Publications
Born Under a Lucky Star: Financial Aid, College Completion, Labor Supply, and Credit Constraints Journal of Human Resources, 2019, Volume 54, Number 3. Pre-publication version Online Appendix.
ProPelled: The Effects of Grants on Graduation, Earnings, and Welfare American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2019, Volume 11, Number 3. Online Appendix. (with Benjamin M. Marx and Lesley J. Turner) Pre-publication version
Is Information Enough? The Effect of Information about Education Tax Benefits on Student Outcomes Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2019, Volume 38, Number 3. Pre-publication version Online Appendix. (with Peter Bergman and Dayanand Manoli)
College on the Cheap: Consequences of Community College Tuition Reductions American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2017, Volume 9, Number 2. Pre-publication version Online Appendix.
Was that SMART? Institutional Financial Incentives and Field of Study Journal of Human Resources, 2017, Volume 52, Number 1. Pre-publication version. (with Patrick Turley).
Working Papers
Maxed Out? The Effect of Larger Student Loan Limits on Borrowing and Education Outcomes, with Todd R. Jones, Revisions Resubmitted, Journal of Human Resources, available as IZA Discussion Paper No 12239
Why Have College Completion Rates Increased? with Eric Eide and Merrill Warnick Data Appendix, Under Review, available as IZA Discussion Paper No 12411
Class Rank and Long Run Outcomes with Richard Murphy and Felix Weinhardt, Under Review, available as IZA Discussion Paper No 11808
The Returns to Hours Within and Across Occupations: Implications for the Gender Wage Gap with Brian Jacob, Lars Lefgren, and Christian vom Lehn, Under Review, available as NBER Working Paper 25739
Nudging at Scale: Experimental Evidence from FAFSA Completion Campaigns with Kelli Bird, Benjamin Castleman, Joshua Goodman, Cait Lamberton , Kelly Rosinger Online Appendix, Under Review, available as NBER Working Paper 26158
Welfare Effects of Changes in College Pricing with Benjamin M. Marx and Lesley J. Turner
Works in Progress
College Selectivity and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from the Texas Ten Percent Plan with Sandra Black and Jesse Rothstein
Time to Degree since the 1990s with Eric Eide
Coverage/Mentions
- Inside Higher Ed, KUER NPR Utah, The Atlantic, New York Times, New York Times, New York Times Opinion, MarketWatch, Higher Education Today, Wall Street Journal Real Time Economics Blog, Washington Post, AEA: Research Highlights, Diverse Education, Chronicle of Higher Education, Education Next, Inside Higher Education