding the Black-White School Discipline Gap. Economics of Education Review, 30 (6), 1370-1383
Working Papers
Del Bono, Emilia, Josh Kinsler, and Ronni Pavan (2020). Skill Formation and the Trouble with Child Non-Cognitive Skill Measures.
Choi, Woosuk, Josh Kinsler, Alexis Orellana, and Ronni Pavan (2023). College Majors and Earnings Growth.
Work in Progress
Kinsler, Josh and Ronni Pavan. A Dynamic Model of High School Curriculum Choice
Kinsler, Josh and Ronni Pavan. College Major Choice and Labor Market Matching