Research

Publications

Beyond Teachers: Estimating Individual School Counselors' Effects on Educational Attainment 

Accepted at the American Economic Review     

(Updated August 2023)

Summaries:  Brief Summary.       EdNext Summary Article           

Media Coverage:    Chalkbeat    Inside Higher Ed  EdNC     KQED

O Brother, Where Start Thou? Sibling Spillovers on College and Major Choice in Four Countries

Quarterly Journal of Economics (2021) 136(3): 1831 - 1886, with Adam Altmejd, Andres Barrios-Fernandez, Marin Drlje, Joshua Goodman, Michael Hurwitz, Dejan Kovac, Christopher Neilson  and Jonathan Smith

US Only Version: NBER Working paper 26502 with Joshua Goodman, Michael Hurwitz, and Jonathan Smith

Changing College Choices with Personalized Information at Scale: Evidence on Naviance

Journal of Labor Economics (2021), 39 (1): 219-262

Published Version

Media Coverage:    The Wall Street Journal     Inside Higher Ed     EdSurge     Naviance

Brief Summary   Web Appendix

Inequality in Household Adaptation to Schooling Shocks: Covid-Induced Online Learning Engagement in Real Time          

Journal of Public Economics, 193 (2021) 104345. With Andrew Bacher-Hicks and Joshua Goodman

Published Version

Media Coverage: Business Insider The Weeds (44:30)

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 Can Low-Cost Online Summer Math Programs Improve Student Preparation for College-Level Math? Evidence from Randomized Control Trials at Three Universities.  

Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2017, Vol. 10, 4, Pp. 794-816.  with Matthew M. Chingos, Rebecca J. Griffiths, and Richard R. Spies. 

 Interactive Online Learning on Campus: Comparing Students' Outcomes in Hybrid and Traditional Courses in the University System of Maryland. 

Journal of Higher Education,  2016. Pp. 794-816. With Matthew M. Chingos, Rebecca J. Griffiths, and Richard R. Spies.