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Working Papers

2019

1. Contemporary State Policies and Intergenerational Income Mobility
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
2. Judging Judge Fixed Effects
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
3. The Return to Hours Worked Within and Across Occupations: Implications for the Gender Wage Gap
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2018

4. Are Two Bads Better Than One? A Model of Sensory Limitations
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
5. Partial Identification of the Distribution of Treatment Effects with an Application to the Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP)
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
6. The other 1%: Class Leavening, Contamination and Voting for Redistribution
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2011

7. Sticking with What (Barely) Worked
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)

2009

8. Interracial Workplace Cooperation: Evidence from the NBA
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
9. Rich Dad, Smart Dad: Decomposing the Intergenerational Transmission of Income
   Research Papers in Economics, Stockholm University, Department of Economics View citations (6)

2008

10. The Persistence of Teacher-Induced Learning Gains
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (15)

2007

11. The Effect of Grade Retention on High School Completion
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Journal: Applied Economics (2009)
12. The Impact of Research Grant Funding on Scientific Productivity
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (2011)

2005

13. Principals as Agents: Subjective Performance Measurement in Education
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (33)
14. Principals as Agents: Subjective Performance Measures in Education
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government View citations (9)
15. The Dynamics of Criminal Behavior: Evidence from Weather Shocks
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government View citations (2)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2004) View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Human Resources (2007)
16. What Do Parents Value in Education? An Empirical Investigation of Parents' Revealed Preferences for Teachers
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)
17. What Do Parents Value in Education? An Investigation of Parents' Revealed Preferences for Teachers
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government

2003

18. Are Idle Hands the Devil's Workshop? Incapacitation, Concentration and Juvenile Crime
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (92)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2003)

2002

19. Remedial Education and Student Achievement: A Regression-Discontinuity Analysis
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (25)
    See also Journal Article in The Review of Economics and Statistics (2004)
20. The Impact of Teacher Training on Student Achievement: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from School Reform Efforts in Chicago
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (12)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Human Resources (2004)

1999

21. A Note on Longitudinally Matching Current Population Survey (CPS) Respondents
    NBER Technical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (74)

Journal Articles

2011

1. The impact of NIH postdoctoral training grants on scientific productivity
   Research Policy, 2011, 40, (6), 864-874 View citations (17)
2. The impact of research grant funding on scientific productivity
   Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95, (9-10), 1168-1177 View citations (64)
   See also Working Paper (2007)

2010

3. Chapter 7 or 13: Are Client or Lawyer Interests Paramount?
   The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2010, 10, (1), 1-46 View citations (2)
4. The Persistence of Teacher-Induced Learning
   Journal of Human Resources, 2010, 45, (4), 915-943 View citations (28)

2009

5. Explaining the Puzzle of Cross-State Differences in Bankruptcy Rates
   Journal of Law and Economics, 2009, 52, (2), 367-393 View citations (29)
6. The Effect of Grade Retention on High School Completion
   American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2009, 1, (3), 33-58 View citations (50)
   See also Working Paper (2007)

2008

7. Can Principals Identify Effective Teachers? Evidence on Subjective Performance Evaluation in Education
   Journal of Labor Economics, 2008, 26, 101-136 View citations (92)

2007

8. The Dynamics of Criminal Behavior: Evidence from Weather Shocks
   Journal of Human Resources, 2007, 42, (3) View citations (69)
   See also Working Paper (2005)

2006

9. The Relationship between Women's Education and Marriage Outcomes
   Journal of Labor Economics, 2006, 24, (4), 787-830 View citations (65)

2004

10. Educational peer effects and the Chicago public schools
    Journal of Urban Economics, 2004, 56, (2), 169-191 View citations (61)
11. Remedial Education and Student Achievement: A Regression-Discontinuity Analysis
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2004, 86, (1), 226-244 View citations (156)
    See also Working Paper (2002)
12. The Impact of Teacher Training on Student Achievement: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from School Reform Efforts in Chicago
    Journal of Human Resources, 2004, 39, (1) View citations (37)
    See also Working Paper (2002)

2003

13. Are Idle Hands the Devil's Workshop? Incapacitation, Concentration, and Juvenile Crime
    American Economic Review, 2003, 93, (5), 1560-1577 View citations (106)
    See also Working Paper (2003)