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Working Papers

2024

1. Self-, Peer-, and Teacher Perceptions under School Tracking
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2020

2. Information, Preferences, and Household Demand for School Value Added
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2020) View citations (11)
3. Why Does the U.S. Have the Best Research Universities? Incentives, Resources, and Virtuous Circles
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2020) View citations (1)

2018

4. Is Education Consumption or Investment? Implications for the Effect of School Competition
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)

2016

5. Interactions Between Family and School Environments: Evidence on Dynamic Complementarities?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (31)
6. Learning and Earning: An Approximation to College Value Added in Two Dimensions
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
   See also Chapter Learning and Earning: An Approximation to College Value Added in Two Dimensions, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2018) (2018)

2015

7. School Vouchers: A Survey of the Economics Literature
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)
   See also Journal Article School Vouchers: A Survey of the Economics Literature, Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association (2017) View citations (65) (2017)
8. The Big Sort: College Reputation and Labor Market Outcomes
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
   See also Journal Article The Big Sort: College Reputation and Labor Market Outcomes, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association (2017) View citations (56) (2017)

2012

9. Anti-Lemons: School Reputation, Relative Diversity, and Educational Quality
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (8)
10. Competition and Educational Productivity: Incentives Writ Large
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (11)

2011

11. Going to a Better School: Effects and Behavioral Responses
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (33)
    See also Journal Article Going to a Better School: Effects and Behavioral Responses, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2013) View citations (258) (2013)

2009

12. Anti-Lemons: School Reputation and Educational Quality
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (35)

2007

13. Class Size and Sorting in Market Equilibrium: Theory and Evidence
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (6)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2007) View citations (5)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2007) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Class-Size Caps, Sorting, and the Regression-Discontinuity Design, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2009) View citations (111) (2009)
14. Parental choice and school markets: The impact of information approximating school effectiveness
    Documentos de Trabajo, Centro de Economía Aplicada, Universidad de Chile View citations (8)
15. School Markets: The Impact of Information Approximating Schools' Effectiveness
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article School markets: The impact of information approximating schools' effectiveness, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2013) View citations (59) (2013)

2006

16. Socioeconomic status or noise? Tradeoffs in the generation of school quality information
    Documentos de Trabajo, Centro de Economía Aplicada, Universidad de Chile View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Socioeconomic status or noise? Tradeoffs in the generation of school quality information, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2007) View citations (32) (2007)

2005

17. Bolivian capitalization and privatization: Approximation to an evaluation
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (4)

2003

18. Capitalization and Privatization in Bolivia: An Aproximation to an Evaluation
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (7)
19. The Central Role of Noise in Evaluating Interventions that Use Test Scores to Rank Schools
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (29)
    See also Journal Article The Central Role of Noise in Evaluating Interventions That Use Test Scores to Rank Schools, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2005) View citations (161) (2005)
20. When Schools Compete, How Do They Compete? An Assessment of Chile's Nationwide School Voucher Program
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (80)
    Also in Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Center for Economic Policy Studies. (2002) View citations (25)

2001

21. Capitalization, Regulation and the Poor: Access to Basic Services in Bolivia
    WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (19)
    Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2001) View citations (12)
    See also Chapter Capitalization, regulation and the poor: access to basic services in Bolivia, Chapters, Edward Elgar Publishing (2003) (2003)
22. Identifying class size effects in developing countries: evidence from rural schools in Bolivia
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (13)

1999

23. Geography and Development in Bolivia: Migration, Urban and Industrial Concentration, Welfare, and Convergence: 1950-1992
    Research Department Publications, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department View citations (10)

Journal Articles

2021

1. Why Does the United States Have the Best Research Universities? Incentives, Resources, and Virtuous Circles
   Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2021, 35, (1), 185-206 View citations (8)

2020

2. A research-based ranking of public policy schools
   Scientometrics, 2020, 125, (1), 499-531 View citations (1)

2019

3. Is Education Consumption or Investment? Implications for School Competition
   Annual Review of Economics, 2019, 11, (1), 563-589 View citations (13)

2017

4. School Vouchers: A Survey of the Economics Literature
   Journal of Economic Literature, 2017, 55, (2), 441-92 View citations (65)
   See also Working Paper School Vouchers: A Survey of the Economics Literature, NBER Working Papers (2015) View citations (10) (2015)
5. The Big Sort: College Reputation and Labor Market Outcomes
   American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2017, 9, (3), 223-61 View citations (56)
   See also Working Paper The Big Sort: College Reputation and Labor Market Outcomes, NBER Working Papers (2015) View citations (6) (2015)

2015

6. Progress and challenges in achieving an evidence-based education policy in Latin America and the Caribbean
   Latin American Economic Review, 2015, 24, (1), 1-30
7. Reputation and School Competition
   American Economic Review, 2015, 105, (11), 3471-88 View citations (48)

2013

8. Going to a Better School: Effects and Behavioral Responses
   American Economic Review, 2013, 103, (4), 1289-1324 View citations (258)
   See also Working Paper Going to a Better School: Effects and Behavioral Responses, NBER Working Papers (2011) View citations (33) (2011)
9. School markets: The impact of information approximating schools' effectiveness
   Journal of Development Economics, 2013, 103, (C), 313-335 View citations (59)
   See also Working Paper School Markets: The Impact of Information Approximating Schools' Effectiveness, NBER Working Papers (2007) View citations (7) (2007)

2009

10. Class-Size Caps, Sorting, and the Regression-Discontinuity Design
    American Economic Review, 2009, 99, (1), 179-215 View citations (111)
    See also Working Paper Class Size and Sorting in Market Equilibrium: Theory and Evidence, IZA Discussion Papers (2007) View citations (6) (2007)

2008

11. School Choice, Stratification and Information on School Performance: Lessons from Chile
    Economía Journal, 2008, Volume 8 Number 2, (Spring 2008), 1-42 View citations (22)
    Also in Economía Journal, 2008, Volume 8 Number 2, (Spring 2008), 1-42 (2008) View citations (17)

2007

12. Socioeconomic status or noise? Tradeoffs in the generation of school quality information
    Journal of Development Economics, 2007, 84, (1), 61-75 View citations (32)
    See also Working Paper Socioeconomic status or noise? Tradeoffs in the generation of school quality information, Documentos de Trabajo (2006) View citations (1) (2006)

2006

13. Identifying Class Size Effects in Developing Countries: Evidence from Rural Bolivia
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2006, 88, (1), 171-177 View citations (100)
14. The effects of generalized school choice on achievement and stratification: Evidence from Chile's voucher program
    Journal of Public Economics, 2006, 90, (8-9), 1477-1503 View citations (256)

2005

15. Does School Choice Lead to Sorting? Evidence from Tiebout Variation
    American Economic Review, 2005, 95, (4), 1310-1326 View citations (63)
16. The Central Role of Noise in Evaluating Interventions That Use Test Scores to Rank Schools
    American Economic Review, 2005, 95, (4), 1237-1258 View citations (161)
    See also Working Paper The Central Role of Noise in Evaluating Interventions that Use Test Scores to Rank Schools, NBER Working Papers (2003) View citations (29) (2003)

1997

17. What difference does it make if school and work are connected? Evidence on co-operative education in the United States
    Economics of Education Review, 1997, 16, (3), 213-229 View citations (12)

Chapters

2018

1. Learning and Earning: An Approximation to College Value Added in Two Dimensions
   A chapter in Productivity in Higher Education, 2018, pp 105-132
   See also Working Paper Learning and Earning: An Approximation to College Value Added in Two Dimensions, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2016) View citations (1) (2016)

2016

2. Competition Among Schools
   Elsevier View citations (16)

2003

3. Capitalization, regulation and the poor: access to basic services in Bolivia
   Chapter 9 in Utility Privatization and Regulation, 2003
   See also Working Paper Capitalization, Regulation and the Poor: Access to Basic Services in Bolivia, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) (2001) View citations (19) (2001)