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Working Papers

2007

1. Feeling the Florida Heat? How Low-Performing Schools Respond to Voucher and Accountability Pressure
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   Also in Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Center for Economic Policy Studies. (2007)

2006

2. Cramming: The Effects of School Accountability on College-Bound Students
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
3. Individual Teacher Incentives And Student Performance
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (2007)

2005

4. Boys Named Sue: Disruptive Children and their Peers
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
5. Do Accountability and Voucher Threats Improve Low-Performing Schools?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (2006)
6. Names, Expectations and the Black-White Test Score Gap
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
7. Testing, Crime and Punishment
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (2006)

2002

8. Accountability, Ability and Disability: Gaming the System
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
9. Food for Thought: The Effects of School Accountability Plans on School Nutrition
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (2005)

2000

10. Competition Between Private and Public Schools: Testing Stratification and Pricing Predictions
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (2004)
11. Do High Grading Standards Affect Student Performance?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (2004)
12. Geographic Differences in AFDC and Food Stamp Caseloads in the Welfare Reform Era
    JCPR Working Papers, Northwestern University/University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research
13. School Choice and the Distributional Effects of Ability Tracking: Does Separation Increase Equality?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Urban Economics (2002)
14. Sex, Drugs, and Catholic Schools: Private Schooling and Non-Market Adolescent Behaviors
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
15. What's in a Grade? School Report Cards and House Prices
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

1999

16. The Effects of Direct Foreign Investment on Local Communities
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
17. Welfare Reform, the Business Cycle, and the Decline in AFDC Caseloads
    JCPR Working Papers, Northwestern University/University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research View citations

1998

18. School Finance Reforms, Tax Limits, and Student Performance: Do Reforms Level-Up or Dumb Down?
    Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University View citations
    Also in Institute for Research on Poverty Discussion Papers, University of Wisconsin Institute for Research on Poverty View citations

Undated

19. Accounting for the Decline in AFDC Caseloads: Welfare Reform or Economic Growth?
    Institute for Research on Poverty Discussion Papers, University of Wisconsin Institute for Research on Poverty View citations
20. Asymmetric Policy Interaction among Subnational Governments: Do States Play Welfare Games?
    Institute for Research on Poverty Discussion Papers, University of Wisconsin Institute for Research on Poverty View citations
21. School Choice and Student Performance: Are Private Schools Really Better?
    Institute for Research on Poverty Discussion Papers, University of Wisconsin Institute for Research on Poverty View citations
22. Welfare Reform and Food Stamp Caseload Dynamics
    Institute for Research on Poverty Discussion Papers, University of Wisconsin Institute for Research on Poverty View citations

Journal Articles

2009

1. Does prenatal WIC participation improve birth outcomes? New evidence from Florida
   Journal of Public Economics, 2009, 93, (1-2), 235-245

2007

2. Individual teacher incentives and student performance
   Journal of Public Economics, 2007, 91, (5-6), 901-914 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2006)

2006

3. Do accountability and voucher threats improve low-performing schools?
   Journal of Public Economics, 2006, 90, (1-2), 239-255 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2005)
4. Testing, crime and punishment
   Journal of Public Economics, 2006, 90, (4-5), 837-851 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2005)

2005

5. Food for thought: the effects of school accountability plans on school nutrition
   Journal of Public Economics, 2005, 89, (2-3), 381-394 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2002)

2004

6. Competition between private and public schools: testing stratification and pricing predictions
   Journal of Public Economics, 2004, 88, (7-8), 1215-1245 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2000)
7. Do high grading standards affect student performance?
   Journal of Public Economics, 2004, 88, (9-10), 1815-1834 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2000)
8. High Grading Standards Improve Student Performance
   CESifo DICE Report, 2004, 2, (4), 21-26
9. Political economy of the inequality in school spending
   Journal of Urban Economics, 2004, 55, (2), 338-349 View citations
10. What's in a Grade? School Report Cards and the Housing Market
    American Economic Review, 2004, 94, (3), 591-604 View citations

2003

11. Food Stamp Caseloads over the Business Cycle
    Southern Economic Journal, 2003, 69, (4), 903-919 View citations

2002

12. Can public schools buy better-qualified teachers?
    Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2002, 55, (4), 686-699 View citations
13. School Choice and the Distributional Effects of Ability Tracking: Does Separation Increase Inequality?
    Journal of Urban Economics, 2002, 51, (3), 497-514 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2000)

2001

14. Can Public Policy Affect Private School Cream Skimming?
    Journal of Urban Economics, 2001, 49, (2), 240-266 View citations
15. Tax limits and the qualifications of new teachers
    Journal of Public Economics, 2001, 80, (1), 49-71 View citations
16. The Local Response to Tax Limitation Measures: Do Local Governments Manipulate Voters to Increase Revenues?
    Journal of Law & Economics, 2001, 44, (1), 233-57 View citations

2000

17. Political Shirking, Opponent Quality, and Electoral Support
    Public Choice, 2000, 103, (3-4), 271-84
18. The Effects of Foreign Direct Investment on Local Communities
    Journal of Urban Economics, 2000, 48, (2), 338-363 View citations
19. The Effects of the Macroeconomy and Welfare Reform on Food Stamp Caseloads
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2000, 82, (3), 635-41 View citations

1999

20. Bank Consolidations and Minority Neighborhoods
    Journal of Urban Economics, 1999, 45, (3), 474-489
21. Do States Play Welfare Games?
    Journal of Urban Economics, 1999, 46, (3), 437-454 View citations
22. Economic inequality and the provision of schooling
    Economic Policy Review, 1999, (Sep), 99-110
23. Functional form and the estimated effects of school resources
    Economics of Education Review, 1999, 18, (2), 241-252 View citations

1998

24. Voting for Protection: Does Direct Foreign Investment Influence Legislator Behavior?
    American Economic Review, 1998, 88, (4), 1002-14 View citations

1997

25. Did the "tax revolt" reduce school performance?
    Journal of Public Economics, 1997, 65, (3), 245-269 View citations
26. Teacher salaries and teacher quality
    Economics Letters, 1997, 55, (2), 267-271 View citations

1994

27. Trends in the Publication of Empirical Economics
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1994, 8, (3), 179-87 View citations

Chapters

2007

1. The Behavioral Consequences of Pre-Kindergarten Participation for Disadvantaged Youth
   A chapter in The Problems of Disadvantaged Youth: An Economic Perspective, 2007, pp 15-42

2003

2. Can School Choice and School Accountability Successfully Coexist?
   A chapter in The Economics of School Choice, 2003, pp 49-66 View citations
3. Fiscal Implications of School Accountability Initiatives
   A chapter in Tax Policy and the Economy, Volume 17, 2003, pp 1-36