Publications
Maxed Out? The Effect of Larger Student Loan Limits on Borrowing and Education Outcomes, Journal of Human Resources, Accepted, Pre-publication version (with Todd R. Jones)
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. Pre-publication version (with Benjamin M. Marx and Lesley J. Turner)
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
Class Rank and Long Run Outcomes Revise and Resubmit, Review of Economics and Statistics, available as IZA Discussion Paper No 11808 (with Richard Murphy and Felix Weinhardt)
Why Have College Completion Rates Increased? Data Appendix, Under Review, available as IZA Discussion Paper No 12411 (with Eric Eide and Merrill Warnick)
The Returns to Hours Within and Across Occupations: Implications for the Gender Wage Gap Under Review, available as NBER Working Paper 25739 (with Brian Jacob, Lars Lefgren, and Christian vom Lehn)
Nudging at Scale: Experimental Evidence from FAFSA Completion Campaigns Online Appendix, Under Review, available as NBER Working Paper 26158 (with Kelli Bird, Benjamin Castleman, Joshua Goodman, Cait Lamberton , Kelly Rosinger)
Welfare Effects of Changes in College Pricing (with Benjamin M. Marx and Lesley J. Turner)
Works in Progress
Winners and Losers? The Effect of Gaining and Losing Access to Selective Colleges on Education and Labor Market Outcomes (with Sandra Black and Jesse Rothstein)
Taking it to the Limit: Effects of Increased Student Loan Availability on Liquidity Constrained Students (with Sandra Black, Lisa Dettling, Sarena Goodman, and Lesley Turner)
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