Research

Distance to Degrees: How College Proximity Shapes Student’s Enrollment Choices and Attainment Across Race-Ethnicity and Socioeconomic Status (with Kalena Cortes, Lois Miller, & Camila Morales). NBER Working Paper No. 33337, Annenberg Institute EdWorkingPaper No. 24-1055, & IZA Discussion Paper No. 17338. Revisions requested at Economics of Education Review. (PDF)

• Media Coverage: EdSurge, Inside Higher Ed, Texas Tribune, The Hill

Suspended from Work and School: Impacts of Layoff Events and Unemployment Insurance on Disciplinary Incidence (with Jo King* & Austin Smith). Annenberg Institute EdWorkingPaper No. 23-839 & IZA Discussion Paper No. 16423. Revisions requested at Labour Economics. (PDF)

Spending & Achievement Effects of Increased Funding to Rural School Districts: Evidence from Wisconsin (with Cody Orr & Salem Rogers).  Annenberg Institute EdWorkingPaper No. 23-724 & IZA Discussion Paper No. 15915. (PDF)

• Media Coverage: FutureEd

COVID and Higher Education (with Emily Cook). In: Live Handbook of Education Policy Research (Doug Harris, Ed.). Association for Education Finance and Policy. 

Distance to Opportunity: Higher Education Deserts and College Enrollment Choices (with Kalena Cortes & Camila Morales). In: Financing Institutions of Higher Education (John Campbell & Kaye Husbands Fealing, Eds.). National Bureau of Economic Research. 

• Media Coverage:  Education Gadfly Podcast

The Effect of Vaccine Mandates on Disease Spread: Evidence from College COVID-19 Mandates (with Wenjia Cao, Emily Cook, Scott Imberman, & Michael Lovenheim). Forthcoming, Journal of Human Resources.  (PDF) (Appendix)

• Media Coverage: Chronicle of Higher Education, Detroit Free Press, Forbes, Higher Ed Dive, Inside Higher Ed, MarketWatch, NPR, Philadelphia Inquirer, Stats + Stories Podcast, The Economist, WLWT

Is a Name Change a Game Change? The Impact of College-to-University Conversions. Economics of Education Review, 88, 2022. (PDF) (Appendix)

• Media Coverage: Chronicle of Higher Education, Inside Higher Ed, Buffalo Business First (1, 2), Las Vegas Sun, Reno Gazette Journal, The Nevada Independent

The Influence of Peer Institutions on Colleges' Decisions: Evidence from Fall 2020 Reopening Plans (with Emily Cook & Allison Luedtke). Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 195, 2022. (PDF) (Appendix)

Do Health Insurance Mandates Spillover to Education? Evidence from Michigan's Autism Insurance Mandate (with Scott Imberman & Michael Lovenheim). Journal of Health Economics, 80, 2021. (PDF)

Community College Program Choices in the Wake of Local Job Losses. Journal of Labor Economics, 39(4), 2021. (PDF) (Appendix)

Effects of Reduced Community College Tuition on College Choices and Degree Completion. Education Finance and Policy, 16(3), 2021. (PDF) (Appendix) (Summary)

• Media Coverage: Boston Globe, Deseret News

Political Views & College Choices in a Polarized America (with Emily Cook & Paola Ugalde Araya)

Estimating the Value of a New Postsecondary Credential: An Audit Study of Community College Bachelor's Degrees (with Kalena Cortes, Lois Miller, Camila Morales, & Julia Turner)

Access to Family Planning Services and Inequalities in Education and Labor Market Outcomes (with James Flynn & Jiee Zhong)

Long-Run Effects of Public Investments in Higher Education Access: Evidence from the Community College Expansion Period (with Emma LaGuardia* & Gregory Niemesh)

Inclusive Introductory Course Material to Broaden Participation in College Majors: A Randomized Curriculum Intervention (with Peter Nencka, Carla Nietfeld, Aiday Sikhova, & Bruce Weinberg)