"College Counseling in the Classroom: Randomized Evaluation of a Teacher-Based Approach to College Advising." Forthcoming, Journal of Labor Economics
Summary: Education Next
Media Coverage: National College Attainment Network
"Public School Funding, School Quality, and Adult Crime," with Jason Baron and Brittany Vasquez. Forthcoming, Review of Economics and Statistics. Online Appendix
Media Coverage: Thomas B. Fordham Institute, News Nation, VoxEU
"College Consumption Amenities, Academic Performance, and Donation Behavior: Evidence from Big-Time College Sports Attendance." 2024. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 226. (With Isaac McFarlin)
"School District Revenue Shocks, Resource Allocations, and Student Achievement: Evidence from the Universe of U.S. Wind Energy Installations." 2022. Journal of Public Economics, 206. (With Eric Brunner and Ben Hoen)
Media Coverage: The Conversation
"The Long-Run Impacts of Same-Race Teachers." 2022. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 14(4):300-42. (With Seth Gershenson, Cassandra Hart, Constance Lindsay, and Nicholas Papageorge)
Media Coverage: EdWeek, VoxEU, Education Next, National Public Radio
"Quasi-Experimental Evaluation of Alternative Sample Selection Corrections." 2022. Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, 40(3): 950-964. (With Robert Garlick)
"School Finance Reforms, Teachers' Unions, and the Allocation of School Resources." 2020. Review of Economics and Statistics, 102(3): 473-489. (With Eric Brunner and Andrew Ju)
"Can Light-Touch College-Going Interventions Make a Difference? Evidence From a Statewide Experiment in Michigan." 2020. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 39(1): 159-190.
"The Relative Returns to Education, Experience, and Attractiveness for Young Workers." 2020. Economic Development and Cultural Change, 68(2): 391-428. (With Emily Beam and Caroline Theoharides)
"Housing Voucher Take-Up and Labor Market Impacts." 2019. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 38(1): 65-98. (With Eric Chyn and Max Kapustin)
"Does Money Matter in the Long Run? Effects of School Spending on Educational Attainment." 2017. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 9(4): 256-280
Media Coverage: Michigan Public Radio
"ACT for All: The Effect of Mandatory College Entrance Exams on Postsecondary Attainment and Choice." 2017. Education Finance and Policy, 12(3): 281-311. Lead article.
Winner: Thomas Downes Prize for Best Article in EFP during 2017
Media Coverage: New York Times, Bloomberg, Education Week, Brookings, San Francisco Chronicle
"The Missing Manual: Using National Student Clearinghouse Data to Track Postsecondary Outcomes." 2015. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 37(1S): 53S-79S. (With Susan Dynarski and Steven Hemelt)
"Experimental Evidence on the Effect of Childhood Investments on Postsecondary Attainment and Degree Completion." 2013. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 32(4): 692-717. Lead article. (With Susan Dynarski and Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach.)
Winner: Raymond Vernon Prize for Best Article in JPAM during 2013
Media Coverage: The Economist, New York Times, Education Week