Labor Markets
Published Working Papers
(with Yuan Wang and Lei Zhang). Journal of Comparative Economics. forthcoming
(with Sylvie Démurger and Lei Zhang). NBER Working Paper No. 25955, National Bureau of Economic Research. Revised March 2023
Blogs
(with Simon Janssen, Jacob D. Light, Lisa K. Simon). IZA World of Labor. 3-June-2025
(with author, author and author). Journal, 48(2), Pages xxx-xxx.. Education Next. 1-Jul-10
Academic Articles
(with Yuan Wang and Lei Zhang). Journal of Comparative Economics, 53 (June), 584–608. 2025
(with Lavinia Kinne, Frauke Witthöft, and Ludger Woessmann). Science Advances, 11(10). March 5, 2025
Economics of Education Review, 30(3), pp. 466-479. Jun-11
(with John F. Kain and Steven G. Rivkin)
. The Journal of Human Resources, 39(2), pp. 326-354. Spring 2004
(with Roberton Williams). in U.S. Bureau of the Census. Conference on the Measurement of Noncash Benefits, Proceedings, Volume I, Washington, DC: U.S. Bureau of the Census, pp. 104-125. 1986
Current Working Papers
(with Simon Janssen, Jacob D. Light, and Lisa K. Simon). National Bureau of Economic Research, NBER Working Paper No. 33667. May 2025
(with Andrew J. Morgan, Steven G. Rivkin, Jeffrey C. Schiman, Ayman Shakeel, and Lauren Sartain). National Bureau of Economic Research, NBER Working Paper No. 32642. July 2024
Academic Articles
(with Sylvie Démurger and Lei Zhang). Economic Development and Cultural Change, 73(1), 339-379. 2024
(with Julie Berry Cullen, Gregory Phelan, and Steven G. Rivkin). Journal of Human Resources, 59(1). 2024
(with Marc Piopiunik and Simon Wiederhold). Journal of Human Resources, 54(4), pp. 857-899. Fall 2019
(with Guido Schwerdt, Simon Wiederhold, and Ludger Woessmann)
. Economic Letters, 153, pp. 15-19. Apr-17
(with Guido Schwerdt, Ludger Woessmann, and Lei Zhang). Journal of Human Resources, 52(1), pp. 49-88. Winter 2017
KDI Journal of Economic Policy, 37(2), pp. 22-39. 2015
(with Guido Schwerdt, Simon Wiederhold, and Ludger Woessmann). European Economic Review, 73, pp. 103-130. Jan-15
Economics of Education Review, 37, pp. 204–212. Dec-13
(with Lei Zhang)
. Journal of Human Capital, 3(2), pp. 107-143. Summer 2009
Economics of Education Review, 25(4), pp. 447-462. Aug-06
(with Michael Mertaugth). In Nicholas Barr (ed.). Labor Markets and Social Policy in Central and Eastern Europe: The Accession and Beyond, Washington, DC: The World Bank, pp. 207-251. 2005
(with Javier Luque). In Sabrina W.M. Laine and James G. Ward (ed.). Using What We Know: A Review of the Research on Implementing Class-Size Reduction Initiatives for State and Local Policymakers, Oak Brook, Ill.: North Central Regional Educational Laboratory, pp. 35-51. 2000
(with John M. Quigley)
. International Economic Review, 26(2), pp. 365-385. Jun 1985
Social Science Research, 11(2), pp. 103-126. June 1982
Journal of Human Resources, 16(2), pp. 238-259. Spring 1981
(with John M. Quigley)
. American Economic Review, 68(1), pp. 67-79. March 1978
American Ethnic Groups , Washington, D.C.: The Urban Institute, pp. 139-156. 1978
Policy Sciences, 8(3), pp. 343-361. September 1977
Review of Economics and Statistics, 55(2), pp. 204-213. May 1973
General Audience Articles
(with G. William Hoagland, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Glenn Hubbard, Maya MacGuineas, Richard V. Reeves, Robert D. Reischauer, Gerard Robinson, Isabele V. Sawhill, Diane Schanzenbach, Richard Schmalensee, Michael R. Strain, and C. Eugene Steuerle). Grand Bargain Committee. July 2024
Op-ed
Published Working Papers
(with Julie Berry Cullen, Gregory Phelan, and Steven G. Rivkin)
. NBER Working Paper No. 22881. Dec-16
Notes/Comments
Notes/Comments
(with Ludger Woessmann and Lei Zhang). VoxEU. 21-Nov-11
(with Caroline M. Hoxby). Reforming Education in Arkansas, (Stanford: Hoover Institution Press), pp. 99-104. 2005
(with Caroline M. Hoxby). Reforming Education in Arkansas, (Stanford: Hoover Institution Press), pp. 155-166. 2005
General Audience Articles
Education Next, 11(3), pp. 40-45. Summer 2011
In Darrel Drury and Justin Baer (ed.). The American Public School Teacher: Past, Present, and Future, (Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press), pp. 109-118. 2011
Peabody Journal of Education, 82(4), pp. 574-586. Oct-07
(with Steven G. Rivkin)
. Future of Children, 17(1), pp. 69-96. Spring 2007
(with John F. Kain and Steven G. Rivkin)
. Education Next, 4(1), pp. 77-82. Winter 2004