Journal of Human Resources

1966 - 2025

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Volume 56, issue 4, 2021

Congestion Pricing, Air Pollution, and Children’s Health pp. 971-996

Emilia Simeonova, Janet Currie, Peter Nilsson and Reed Walker

Health, Human Capital, and Domestic Violence pp. 997-1030

Nicholas Papageorge, Gwyn C. Pauley, Mardge Cohen, Tracey E. Wilson, Barton H. Hamilton and Robert A. Pollak

Taxes and Adoptions from Foster Care: Evidence from the Federal Adoption Tax Credit pp. 1031-1072

Margaret Brehm

Targeted vs. General Education Investments: Evidence from Special Education and English Language Learners in Boston Charter Schools pp. 1073-1112

Elizabeth Setren

Maxed Out?: The Effect of Larger Student Loan Limits on Borrowing and Education Outcomes pp. 1113-1140

Jeffrey Denning and Todd Jones

Is Informality Good for Business?: The Impacts of Inflows of Internally Displaced Persons on Formal Firms pp. 1141-1186

Sandra Rozo and Hernan Winkler

The Effect of School Rank on Personality Traits pp. 1187-1225

Laura Pagani, Simona Comi and Federica Origo

Is Compassion a Good Career Move?: Nonprofit Earnings Differentials from Job Changes pp. 1226-1253

Andrew Johnston and Carla Johnston

Measuring Skills in Developing Countries pp. 1254-1295

Rachid Laaja and Karen Macours

Selling Crops Early to Pay for School: A Large-Scale Natural Experiment in Malawi pp. 1296-1325

Brian Dillon

Volume 56, issue 3, 2021

Can Public Rankings Improve School Performance?: Evidence from a Nationwide Reform in Tanzania pp. 655-685

Jacobus Cilliers, Isaac Mbiti and Andrew Zeitlin

Gender Peer Effects on Students’ Academic and Noncognitive Outcomes: Evidence and Mechanisms pp. 686-710

Jie Gong, Yi Lu and Hong Song

Disparities and Discrimination in Student Discipline by Race and Family Income pp. 711-748

Nathan Barrett, Andrew McEachin, Jonathan N. Mills and Jon Valant

Measuring Social and Externality Benefits of Influenza Vaccination pp. 749-785

Corey White

The Sources of the Wage Losses of Displaced Workers: The Role of the Reallocation of Workers into Firms, Matches, and Job Titles pp. 786-820

Pedro Raposo, Pedro Portugal and Anabela Carneiro

High-Stakes Grades and Student Behavior pp. 821-849

Ulrik Hvidman and Hans Sievertsen

The Labor Market Consequences of Receiving Disability Benefits during Childhood pp. 850-877

Michael Levere

Why Do We Inflate Grades?: The Effect of Adjunct Faculty Employment on Instructor Grading Standards pp. 878-921

Kelly Chen, Zeynep Hansen and Scott Lowe

Major Malfunction: A Field Experiment Correcting Undergraduates’ Beliefs about Salaries pp. 922-939

John J. Conlon

Multigrading and Child Achievement pp. 940-968

Gian Paolo Barbetta, Giuseppe Sorrenti and Gilberto Turati

Corrigendum to “The High/Scope Perry Preschool Program: Cost–Benefit Analysis Using Data from the Age–40 Followup” pp. 969

Clive R. Belfield, Milagros Nores, W. Barnett and Lawrence Schweinhart

Volume 56, issue 2, 2021

Engaging Teachers: Measuring the Impact of Teachers on Student Attendance in Secondary School pp. 343-379

Jing Liu and Susanna Loeb

Workfare and Human Capital Investment: Evidence from India pp. 380-405

Manisha Shah and Bryce Steinberg

The Effects of Local Industrial Pollution on Students and Schools pp. 406-445

Claudia Persico and Joanna Venator

Does Education Affect Attitudes towards Immigration?: Evidence from Germany pp. 446-479

Shushanik Margaryan, Annemarie Paul and Thomas Siedler

Leadership Experiences, Labor Market Entry, and Early Career Trajectories pp. 480-511

Martin Lundin, Oskar Skans and Pär Zetterberg

Firms and Skills: The Evolution of Worker Sorting pp. 512-538

Christina Håkanson, Erik Lindqvist and Jonas Vlachos

Medicaid Benefit Generosity and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from Medicaid Adult Vision Benefits pp. 539-569

Michel H. Boudreaux and Brandy J. Lipton

Guest Worker Programs and Human Capital Investment: The Bracero Program in Mexico, 1942–1964 pp. 570-599

Edward Kosack

Household Incomes in Tax Data: Using Addresses to Move from Tax-Unit to Household Income Distributions pp. 600-631

Jeff Larrimore, Jacob Mortenson and David Splinter

How Effective Are Charity Managers?: Evidence from a Panel of Charities pp. 632-654

Bradley Minaker

Volume 56, issue 1, 2021

Can Introducing Single-Sex Education into Low-Performing Schools Improve Academics, Arrests, and Teen Motherhood? pp. 1-39

C. Kirabo Jackson

Teen Fertility and Siblings’ Outcomes: Evidence of Family Spillovers Using Matched Samples pp. 40-72

Jennifer Heissel

Increasing Workplace Diversity: Evidence from a Recruiting Experiment at a Fortune 500 Company pp. 73-92

Jeffrey A. Flory, Andreas Leibbrandt, Christina Rott and Olga Stoddard

The Effect of Advanced Placement Science on Students’ Skills, Confidence, and Stress pp. 93-124

Dylan Conger, Alec I. Kennedy, Mark Long and Raymond McGhee, Jr.

Leveraging Parents through Low-Cost Technology: The Impact of High-Frequency Information on Student Achievement pp. 125-158

Peter Bergman and Eric W. Chan

The Difficult School-to-Work Transition of High School Dropouts: Evidence from a Field Experiment pp. 159-183

Pierre Cahuc, Stéphane Carcillo and Andreea Minea

Climate Change and Occupational Health: Are There Limits to Our Ability to Adapt? pp. 184-224

Marcus Dillender

Brothers in Arms: Spillovers from a Draft Lottery pp. 225-268

Paul Bingley, Petter Lundborg and Stéphanie Vincent Lyk-Jensen

The Effects of the Kalamazoo Promise Scholarship on College Enrollment and Completion pp. 269-310

Timothy Bartik, Brad Hershbein and Marta Lachowska

Closing Routes to Retirement for Women: How Do They Respond? pp. 311-341

Johannes Geyer and Clara Welteke

Volume 55, issue 4, 2020

The Consequences of Performance Standards in Need-Based Aid: Evidence from Community Colleges pp. 1105-1136

Judith Scott-Clayton and Lauren Schudde

How Far Is Too Far? New Evidence on Abortion Clinic Closures, Access, and Abortions pp. 1137-1160

Jason Lindo, Caitlin Myers, Andrea Schlosser and Scott Cunningham

The Impact of Prior Learning Assessments on College Completion and Financial Outcomes pp. 1161-1193

Angela Boatman, Michael Hurwitz, Jason Lee and Jonathan Smith

Careers and Mismatch for College Graduates: College and Noncollege Jobs pp. 1194-1221

Andrew Agopsowicz, Chris Robinson, Ralph Stinebrickner and Todd Stinebrickner

Do Higher Salaries Yield Better Teachers and Better Student Outcomes? pp. 1222-1257

José María Cabrera and Dinand Webbink

Effects of School Starting Age on the Family pp. 1258-1286

Rasmus Landersø, Helena Nielsen and Marianne Simonsen

The Economic Burden of Crime: Evidence from Mexico pp. 1287-1318

Andrea Velasquez

Prescription Opioids and Labor Market Pains: The Effect of Schedule II Opioids on Labor Force Participation and Unemployment pp. 1319-1364

Matthew Harris, Lawrence M. Kessler, Matthew N. Murray and Beth Glenn

Nonbinding Peer Review and Effort in Teams: Evidence from a Field Experiment pp. 1365-1399

Kristian Behrens and Matthieu Chemin

In-State College Enrollment and Later Life Location Decisions pp. 1400-1426

John Winters

Volume 55, issue 3, 2020

The Consequences of Academic Match between Students and Colleges pp. 767-808

Eleanor Dillon and Jeffrey Smith

Persistent Effects of Teacher–Student Gender Matches pp. 809-835

Jaegeum Lim and Jonathan Meer

Are Professors Worth It? The Value-Added and Costs of Tutorial Instructors pp. 836-863

Jan Feld, Nicolas Salamanca and Ulf Zölitz

Do Low-Wage Employers Discriminate against Applicants with Long Commutes?: Evidence from a Correspondence Experiment pp. 864-901

David Phillips

Does Reducing Unemployment Benefits during a Recession Reduce Youth Unemployment?: Evidence from a 50 Percent Cut in Unemployment Assistance pp. 902-925

Aedín Doris, Donal O’Neill and Olive Sweetman

How to Improve Teaching Practice?: An Experimental Comparison of Centralized Training and In-Classroom Coaching pp. 926-962

Jacobus Cilliers, Brahm Fleisch, Cas Prinsloo and Stephen Taylor

The Effect of Promoting Savings on Informal Risk Sharing: Experimental Evidence from Vulnerable Women in Kenya pp. 963-998

Felipe Dizon, Erick Gong and Kelly Jones

Does Employment Respond Differently to Minimum Wage Increases in the Presence of Inflation Indexing? pp. 999-1024

Peter Brummund and Michael Strain

The Impacts of Restricting Mobility of Skilled Service Workers: Evidence from Physicians pp. 1025-1067

Kurt Lavetti, Carol Simon and William D. White

Goodbye Smokers’ Corner: Health Effects of School Smoking Bans pp. 1068-1104

Gregor Pfeifer, Mirjam Reutter and Kristina Strohmaier

Volume 55, issue 2, 2020

The Effect of Food Stamps on Children’s Health: Evidence from Immigrants’ Changing Eligibility pp. 387-427

Chloe East

The Age Twist in Employers’ Gender Requests: Evidence from Four Job Boards pp. 428-469

Miguel Delgado Helleseter, Peter Kuhn and Kailing Shen

The Role of Families in Student Sorting to Teachers pp. 470-503

Javaeria Qureshi and Ben Ost

The Intergenerational Transmission of Schooling among the Education-Rationed pp. 504-538

Jorge Agüero and Maithili Ramachandran

Experimenting with Caseworker Direction: Evidence from Voucher-Funded Job Training pp. 539-565

Robert Santillano, Irma Perez-Johnson and Quinn Moore

Policy Choice and Product Bundling in a Complicated Health Insurance Market: Do People Get It Right? pp. 566-610

Nathan Kettlewell

Labor Market Effects of U.S. Sick Pay Mandates pp. 611-659

Stefan Pichler and Nicolas Ziebarth

Infant Health and Later-Life Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from the Introduction of Sulfa Antibiotics in Sweden pp. 660-698

Volha Lazuka

Teachers, Electoral Cycles, and Learning in India pp. 699-732

Sonja Fagernäs and Panu Pelkonen

The Effect of Immigration on Natives’ School Performance: Does Length of Stay in the Host Country Matter? pp. 733-766

Laurent Bossavie

Volume 55, issue 1, 2020

Welfare Rules, Incentives, and Family Structure pp. 1-42

Robert Moffitt, Brian J. Phelan and Anne Winkler

Education and Incarceration in the Jim Crow South: Evidence from Rosenwald Schools pp. 43-75

Katherine Eriksson

How Does School Accountability Affect Teachers?: Evidence from New York City pp. 76-118

Rebecca Dizon-Ross

When the Going Gets Tough…: Financial Incentives, Duration of Unemployment, and Job-Match Quality pp. 119-163

Yolanda F. Rebollo-Sanz and Núria Rodriguez-Planas

The Role of Conferences on the Pathway to Academic Impact Evidence from a Natural Experiment pp. 164-193

Fernanda Leite Lopez de Leon and Ben McQuillin

Employment Risk and Job-Seeker Performance pp. 194-239

Susan Godlonton

More Harm than Good?: Sorting Effects in a Compensatory Education Program pp. 240-277

Laurent Davezies and Manon Garrouste

Competitive Schools and the Gender Gap in the Choice of Field of Study pp. 278-308

Fanny Landaud, Son Thierry Ly and Eric Maurin

Long-Term Impacts of Class Size in Compulsory School pp. 309-348

Edwin Leuven and Sturla Løkken

The Impacts of Performance Pay on Teacher Effectiveness and Retention: Does Teacher Gender Matter? pp. 349-385

Andrew Hill and Daniel Jones