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Working Papers

2025

1. ‘Sorting’ Out Gender Discrimination and Disadvantage: Evidence from Student Evaluations of Teaching
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2019

2. Contemporary State Policies and Intergenerational Income Mobility
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
3. Judging Judge Fixed Effects
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (26)
4. The Return to Hours Worked Within and Across Occupations: Implications for the Gender Wage Gap
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)

2018

5. Are Two Bads Better Than One? A Model of Sensory Limitations
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
6. 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)
7. The other 1%: Class Leavening, Contamination and Voting for Redistribution
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2011

8. Sticking with What (Barely) Worked
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)

2009

9. Interracial Workplace Cooperation: Evidence from the NBA
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article INTERRACIAL WORKPLACE COOPERATION: EVIDENCE FROM THE NBA, Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International (2013) View citations (11) (2013)
10. Rich Dad, Smart Dad: Decomposing the Intergenerational Transmission of Income
    Research Papers in Economics, Stockholm University, Department of Economics View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article Rich Dad, Smart Dad: Decomposing the Intergenerational Transmission of Income, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (2012) View citations (72) (2012)

2008

11. The Persistence of Teacher-Induced Learning Gains
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (21)

2007

12. 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 The Effect of Grade Retention on High School Completion, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association (2009) View citations (87) (2009)
13. The Impact of Research Grant Funding on Scientific Productivity
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (19)
    See also Journal Article The impact of research grant funding on scientific productivity, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2011) View citations (205) (2011)

2005

14. Principals as Agents: Subjective Performance Measurement in Education
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (51)
15. Principals as Agents: Subjective Performance Measures in Education
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government View citations (19)
16. 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 (7)
    See also Journal Article The Dynamics of Criminal Behavior: Evidence from Weather Shocks, Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press (2007) View citations (140) (2007)
17. 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 (14)
    See also Journal Article What Do Parents Value in Education? An Empirical Investigation of Parents' Revealed Preferences for Teachers, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2007) View citations (65) (2007)
18. 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 View citations (13)

2003

19. Are Idle Hands the Devil's Workshop? Incapacitation, Concentration and Juvenile Crime
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (219)
    See also Journal Article Are Idle Hands the Devil's Workshop? Incapacitation, Concentration, and Juvenile Crime, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2003) View citations (260) (2003)

2002

20. 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 Remedial Education and Student Achievement: A Regression-Discontinuity Analysis, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2004) View citations (238) (2004)
21. 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 The Impact of Teacher Training on Student Achievement: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from School Reform Efforts in Chicago, Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press (2004) View citations (68) (2004)

1999

22. A Note on Longitudinally Matching Current Population Survey (CPS) Respondents
    NBER Technical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (116)

Journal Articles

2019

1. Job search under asymmetric information: endogenous wage dispersion and unemployment stigma
   Economic Theory, 2019, 67, (4), 817-851 View citations (5)
2. Outcome based accountability: Theory and evidence
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2019, 160, (C), 121-137 View citations (3)

2018

3. Testing Rank Similarity
   The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2018, 100, (1), 86-91 View citations (28)

2016

4. Effort, luck, and voting for redistribution
   Journal of Public Economics, 2016, 143, (C), 89-97 View citations (50)

2015

5. BEYOND EDUCATION AND FAIRNESS: A LABOR MARKET TAXATION MODEL FOR THE GREAT GATSBY CURVE
   Economic Inquiry, 2015, 53, (2), 962-978 View citations (7)
6. Sticking with What (Barely) Worked: A Test of Outcome Bias
   Management Science, 2015, 61, (5), 1121-1136 View citations (21)

2014

7. Teacher heterogeneity, value-added and education policy
   Economics of Education Review, 2014, 40, (C), 76-92 View citations (16)

2013

8. INTERRACIAL WORKPLACE COOPERATION: EVIDENCE FROM THE NBA
   Economic Inquiry, 2013, 51, (1), 1026-1034 View citations (11)
   See also Working Paper Interracial Workplace Cooperation: Evidence from the NBA, NBER Working Papers (2009) View citations (1) (2009)

2012

9. Rich Dad, Smart Dad: Decomposing the Intergenerational Transmission of Income
   Journal of Political Economy, 2012, 120, (2), 268 - 303 View citations (72)
   See also Working Paper Rich Dad, Smart Dad: Decomposing the Intergenerational Transmission of Income, Research Papers in Economics (2009) View citations (7) (2009)

2011

10. The impact of NIH postdoctoral training grants on scientific productivity
    Research Policy, 2011, 40, (6), 864-874 View citations (45)
11. The impact of research grant funding on scientific productivity
    Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95, (9-10), 1168-1177 View citations (205)
    Also in Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95, (9), 1168-1177 (2011) View citations (206)
    See also Working Paper The Impact of Research Grant Funding on Scientific Productivity, NBER Working Papers (2007) View citations (19) (2007)

2010

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

2009

14. Explaining the Puzzle of Cross-State Differences in Bankruptcy Rates
    Journal of Law and Economics, 2009, 52, (2), 367-393 View citations (44)
15. The Effect of Grade Retention on High School Completion
    American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2009, 1, (3), 33-58 View citations (87)
    See also Working Paper The Effect of Grade Retention on High School Completion, NBER Working Papers (2007) View citations (4) (2007)

2008

16. Can Principals Identify Effective Teachers? Evidence on Subjective Performance Evaluation in Education
    Journal of Labor Economics, 2008, 26, (1), 101-136 View citations (165)

2007

17. The Dynamics of Criminal Behavior: Evidence from Weather Shocks
    Journal of Human Resources, 2007, 42, (3) View citations (140)
    See also Working Paper The Dynamics of Criminal Behavior: Evidence from Weather Shocks, Working Paper Series (2005) View citations (2) (2005)
18. What Do Parents Value in Education? An Empirical Investigation of Parents' Revealed Preferences for Teachers
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2007, 122, (4), 1603-1637 View citations (65)
    See also Working Paper What Do Parents Value in Education? An Empirical Investigation of Parents' Revealed Preferences for Teachers, NBER Working Papers (2005) View citations (14) (2005)

2006

19. The Relationship between Women's Education and Marriage Outcomes
    Journal of Labor Economics, 2006, 24, (4), 787-830 View citations (69)

2004

20. Educational peer effects and the Chicago public schools
    Journal of Urban Economics, 2004, 56, (2), 169-191 View citations (79)
21. Remedial Education and Student Achievement: A Regression-Discontinuity Analysis
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2004, 86, (1), 226-244 View citations (238)
    See also Working Paper Remedial Education and Student Achievement: A Regression-Discontinuity Analysis, NBER Working Papers (2002) View citations (25) (2002)
22. 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 (68)
    See also Working Paper The Impact of Teacher Training on Student Achievement: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from School Reform Efforts in Chicago, NBER Working Papers (2002) View citations (12) (2002)

2003

23. Are Idle Hands the Devil's Workshop? Incapacitation, Concentration, and Juvenile Crime
    American Economic Review, 2003, 93, (5), 1560-1577 View citations (260)
    See also Working Paper Are Idle Hands the Devil's Workshop? Incapacitation, Concentration and Juvenile Crime, NBER Working Papers (2003) View citations (219) (2003)