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Working Papers

2025

1. Measuring Human Leadership Skills with AI Agents
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
2. Technological Disruption in the Labor Market
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
3. The Rapid Adoption of Generative AI
   Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis View citations (5)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2024) View citations (9)
   On the Economy, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (2023)

2024

4. How Do You Find A Good Manager?
   CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE) View citations (2)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2024) View citations (2)
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2024) View citations (2)
5. Skills and Human Capital in the Labor Market
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
6. The ABC’s of Who Benefits from Working with AI: Ability, Beliefs, and Calibration
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)

2023

7. Diversifying Society’s Leaders? The Determinants and Causal Effects of Admission to Highly Selective Private Colleges
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (14)
8. Economic Decision-Making Skill Predicts Income in Two Countries
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
9. Multidimensional Human Capital and the Wage Structure
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
10. Why Do Wages Grow Faster for Educated Workers?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)

2022

11. Four Facts about Human Capital
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (39)
    See also Journal Article Four Facts about Human Capital, Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association (2022) View citations (39) (2022)

2021

12. Education and Innovation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
    See also Chapter Education and Innovation, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2020) View citations (3) (2020)
13. The Growing Importance of Decision-Making on the Job
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (13)

2020

14. Structural Increases in Skill Demand after the Great Recession
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (17)
15. Team Players: How Social Skills Improve Group Performance
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)

2019

16. STEM Careers and the Changing Skill Requirements of Work
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government View citations (12)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2018) View citations (25)
17. The School to Prison Pipeline: Long-Run Impacts of School Suspensions on Adult Crime
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (25)
    See also Journal Article The School-to-Prison Pipeline: Long-Run Impacts of School Suspensions on Adult Crime, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Economic Association (2024) (2024)

2017

18. Skill Requirements across Firms and Labor Markets: Evidence from Job Postings for Professionals
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (25)
    Also in Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2017) View citations (25)
    See also Chapter Skill Requirements across Firms and Labor Markets: Evidence from Job Postings for Professionals, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2015) View citations (1) (2015)
    Journal Article Skill Requirements across Firms and Labor Markets: Evidence from Job Postings for Professionals, Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press (2018) View citations (187) (2018)
19. The Impact of Price Caps and Spending Cuts on U.S. Postsecondary Attainment
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (36)

2016

20. Can States Take Over and Turn Around School Districts? Evidence from Lawrence, Massachusetts
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
    Also in Working Paper, Harvard University OpenScholar View citations (4)
21. Partners in Crime: Schools, Neighborhoods and the Formation of Criminal Networks
    Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics View citations (9)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2016) View citations (11)
    Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group (2016) View citations (6)
22. The Competitive Effects of Online Education
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)
    See also Chapter The Competitive Effects of Online Education, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2018) View citations (2) (2018)
23. The value of postsecondary credentials in the labor market: an experimental study
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (82)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2014) View citations (17)
    See also Journal Article The Value of Postsecondary Credentials in the Labor Market: An Experimental Study, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2016) View citations (92) (2016)

2015

24. Can Online Learning Bend the Higher Education Cost Curve?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (53)
    Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (2015) View citations (48)
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics (2015) View citations (53)
    See also Journal Article Can Online Learning Bend the Higher Education Cost Curve?, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2015) View citations (54) (2015)
25. The Growing Importance of Social Skills in the Labor Market
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (64)
    See also Journal Article The Growing Importance of Social Skills in the Labor Market, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2017) View citations (626) (2017)

2014

26. Using School Choice Lotteries to Test Measures of School Effectiveness
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (71)
    See also Journal Article Using School Choice Lotteries to Test Measures of School Effectiveness, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2014) View citations (72) (2014)

2013

27. For-Profit Colleges
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (2)
28. School Accountability, Postsecondary Attainment and Earnings
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (12)
    See also Journal Article School Accountability, Postsecondary Attainment, and Earnings, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2016) View citations (24) (2016)

2012

29. School Segregation, Educational Attainment and Crime: Evidence from the end of busing in Charlotte-Mecklenburg
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)
30. The For-Profit Postsecondary School Sector: Nimble Critters or Agile Predators?
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (123)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2011) View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article The For-Profit Postsecondary School Sector: Nimble Critters or Agile Predators?, Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association (2012) View citations (127) (2012)

2011

31. School Choice, School Quality and Postsecondary Attainment
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (17)
    See also Journal Article School Choice, School Quality, and Postsecondary Attainment, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2014) View citations (111) (2014)

2009

32. Into College, Out of Poverty? Policies to Increase the Postsecondary Attainment of the Poor
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (113)

2008

33. The Lengthening of Childhood
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (83)
    Also in New England Public Policy Center Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (2008) View citations (74)
    See also Journal Article The Lengthening of Childhood, Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association (2008) View citations (83) (2008)

Journal Articles

2024

1. The School-to-Prison Pipeline: Long-Run Impacts of School Suspensions on Adult Crime
   American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2024, 16, (4), 165-93
   See also Working Paper The School to Prison Pipeline: Long-Run Impacts of School Suspensions on Adult Crime, NBER Working Papers (2019) View citations (25) (2019)

2022

2. Four Facts about Human Capital
   Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2022, 36, (3), 75-102 View citations (39)
   See also Working Paper Four Facts about Human Capital, NBER Working Papers (2022) View citations (39) (2022)

2021

3. Team Players: How Social Skills Improve Team Performance
   Econometrica, 2021, 89, (6), 2637-2657 View citations (46)

2020

4. Earnings Dynamics, Changing Job Skills, and STEM Careers*
   The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2020, 135, (4), 1965-2005 View citations (106)
5. Structural Increases in Demand for Skill after the Great Recession
   AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2020, 110, 362-65 View citations (22)

2019

6. Partners in Crime
   American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2019, 11, (1), 126-50 View citations (12)
7. Toward understanding the impact of artificial intelligence on labor
   Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2019, 116, (14), 6531-6539 View citations (64)

2018

8. Skill Requirements across Firms and Labor Markets: Evidence from Job Postings for Professionals
   Journal of Labor Economics, 2018, 36, (S1), S337 - S369 View citations (187)
   See also Working Paper Skill Requirements across Firms and Labor Markets: Evidence from Job Postings for Professionals, NBER Working Papers (2017) View citations (25) (2017)
   Chapter Skill Requirements across Firms and Labor Markets: Evidence from Job Postings for Professionals, NBER Chapters, 2015 (2015) View citations (1) (2015)

2017

9. The Growing Importance of Social Skills in the Labor Market
   The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2017, 132, (4), 1593-1640 View citations (626)
   See also Working Paper The Growing Importance of Social Skills in the Labor Market, NBER Working Papers (2015) View citations (64) (2015)

2016

10. Accountability in US Education: Applying Lessons from K-12 Experience to Higher Education
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2016, 30, (3), 33-56 View citations (16)
11. School Accountability, Postsecondary Attainment, and Earnings
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2016, 98, (5), 848-862 View citations (24)
    See also Working Paper School Accountability, Postsecondary Attainment and Earnings, NBER Working Papers (2013) View citations (12) (2013)
12. The Value of Postsecondary Credentials in the Labor Market: An Experimental Study
    American Economic Review, 2016, 106, (3), 778-806 View citations (92)
    See also Working Paper The value of postsecondary credentials in the labor market: an experimental study, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2016) View citations (82) (2016)

2015

13. Can Online Learning Bend the Higher Education Cost Curve?
    American Economic Review, 2015, 105, (5), 496-501 View citations (54)
    See also Working Paper Can Online Learning Bend the Higher Education Cost Curve?, NBER Working Papers (2015) View citations (53) (2015)

2014

14. School Choice, School Quality, and Postsecondary Attainment
    American Economic Review, 2014, 104, (3), 991-1013 View citations (111)
    See also Working Paper School Choice, School Quality and Postsecondary Attainment, NBER Working Papers (2011) View citations (17) (2011)
15. Using School Choice Lotteries to Test Measures of School Effectiveness
    American Economic Review, 2014, 104, (5), 406-11 View citations (72)
    See also Working Paper Using School Choice Lotteries to Test Measures of School Effectiveness, NBER Working Papers (2014) View citations (71) (2014)

2012

16. The For-Profit Postsecondary School Sector: Nimble Critters or Agile Predators?
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2012, 26, (1), 139-64 View citations (127)
    See also Working Paper The For-Profit Postsecondary School Sector: Nimble Critters or Agile Predators?, Scholarly Articles (2012) View citations (123) (2012)

2011

17. Better Schools, Less Crime?
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2011, 126, (4), 2063-2115 View citations (136)

2009

18. Early Childhood Intervention and Life-Cycle Skill Development: Evidence from Head Start
    American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2009, 1, (3), 111-34 View citations (268)

2008

19. The Lengthening of Childhood
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2008, 22, (3), 71-92 View citations (83)
    See also Working Paper The Lengthening of Childhood, NBER Working Papers (2008) View citations (83) (2008)

Chapters

2024

1. Lawrence F. Katz (1959–)
   Springer

2020

2. Education and Innovation
   A chapter in The Role of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Economic Growth, 2020, pp 537-551 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper Education and Innovation, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2021) View citations (2) (2021)

2018

3. The Competitive Effects of Online Education
   A chapter in Productivity in Higher Education, 2018, pp 259-290 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper The Competitive Effects of Online Education, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2016) View citations (10) (2016)

2017

4. Comments
   A chapter in Education, Skills, and Technical Change: Implications for Future US GDP Growth, 2017, pp 243-249

2015

5. Skill Requirements across Firms and Labor Markets: Evidence from Job Postings for Professionals
   A chapter in Firms and the Distribution of Income: The Roles of Productivity and Luck, 2015 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Skill Requirements across Firms and Labor Markets: Evidence from Job Postings for Professionals, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2017) View citations (25) (2017)
   Journal Article Skill Requirements across Firms and Labor Markets: Evidence from Job Postings for Professionals, University of Chicago Press (2018) View citations (187) (2018)

2010

6. College Aid
   A chapter in Targeting Investments in Children: Fighting Poverty When Resources Are Limited, 2010, pp 283-302 View citations (8)