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Working Papers

2022

1. The Consequences of Remote and Hybrid Instruction During the Pandemic
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2020

2. Have Income-Based Achievement Gaps Widened or Narrowed?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2017

3. An Evaluation of Bias in Three Measures of Teacher Quality: Value-Added, Classroom Observations, and Student Surveys
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)
4. Identifying Sources of Inefficiency in Health Care
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
   See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (2020)
5. School District Reform in Newark: Within- and Between-School Changes in Achievement Growth
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   See also Journal Article in ILR Review (2019)

2014

6. Validating Teacher Effect Estimates Using Changes in Teacher Assignments in Los Angeles
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (19)

2012

7. Knowledge, Tests, and Fadeout in Educational Interventions
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (14)

2011

8. School Choice, School Quality and Postsecondary Attainment
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (14)
   See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2014)

2010

9. Identifying Provider Prejudice in Healthcare
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)
10. Information and Employee Evaluation: Evidence from a Randomized Intervention in Public Schools
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2012)
11. Value-Added: It's Not Perfect But It Makes Sense
    Mathematica Policy Research Reports, Mathematica Policy Research

2009

12. Technology Diffusion and Productivity Growth in Health Care
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (23)
    See also Journal Article in The Review of Economics and Statistics (2015)

2008

13. Can You Recognize an Effective Teacher When You Recruit One?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article in Education Finance and Policy (2011)
14. Estimating Teacher Impacts on Student Achievement: An Experimental Evaluation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (224)
15. Is There Monopsony in the Labor Market? Evidence from a Natural Experiment
    Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section.
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1999) View citations (47)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Labor Economics (2010)
16. National Board Certification and Teacher Effectiveness: Evidence from a Random Assignment Experiment
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (13)

2006

17. Abortion and Selection
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article in The Review of Economics and Statistics (2009)
18. Preferences and Heterogeneous Treatment Effects in a Public School Choice Lottery
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (28)
19. The Political Economy of School Choice: Randomized School Admissions and Voter Participation
    Working Papers, Yale University, Department of Economics
20. What Does Certification Tell Us About Teacher Effectiveness? Evidence from New York City
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (47)
    See also Journal Article in Economics of Education Review (2008)

2005

21. Parental Preferences and School Competition: Evidence from a Public School Choice Program
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (55)
    Also in Working Papers, Yale University, Department of Economics (2005) View citations (46)
22. School Quality, Neighborhoods and Housing Prices: The Impacts of school Desegregation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (16)
23. Technology Adoption From Hybrid Corn to Beta Blockers
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (41)
    See also Journal Article in Proceedings (2005)
    Chapter (2007)
24. The Effect of Randomized School Admissions on Voter Participation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (2007)

2004

25. Fiscal Shenanigans, Targeted Federal Health Care Funds, and Patient Mortality
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (2005)
26. Testing a Roy Model with Productivity Spillovers: Evidence from the Treatment of Heart Attacks
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)

2002

27. Abortion as Insurance
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)

2001

28. Improving School Accountability Measures
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (35)
29. Prices, Wages and the U.S. NAIRU in the 1990s
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (44)

1999

30. Comparing Hospital Quality at For-Profit and Not-for-Profit Hospitals
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (12)
    See also Chapter (2000)
31. Estimating Returns to Schooling When Schooling is Misreported
    Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section. View citations (73)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1999) View citations (102)
32. The Quality of Health Care Providers
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (57)

1997

33. Abortion Legalization and Child Living Circumstances: Who is the "Marginal Child?"
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (1999)

1996

34. How Precise are Estimates of the Natural Rate of Unemployment?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (112)
    See also Chapter (1997)
35. Roe V.Wade and American Fertility
    Working Papers, Wellesley College - Department of Economics View citations (5)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1996) View citations (14)
    See also Journal Article in American Journal of Public Health (1999)

1994

36. Instrumental Variables Regression with Weak Instruments
    NBER Technical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (136)
    See also Journal Article in Econometrica (1997)

Undated

37. America's Teacher Corps
    Mathematica Policy Research Reports, Mathematica Policy Research
38. Evaluating Teachers: The Important Role of Value-Added
    Mathematica Policy Research Reports, Mathematica Policy Research View citations (4)
39. Passing Muster: Evaluating Teacher Evaluation Systems
    Mathematica Policy Research Reports, Mathematica Policy Research

Journal Articles

2020

1. Curriculum Reform in The Common Core Era: Evaluating Elementary Math Textbooks Across Six U.S. States
   Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2020, 39, (4), 966-1019
2. Identifying Sources of Inefficiency in Healthcare*
   (The Determinants of Productivity in Medical Testing: Intensity and Allocation of Care)
   The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2020, 135, (2), 785-843 View citations (4)
   See also Working Paper (2017)

2019

3. An experimental evaluation of three teacher quality measures: Value-added, classroom observations, and student surveys
   Economics of Education Review, 2019, 73, (C) View citations (3)
4. An instrumental variable procedure for estimating Cox models with non‐proportional hazards in the presence of unmeasured confounding
   Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series C, 2019, 68, (4), 985-1005
5. School District Reform in Newark: Within- and Between-School Changes in Achievement Growth
   ILR Review, 2019, 72, (2), 323-354
   See also Working Paper (2017)

2016

6. Sources of Inefficiency in Healthcare and Education
   American Economic Review, 2016, 106, (5), 383-87 View citations (2)

2015

7. Technology Diffusion and Productivity Growth in Health Care
   The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2015, 97, (5), 951-964 View citations (28)
   See also Working Paper (2009)

2014

8. School Choice, School Quality, and Postsecondary Attainment
   American Economic Review, 2014, 104, (3), 991-1013 View citations (80)
   See also Working Paper (2011)
9. Teacher Effects and Teacher-Related Policies
   Annual Review of Economics, 2014, 6, (1), 801-825 View citations (45)

2012

10. Information and Employee Evaluation: Evidence from a Randomized Intervention in Public Schools
    American Economic Review, 2012, 102, (7), 3184-3213 View citations (57)
    See also Working Paper (2010)

2011

11. Can You Recognize an Effective Teacher When You Recruit One?
    Education Finance and Policy, 2011, 6, (1), 43-74 View citations (57)
    See also Working Paper (2008)

2010

12. Is There Monopsony in the Labor Market? Evidence from a Natural Experiment
    Journal of Labor Economics, 2010, 28, (2), 211-236 View citations (88)
    See also Working Paper (2008)
13. Searching for Effective Teachers with Imperfect Information
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2010, 24, (3), 97-118 View citations (94)

2009

14. Abortion and Selection
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2009, 91, (1), 124-136 View citations (57)
    See also Working Paper (2006)

2008

15. What does certification tell us about teacher effectiveness? Evidence from New York City
    Economics of Education Review, 2008, 27, (6), 615-631 View citations (155)
    See also Working Paper (2006)

2007

16. Productivity Spillovers in Health Care: Evidence from the Treatment of Heart Attacks
    Journal of Political Economy, 2007, 115, 103-140 View citations (136)
17. The effect of randomized school admissions on voter participation
    Journal of Public Economics, 2007, 91, (5-6), 915-937 View citations (18)
    See also Working Paper (2005)

2006

18. Gender and Performance: Evidence from School Assignment by Randomized Lottery
    American Economic Review, 2006, 96, (2), 232-236 View citations (26)
19. School Quality, Neighborhoods, and Housing Prices
    American Law and Economics Review, 2006, 8, (2), 183-212 View citations (53)

2005

20. Fiscal Shenanigans, Targeted Federal Health Care Funds, and Patient Mortality
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2005, 120, (1), 345-386 View citations (37)
    See also Working Paper (2004)
21. Mortality among very low-birthweight infants in hospitals serving minority populations
    American Journal of Public Health, 2005, 95, (12), 2206-2212
22. Technology adoption from hybrid corn to beta blockers
    Proceedings, 2005 View citations (39)
    See also Working Paper (2005)
    Chapter (2007)

2004

23. Abortion Policy and Fertility Outcomes: The Eastern European Experience
    Journal of Law and Economics, 2004, 47, (1), 223-43 View citations (20)

2002

24. The Promise and Pitfalls of Using Imprecise School Accountability Measures
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2002, 16, (4), 91-114 View citations (157)

2001

25. Health insurance and female labor supply in Taiwan
    Journal of Health Economics, 2001, 20, (2), 187-211 View citations (36)

2000

26. Comparing the Quality of Health Care Providers
    Forum for Health Economics & Policy, 2000, 3, (1), 1-26 View citations (11)
    See also Chapter (2000)

1999

27. Abortion Legalization and Child Living Circumstances: Who is the "Marginal Child"?
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1999, 114, (1), 263-291 View citations (121)
    See also Working Paper (1997)
28. Roe v Wade and American fertility
    American Journal of Public Health, 1999, 89, (2), 199-203 View citations (15)
    See also Working Paper (1996)

1997

29. Instrumental Variables Regression with Weak Instruments
    Econometrica, 1997, 65, (3), 557-586 View citations (3529)
    See also Working Paper (1994)
30. The NAIRU, Unemployment and Monetary Policy
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1997, 11, (1), 33-49 View citations (343)

1996

31. Teen Motherhood and Abortion Access
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1996, 111, (2), 467-506 View citations (87)

1994

32. How Hospital Ownership Affects Access to Care for the Uninsured
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1994, 25, (1), 171-185 View citations (44)

Chapters

2018

1. What Health Care Teaches Us about Measuring Productivity in Higher Education
   A chapter in Productivity in Higher Education, 2018, pp 17-29

2007

2. Technology Adoption from Hybrid Corn to Beta-Blockers
   A chapter in Hard-to-Measure Goods and Services: Essays in Honor of Zvi Griliches, 2007, pp 545-570 View citations (10)
   See also Working Paper (2005)
   Journal Article in Proceedings (2005)

2000

3. Comparing Hospital Quality at For-Profit and Not- for-Profit Hospitals
   A chapter in The Changing Hospital Industry: Comparing Not-for-Profit and For-Profit Institutions, 2000, pp 93-112 View citations (14)
   See also Working Paper (1999)
4. Comparing the Quality of Health Care Providers
   A chapter in Frontiers in Health Policy Research, Volume 3, 2000, pp 113-136 View citations (10)
   See also Journal Article in Forum for Health Economics & Policy (2000)

1998

5. The Covariance Structure of Mortality Rates in Hospitals
   A chapter in Inquiries in the Economics of Aging, 1998, pp 205-227

1997

6. How Precise Are Estimates of the Natural Rate of Unemployment?
   A chapter in Reducing Inflation: Motivation and Strategy, 1997, pp 195-246 View citations (169)
   See also Working Paper (1996)