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Working Papers

2023

1. Parenting with Patience: Parental Incentives and Child Development
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
   Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2023)
   Carlo Alberto Notebooks, Collegio Carlo Alberto (2023)
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2023)
2. The Impacts of Same and Opposite Gender Alumni Speakers on Interest in Economics
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article The impacts of same and opposite gender alumni speakers on interest in economics, Economics of Education Review, Elsevier (2024) (2024)

2022

3. An Equilibrium Model of the Impact of Increased Public Investment in Early Childhood Education
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)

2021

4. Inequality in Early Care Experienced by U.S. Children
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2021) View citations (4)
   See also Journal Article Inequality in Early Care Experienced by US Children, Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association (2022) View citations (12) (2022)

2020

5. College Majors
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
6. Early Childhood Care and Cognitive Development
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (19)
   Also in Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group (2020) View citations (20)
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2020) View citations (23)
7. The Role of Heterogeneous Risk Preferences, Discount Rates, and Earnings Expectations in College Major Choice
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (12)
   See also Journal Article The role of heterogeneous risk preferences, discount rates, and earnings expectations in college major choice, Journal of Econometrics, Elsevier (2022) View citations (3) (2022)

2019

8. Actors in the Child Development Process
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (17)
   Also in Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group (2019) View citations (19)
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2019) View citations (15)
   Carlo Alberto Notebooks, Collegio Carlo Alberto (2018)
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2019) View citations (18)
9. Home and School in the Development of Children
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
   Also in Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group (2019) View citations (6)

2018

10. Childcare Choices and Child Development: a Cross-Country Analysis
    Carlo Alberto Notebooks, Collegio Carlo Alberto View citations (3)
11. Labor Market Search With Imperfect Information and Learning
    Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group View citations (53)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2018) View citations (59)

2016

12. Estimating the Technology of Children's Skill Formation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (81)
13. Human Capital Investments and Expectations about Career and Family
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (16)
    Also in Staff Reports, Federal Reserve Bank of New York (2016) View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article Human Capital Investments and Expectations about Career and Family, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (2021) View citations (54) (2021)
14. Identification of Dynamic Latent Factor Models: The Implications of Re-Normalization in a Model of Child Development
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (35)
15. Preference for the Workplace, Human Capital, and Gender
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (13)
16. Preference for the workplace, investment in human capital, and gender
    Staff Reports, Federal Reserve Bank of New York View citations (35)
    See also Journal Article Preference for the Workplace, Investment in Human Capital, and Gender, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2018) View citations (246) (2018)
17. Transfers to Households with Children and Child Development
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (32)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2014) View citations (7)
    Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group (2013)
    Carlo Alberto Notebooks, Collegio Carlo Alberto (2012) View citations (10)
    CHILD Working Papers Series, Centre for Household, Income, Labour and Demographic Economics (CHILD) - CCA (2014) View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article Transfers to Households with Children and Child Development, Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2016) View citations (31) (2016)

2015

18. Making Summer Matter: The Impact of Youth Employment on Academic Performance
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Making summer matter: The impact of youth employment on academic performance, Quantitative Economics, Econometric Society (2021) View citations (6) (2021)

2013

19. Preferences and Biases in Educational Choices and Labor Market Expectations: Shrinking the Black Box of Gender
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (21)
    Also in Staff Reports, Federal Reserve Bank of New York (2013) View citations (18)
    See also Journal Article Preferences and Biases in Educational Choices and Labour Market Expectations: Shrinking the Black Box of Gender, Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2017) View citations (155) (2017)

2012

20. Beyond LATE with a discrete instrument. Heterogeneity in the quantity-quality interaction of children
    Discussion Papers, Statistics Norway, Research Department View citations (12)
    See also Journal Article Beyond LATE with a Discrete Instrument, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (2017) View citations (152) (2017)

2011

21. Belief updating among college students: evidence from experimental variation in information
    Staff Reports, Federal Reserve Bank of New York View citations (7)
22. Determinants of college major choice: identification using an information experiment
    Staff Reports, Federal Reserve Bank of New York View citations (40)
    See also Journal Article Determinants of College Major Choice: Identification using an Information Experiment, The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd (2015) View citations (391) (2015)
23. What Linear Estimators Miss: The E ects of Family Income on Child Outcomes
    Working Papers in Economics, University of Bergen, Department of Economics View citations (4)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2010) View citations (22)
    See also Journal Article What Linear Estimators Miss: The Effects of Family Income on Child Outcomes, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association (2012) View citations (164) (2012)

2010

24. Evolution of Gender Differences in Education, College Majors, Labor Supply, and Earnings: A General Equilibrium Model
    2010 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (1)
25. Household Choices and Child Development
    Carlo Alberto Notebooks, Collegio Carlo Alberto View citations (23)
    Also in Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group (2010) View citations (29)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2010) View citations (33)
    See also Journal Article Household Choices and Child Development, The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd (2014) View citations (249) (2014)
26. Instrumental Variables Estimation with Partially Missing Instruments
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
    See also Journal Article Instrumental variables estimation with partially missing instruments, Economics Letters, Elsevier (2012) View citations (13) (2012)
27. Linearity in Instrumental Variables Estimation: Problems and Solutions
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (6)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2009) View citations (4)
    Discussion Papers, Statistics Norway, Research Department (2009) View citations (8)

Journal Articles

2024

1. The impacts of same and opposite gender alumni speakers on interest in economics
   Economics of Education Review, 2024, 102, (C)
   See also Working Paper The Impacts of Same and Opposite Gender Alumni Speakers on Interest in Economics, NBER Working Papers (2023) View citations (2) (2023)

2022

2. Inequality in Early Care Experienced by US Children
   Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2022, 36, (2), 199-222 View citations (12)
   See also Working Paper Inequality in Early Care Experienced by U.S. Children, NBER Working Papers (2021) View citations (4) (2021)
3. The role of heterogeneous risk preferences, discount rates, and earnings expectations in college major choice
   Journal of Econometrics, 2022, 231, (1), 98-122 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper The Role of Heterogeneous Risk Preferences, Discount Rates, and Earnings Expectations in College Major Choice, NBER Working Papers (2020) View citations (12) (2020)

2021

4. Human Capital Investments and Expectations about Career and Family
   Journal of Political Economy, 2021, 129, (5), 1361 - 1424 View citations (54)
   See also Working Paper Human Capital Investments and Expectations about Career and Family, NBER Working Papers (2016) View citations (16) (2016)
5. Making summer matter: The impact of youth employment on academic performance
   Quantitative Economics, 2021, 12, (2), 477-504 View citations (6)
   See also Working Paper Making Summer Matter: The Impact of Youth Employment on Academic Performance, NBER Working Papers (2015) View citations (3) (2015)

2019

6. Child Care and Child Care Policy: Existing Policies, Their Effects, and Reforms
   The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2019, 686, (1), 310-338

2018

7. Preference for the Workplace, Investment in Human Capital, and Gender
   The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2018, 133, (1), 457-507 View citations (246)
   See also Working Paper Preference for the workplace, investment in human capital, and gender, Staff Reports (2016) View citations (35) (2016)

2017

8. Beyond LATE with a Discrete Instrument
   Journal of Political Economy, 2017, 125, (4), 985 - 1039 View citations (152)
   See also Working Paper Beyond LATE with a discrete instrument. Heterogeneity in the quantity-quality interaction of children, Discussion Papers (2012) View citations (12) (2012)
9. Preferences and Biases in Educational Choices and Labour Market Expectations: Shrinking the Black Box of Gender
   Economic Journal, 2017, 127, (604), 2153-2186 View citations (155)
   See also Working Paper Preferences and Biases in Educational Choices and Labor Market Expectations: Shrinking the Black Box of Gender, IZA Discussion Papers (2013) View citations (21) (2013)

2016

10. Are all schools created equal? Learning environments in small and large public high schools in New York City
    Economics of Education Review, 2016, 52, (C), 272-290 View citations (2)
11. Testing the quantity–quality model of fertility: Estimation using unrestricted family size models
    Quantitative Economics, 2016, 7, (1), 157-192 View citations (35)
12. Transfers to Households with Children and Child Development
    Economic Journal, 2016, 126, (596), F136-F183 View citations (31)
    See also Working Paper Transfers to Households with Children and Child Development, CEPR Discussion Papers (2016) View citations (32) (2016)

2015

13. Determinants of College Major Choice: Identification using an Information Experiment
    The Review of Economic Studies, 2015, 82, (2), 791-824 View citations (391)
    See also Working Paper Determinants of college major choice: identification using an information experiment, Staff Reports (2011) View citations (40) (2011)
14. How Do College Students Respond to Public Information about Earnings?
    Journal of Human Capital, 2015, 9, (2), 117 - 169 View citations (118)

2014

15. Does attending a STEM high school improve student performance? Evidence from New York City
    Economics of Education Review, 2014, 40, (C), 93-105 View citations (8)
16. EVOLUTION OF GENDER DIFFERENCES IN POST‐SECONDARY HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENTS: COLLEGE MAJORS
    International Economic Review, 2014, 55, (1), 23-56 View citations (12)
17. Household Choices and Child Development
    The Review of Economic Studies, 2014, 81, (1), 137-185 View citations (249)
    See also Working Paper Household Choices and Child Development, Carlo Alberto Notebooks (2010) View citations (23) (2010)

2013

18. Do small schools improve performance in large, urban districts? Causal evidence from New York City
    Journal of Urban Economics, 2013, 77, (C), 27-40 View citations (27)
19. The dynamics of teacher quality
    Journal of Public Economics, 2013, 100, (C), 61-78 View citations (62)

2012

20. Instrumental variables estimation with partially missing instruments
    Economics Letters, 2012, 114, (2), 186-189 View citations (13)
    See also Working Paper Instrumental Variables Estimation with Partially Missing Instruments, IZA Discussion Papers (2010) (2010)
21. What Linear Estimators Miss: The Effects of Family Income on Child Outcomes
    American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2012, 4, (2), 1-35 View citations (164)
    See also Working Paper What Linear Estimators Miss: The E ects of Family Income on Child Outcomes, Working Papers in Economics (2011) View citations (4) (2011)

2011

22. Risk Aversion and Support for Merit Pay: Theory and Evidence from Minnesota's Q Comp Program
    Education Finance and Policy, 2011, 6, (1), 75-104 View citations (7)

2008

23. Before and After: Gender Transitions, Human Capital, and Workplace Experiences
    The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2008, 8, (1), 1-28 View citations (25)

2007

24. A Parallel Implementation of the Simplex Function Minimization Routine
    Computational Economics, 2007, 30, (2), 171-187 View citations (10)