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Working Papers

2025

1. College Course Shutouts
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2024)
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2024)
2. ‘Sorting’ Out Gender Discrimination and Disadvantage: Evidence from Student Evaluations of Teaching
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2025)

2024

3. Intergenerational Transmission of Occupation: Lessons from the United States Army
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2022

4. How do Behavioral Approaches to Increase Savings Compare? Evidence from Multiple Interventions in the U.S. Army
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2021

5. Why Have College Completion Rates Increased? An Analysis of Rising Grades
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)

2020

6. How Much to Save? Decision Costs and Retirement Plan Participation
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
   See also Journal Article How much to save? Decision costs and retirement plan participation, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2020) View citations (6) (2020)

2019

7. Active Choice Framing and Intergenerational Education Benefits: Evidence from the Field
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)
8. Attribution Bias in Major Decisions: Evidence from the United States Military Academy
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
   Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2018)
   See also Journal Article Attribution bias in major decisions: Evidence from the United States Military Academy, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2021) View citations (13) (2021)
9. Timing Is Everything: Evidence from College Major Decisions
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (9)
   Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2019) View citations (7)

2018

10. When Studying and Nudging Don’t Go as Planned: Unsuccessful Attempts to Help Traditional and Online College Students
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)

2016

11. 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)

Journal Articles

2023

1. Army Service in the All-Volunteer Era
   The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2023, 137, (4), 2363-2418
2. Timing Matters: Evidence from College Major Decisions
   Journal of Human Resources, 2023, 58, (4), 1347-1384 View citations (2)

2022

3. Low-Touch Attempts to Improve Time Management among Traditional and Online College Students
   Journal of Human Resources, 2022, 57, (1), 1-43
4. Why Have College Completion Rates Increased?
   American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2022, 14, (3), 1-29 View citations (13)

2021

5. Attribution bias in major decisions: Evidence from the United States Military Academy
   Journal of Public Economics, 2021, 200, (C) View citations (13)
   See also Working Paper Attribution Bias in Major Decisions: Evidence from the United States Military Academy, IZA Discussion Papers (2019) (2019)
6. Nudges Don't Work When the Benefits Are Ambiguous: Evidence from a High‐Stakes Education Program
   Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2021, 40, (4), 1230-1248

2020

7. Benefits left on the table: Evidence from the Servicemembers’ Civil Relief Act
   Economics of Education Review, 2020, 78, (C) View citations (2)
8. How much to save? Decision costs and retirement plan participation
   Journal of Public Economics, 2020, 191, (C) View citations (6)
   See also Working Paper How Much to Save? Decision Costs and Retirement Plan Participation, NBER Working Papers (2020) View citations (6) (2020)

2018

9. Can behavioral tools improve online student outcomes? Experimental evidence from a massive open online course
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2018, 153, (C), 293-321 View citations (21)

2017

10. Computers and productivity: Evidence from laptop use in the college classroom
    Economics of Education Review, 2017, 57, (C), 66-79 View citations (5)
11. Could trends in time children spend with parents help explain the black–white gap in human capital? Evidence from the American Time Use Survey
    Education Economics, 2017, 25, (3), 219-233
12. Teachers’ unions and school performance: Evidence from California charter schools
    Economics of Education Review, 2017, 61, (C), 35-50 View citations (10)

2015

13. Reputation tapping
    European Review of Agricultural Economics, 2015, 42, (4), 675-701 View citations (4)

Chapters

2018

1. 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)