Publications
Redistribution through Education and Other Transfer Mechanisms
(with Charles Ka Yui Leung and Kuzey Yilmaz). Journal of Monetary Economic, 50(8), pp. 1719-1750. Nov-03
Does Peer Ability Affect Student Achievement?
(with John F. Kain, Jacob M. Markman, and Steven G. Rivkin). Journal of Applied Econometrics, 18(5), pp. 527-544. Oct-03Efficiency and Equity in Schools around the World
(with Javier A. Luque). Economics of Education Review, 22(5), pp. 481-502. Oct-03
The Economics of Schooling and School Quality - Volume II: Efficiency, Competition, and Policy
(editor). London: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.. 2003Does Public School Competition Affect Teacher Quality?
(with Steven G. Rivkin). In Caroline Minter Hoxby (ed.). The Economics of School Choice, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, pp. 23-47. 2003Lessons about the Design of State Accountability Systems
(with Margaret E. Raymond). In Paul E. Peterson and Martin R. West (ed.). No Child Left Behind? The Politics and Practice of Accountability, Washington, DC: Brookings, pp. 126-151. 2003Improving Educational Quality: How Best to Evaluate Our Schools
(with Margaret E. Raymond). In Yolanda Kodrzycki (ed.). Education in the 21st Century: Meeting the Challenges of a Changing World, Boston, MA: Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, pp. 193-224. 2003The Economics of Schooling and School Quality - Volume I: Labor Markets, Distribution, and Growth
(editor). London: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., 976 pages. 2003Comment [on Krueger and Heckman]
In Benjamin M. Friedman (ed.). Inequality in America: What Role for Human Capital Policies?, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, pp. 252-269. 2003Public School Finance and Urban School Policy: General versus Partial Equilibrium Analysis
In William G. Gale and Janet Rothenberg Pack (ed.). Brookings-Wharton Papers on Urban Affairs, Washington, DC: Brookings Institution, pp. 171-176. 2003Teacher quality and teacher salaries
Policy Brief, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, Stanford University. Nov-02Inferring Program Effects for Specialized Populations: Does Special Education Raise Achievement for Students with Disabilities
(with John F. Kain and Steven G. Rivkin). Review of Economics and Statistics, 84(4), pp. 584-599. Nov-02
Introduction to the JHR's Special Issue on Designing Incentives to Promote Human Capital
(with James Heckman, Derek Nea). The Journal of Human Resources, 37( 4), Autumn, pp. 693-695. 2002The Importance of School Quality
In Paul E. Peterson (ed.). Our Schools and Our Future: Are We Still at Risk?, (Stanford, CA: Hoover Institution Press), pp. 141-173. 2002Teacher Quality
In Lance T. Izumi and Williamson M. Evers (ed.). Teacher Quality, (Stanford: Hoover Institution Press), pp. 1-12. 2002Evidence, Politics, and the Class Size Debate
In Lawrence Mishel and Richard Rothstein (ed.) . The Class Size Debate, Washington, DC: Economic Policy Institute, pp. 37-65. 2002Publicly Provided Education
in Alan J. Auerbach and Martin Feldstein (ed.). Handbook of Public Economics (Amsterdam: North-Holland, 2002), pp. 2045-2141. 2002
Will Quality of Peers Doom Those Left in the Public Schools?
in Paul T. Hill (ed.). Choice with Equity, pp. 121-140. 2002
Sorting out accountability systems
(with Margaret E. Raymond). In Williamson M. Evers, Herbert J. Walberg (Eds.). School Accountability, pp. 75-104. 2002The Confusing World of Educational Accountability
(with Margaret E. Raymond). National Tax Journal, 54(2), pp. 365-384. June 2001
Schooling, Inequality, and the Impact of Government
(with Julie A. Somers). In Finis Welch (ed.). The Causes and Consequences of Increasing Inequality, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, pp. 169-199. 2001Spending on Schools
In Terry Moe (ed.). A Primer on American Education, Stanford, CA: Hoover Institution Press, pp. 69-88. 2001Black-white Achievement Differences and Governmental Interventions
American Economic Review, 91(2), pp. 24-28. May 2001Efficiency and Equity in Education
NBER Reporter, National Bureau of Economic Research, p. 15-19. 2001Teacher quality and school reform
(with Steven G. Rivkin). Education Finance Research Consortium, The Teaching Workforce, Symposium Proceedings, Albany: Center for Policy Research, Rockefeller College, University of Albany, pp. 81-99. 2001The Truth about Teacher Salaries and Student Achievement
In Williamson M. Evers, Lance T. Izumi, and Pamela A. Riley (ed.). School Reform: The Critical Issues, (Stanford, CA: Hoover Institution Press), pp. 174-175. 2001Schooling, Labor Force Quality, and the Growth of Nations
(with Dennis D. Kimko). American Economic Review, 90(5), pp. 1184-1208. December 2000
Smaller Classes, Lower Salaries? The Effects of Class Size on Teacher Labor Markets
(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. 2000Further Evidence on the Effects of Catholic Secondary Schooling
in William G. Gale and Janet Rothenberg Pack (ed.). Brookings-Wharton Papers on Urban Affairs, (Washington, DC: Brookings Institution, 2000), pp. 194-197. 2000The Evidence on Class Size
in Susan E. Mayer and Paul E. Peterson (ed.). Earning and learning: How schools matter, Washington, DC: Brookings Institution, pp. 131-168. 1999
Some Findings from an Independent Investigation of the Tennessee STAR Experiment and from Other Investigations of Class Size Effects
Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 21(2), pp. 143-163. Summer 1999Class Size Reduction: Good Politics, Bad Education Policy
High School Magazine, 6(4), p. 44. January 1999Budgets, Priorities, and Investment in Human Capital
In Marvin H. Kosters (ed.). Financing College Tuition: Government Policies and Educational Priorities, Washington, DC AEI Press, pp. 8-27. 1999Adjusting for Differences in the Costs of Educational Inputs
in William J. Fowler, Jr. (ed.). Selected Papers in School Finance, 1997-1999, pp. 17-27. 1999
Improving Student Achievement: Is Reducing Class Size the Answer?
Policy Brief, Progressive Policy Institute. June 1998Conclusions and Controversies about the Effectiveness of School Resources
FRBNY Economic Policy Review, 4(1), pp. 11-28. March 1998Understanding the 20th Century Growth in U.S. School Spending
(with Steven G. Rivkin). Journal of Human Resources, 31(1), pp. 34-68. Winter 1997