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Workplace:Department of Economics, Brigham Young University, (more information at EDIRC)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2019

  1. Contemporary State Policies and Intergenerational Income Mobility
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads
  2. Judging Judge Fixed Effects
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (26)
  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 Downloads View citations (9)

2018

  1. Are Two Bads Better Than One? A Model of Sensory Limitations
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads
  2. 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 Downloads View citations (2)
  3. The other 1%: Class Leavening, Contamination and Voting for Redistribution
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads

2011

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

2009

  1. Interracial Workplace Cooperation: Evidence from the NBA
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article INTERRACIAL WORKPLACE COOPERATION: EVIDENCE FROM THE NBA, Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International (2013) Downloads View citations (11) (2013)
  2. Rich Dad, Smart Dad: Decomposing the Intergenerational Transmission of Income
    Research Papers in Economics, Stockholm University, Department of Economics Downloads 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) Downloads View citations (69) (2012)

2008

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

2007

  1. The Effect of Grade Retention on High School Completion
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads 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) Downloads View citations (82) (2009)
  2. The Impact of Research Grant Funding on Scientific Productivity
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (19)
    See also Journal Article The impact of research grant funding on scientific productivity, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2011) Downloads View citations (187) (2011)

2005

  1. Principals as Agents: Subjective Performance Measurement in Education
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (51)
  2. Principals as Agents: Subjective Performance Measures in Education
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government Downloads View citations (19)
  3. The Dynamics of Criminal Behavior: Evidence from Weather Shocks
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government Downloads View citations (2)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2004) Downloads 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) Downloads View citations (135) (2007)
  4. What Do Parents Value in Education? An Empirical Investigation of Parents' Revealed Preferences for Teachers
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads 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) Downloads View citations (65) (2007)
  5. 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 Downloads View citations (13)

2003

  1. Are Idle Hands the Devil's Workshop? Incapacitation, Concentration and Juvenile Crime
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (217)
    See also Journal Article Are Idle Hands the Devil's Workshop? Incapacitation, Concentration, and Juvenile Crime, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2003) Downloads View citations (258) (2003)

2002

  1. Remedial Education and Student Achievement: A Regression-Discontinuity Analysis
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads 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) Downloads View citations (236) (2004)
  2. 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 Downloads 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) Downloads View citations (66) (2004)

1999

  1. A Note on Longitudinally Matching Current Population Survey (CPS) Respondents
    NBER Technical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (115)

Journal Articles

2019

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

2018

  1. Testing Rank Similarity
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2018, 100, (1), 86-91 Downloads View citations (27)

2016

  1. Effort, luck, and voting for redistribution
    Journal of Public Economics, 2016, 143, (C), 89-97 Downloads View citations (49)

2015

  1. BEYOND EDUCATION AND FAIRNESS: A LABOR MARKET TAXATION MODEL FOR THE GREAT GATSBY CURVE
    Economic Inquiry, 2015, 53, (2), 962-978 Downloads View citations (7)
  2. Sticking with What (Barely) Worked: A Test of Outcome Bias
    Management Science, 2015, 61, (5), 1121-1136 Downloads View citations (19)

2014

  1. Teacher heterogeneity, value-added and education policy
    Economics of Education Review, 2014, 40, (C), 76-92 Downloads View citations (13)

2013

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

2012

  1. Rich Dad, Smart Dad: Decomposing the Intergenerational Transmission of Income
    Journal of Political Economy, 2012, 120, (2), 268 - 303 Downloads View citations (69)
    See also Working Paper Rich Dad, Smart Dad: Decomposing the Intergenerational Transmission of Income, Research Papers in Economics (2009) Downloads View citations (7) (2009)

2011

  1. The impact of NIH postdoctoral training grants on scientific productivity
    Research Policy, 2011, 40, (6), 864-874 Downloads View citations (37)
  2. The impact of research grant funding on scientific productivity
    Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95, (9-10), 1168-1177 Downloads View citations (187)
    Also in Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95, (9), 1168-1177 (2011) Downloads View citations (188)

    See also Working Paper The Impact of Research Grant Funding on Scientific Productivity, NBER Working Papers (2007) Downloads View citations (19) (2007)

2010

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

2009

  1. Explaining the Puzzle of Cross-State Differences in Bankruptcy Rates
    Journal of Law and Economics, 2009, 52, (2), 367-393 Downloads View citations (44)
  2. The Effect of Grade Retention on High School Completion
    American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2009, 1, (3), 33-58 Downloads View citations (82)
    See also Working Paper The Effect of Grade Retention on High School Completion, NBER Working Papers (2007) Downloads View citations (4) (2007)

2008

  1. Can Principals Identify Effective Teachers? Evidence on Subjective Performance Evaluation in Education
    Journal of Labor Economics, 2008, 26, (1), 101-136 Downloads View citations (163)

2007

  1. The Dynamics of Criminal Behavior: Evidence from Weather Shocks
    Journal of Human Resources, 2007, 42, (3) Downloads View citations (135)
    See also Working Paper The Dynamics of Criminal Behavior: Evidence from Weather Shocks, Working Paper Series (2005) Downloads View citations (2) (2005)
  2. 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 Downloads 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) Downloads View citations (14) (2005)

2006

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

2004

  1. Educational peer effects and the Chicago public schools
    Journal of Urban Economics, 2004, 56, (2), 169-191 Downloads View citations (78)
  2. Remedial Education and Student Achievement: A Regression-Discontinuity Analysis
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2004, 86, (1), 226-244 Downloads View citations (236)
    See also Working Paper Remedial Education and Student Achievement: A Regression-Discontinuity Analysis, NBER Working Papers (2002) Downloads View citations (25) (2002)
  3. The Impact of Teacher Training on Student Achievement: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from School Reform Efforts in Chicago
    Journal of Human Resources, 2004, 39, (1) Downloads View citations (66)
    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) Downloads View citations (12) (2002)

2003

  1. Are Idle Hands the Devil's Workshop? Incapacitation, Concentration, and Juvenile Crime
    American Economic Review, 2003, 93, (5), 1560-1577 Downloads View citations (258)
    See also Working Paper Are Idle Hands the Devil's Workshop? Incapacitation, Concentration and Juvenile Crime, NBER Working Papers (2003) Downloads View citations (217) (2003)
 
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