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Working Papers

2023

1. Building Resilient Education Systems: Evidence from Large-Scale Randomized Trials in Five Countries
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
   Also in CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford (2023) View citations (5)

2021

2. A Seven-College Experiment Using Algorithms to Track Students: Impacts and Implications for Equity and Fairness
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
3. Learning in the Time of COVID-19
   World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group
4. Using Predictive Analytics to Track Students: Evidence from a Seven-College Experiment
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (2)
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2021) View citations (2)

2020

5. Education for All? A Nationwide Audit Study of School Choice
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (6)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2018) View citations (8)
6. Hiring as Exploration
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (23)
7. Housing Search Frictions: Evidence from Detailed Search Data and a Field Experiment
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (13)
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2020) View citations (13)
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2020) View citations (12)
   Working Papers, Princeton University. Economics Department. (2020) View citations (9)
8. Practical Lessons for Phone-Based Assessments of Learning
   Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (11)
9. School's Out: Experimental Evidence on Limiting Learning Loss Using
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (13)
10. School’s Out: Experimental Evidence on Limiting Learning Loss Using “Low-Tech” in a Pandemic
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (15)
11. Stemming Learning Loss During the Pandemic: A Rapid Randomized Trial of a Low-Tech Intervention in Botswana
    CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford View citations (22)

2019

12. Creating Moves to Opportunity: Experimental Evidence on Barriers to Neighborhood Choice
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (64)
    See also Journal Article Creating Moves to Opportunity: Experimental Evidence on Barriers to Neighborhood Choice, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2024) View citations (6) (2024)

2018

13. Better Together? Social Networks in Truancy and the Targeting of Treatment
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (3)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2018) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Better Together? Social Networks in Truancy and the Targeting of Treatment, Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press (2021) View citations (4) (2021)
14. The Risks and Benefits of School Integration for Participating Students: Evidence from a Randomized Desegregation Program
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (18)

2017

15. Broken Tax Breaks? Evidence from a Tax Credit Information Experiment with 1,000,000 Students
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (6)
16. Leveraging Technology to Engage Parents at Scale: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (6)
17. The Impact of Defaults on Technology Adoption, and Its Underappreciation by Pollicymakers
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government View citations (6)
    Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2017) View citations (6)

2016

18. Technology Adoption in Education: Usage, Spillovers and Student Achievement
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (3)
19. The Effects of School Integration: Evidence from a Randomized Desegregation Program
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (3)

2015

20. Parent-Child Information Frictions and Human Capital Investment: Evidence from a Field Experiment
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (41)
    See also Journal Article Parent-Child Information Frictions and Human Capital Investment: Evidence from a Field Experiment, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (2021) View citations (39) (2021)
21. The Effects of Making Performance Information Public: Evidence from Los Angeles Teachers and a Regression Discontinuity Design
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (5)

Journal Articles

2024

1. Creating Moves to Opportunity: Experimental Evidence on Barriers to Neighborhood Choice
   American Economic Review, 2024, 114, (5), 1281-1337 View citations (6)
   See also Working Paper Creating Moves to Opportunity: Experimental Evidence on Barriers to Neighborhood Choice, NBER Working Papers (2019) View citations (64) (2019)

2023

2. Learning Curve: Progress in the Replication Crisis
   AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2023, 113, 482-88

2022

3. Experimental evidence on learning using low-tech when school is out
   Nature Human Behaviour, 2022, 6, (7), 941-950 View citations (29)

2021

4. Better Together? Social Networks in Truancy and the Targeting of Treatment
   Journal of Labor Economics, 2021, 39, (1), 1 - 36 View citations (4)
   See also Working Paper Better Together? Social Networks in Truancy and the Targeting of Treatment, CESifo Working Paper Series (2018) View citations (3) (2018)
5. Leveraging Parents through Low-Cost Technology: The Impact of High-Frequency Information on Student Achievement
   Journal of Human Resources, 2021, 56, (1), 125-158 View citations (21)
6. Parent-Child Information Frictions and Human Capital Investment: Evidence from a Field Experiment
   Journal of Political Economy, 2021, 129, (1), 286 - 322 View citations (39)
   See also Working Paper Parent-Child Information Frictions and Human Capital Investment: Evidence from a Field Experiment, CESifo Working Paper Series (2015) View citations (41) (2015)

2020

7. Nudging Technology Use: Descriptive and Experimental Evidence from School Information Systems
   Education Finance and Policy, 2020, 15, (4), 623-647 View citations (1)
8. Simplification and defaults affect adoption and impact of technology, but decision makers do not realize it
   Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 2020, 158, (C), 66-79 View citations (6)

2019

9. Is Information Enough? The Effect of Information about Education Tax Benefits on Student Outcomes
   Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2019, 38, (3), 706-731 View citations (35)

2018

10. Parent skills and information asymmetries: Experimental evidence from home visits and text messages in middle and high schools
    Economics of Education Review, 2018, 66, (C), 92-103 View citations (10)
11. The effects of making performance information public: Regression discontinuity evidence from Los Angeles teachers
    Economics of Education Review, 2018, 66, (C), 104-113 View citations (7)