I am an Associate Professor at the University of Texas at Austin LBJ School of Public Affairs and Department of Educational Leadership and Policy, a NBER Research Associate, an IZA Research Fellow, and a CESifo Research Affiliate.
My research focuses on the economics of education.
Research
Working Papers
PLUS or Minus? The Effect of Graduate School Loans on Access, Attainment, and Prices
A Family Affair: The Effects of College on Parent and Student Finances
Easy A's, Less Pay: The Long-term Effects of Grade Inflation
Same Crime, Different Time: Disparities in Judicial Outcomes for DWI Offenders
Dispensing Education: PharmD and Supply Side Responses in Higher Education
Publications
The Graduation Part II: Graduate School Graduation Rates
Taking It to the Limit: Effects of Increased Student Loan Availability on Attainment, Earnings, and Financial Well-Being
Class Rank and Long-Run Outcomes
Winners and Losers? The Effect of Gaining and Losing Access to Selective Colleges on Education and Labor Market Outcomes
The Returns to Hours Worked Within and Across Occupations: Implications for the Gender Wage Gap
Decreasing Time to Baccalaureate Degree in the United States
Why Have College Completion Rates Increased?
Maxed Out? The Effect of Larger Student Loan Limits on Borrowing and Education Outcomes
Nudging at Scale: Experimental Evidence from FAFSA Completion Campaigns
Born Under a Lucky Star: Financial Aid, College Completion, Labor Supply, and Credit Constraints
ProPelled: The Effects of Grants on Graduation, Earnings, and Welfare
Working Paper Version · Appendices · Published Version · Coverage: New York Times, Wall Street Journal, NPR
Is Information Enough? The Effect of Information about Education Tax Benefits on Student Outcomes
College on the Cheap: Consequences of Community College Tuition Reductions
Was That SMART? Institutional Financial Incentives and Field of Study
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Resting Papers
Welfare Effects of Changes in College Pricing
CV
View or download the most recent version of my curriculum vitae.
View CV (PDF)Teaching
PA 397C — Program Evaluation · UT Austin
Syllabus
Lecture Notes
Slides
Intro ·
Abadie et al. 2010 ·
Angrist & Evans 1998 ·
Asher & Novosad 2020 ·
Bertrand, Duflo & Mullainathan 2004 ·
Bettinger, Evans & Pope 2013 ·
Black, Denning & Rothstein 2020 ·
Card & Krueger 1994 ·
Carter, Greenberg & Walker 2017 ·
Deming 2009 ·
Denning 2017 ·
Hansen 2015 ·
Hoagland & Woolley 2018 ·
Jensen 2007 ·
RK ·
Interrupted Time Series Examples ·
Coding Practices & Reproducibility ·
Review ·
Final Thoughts
Problem Sets