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Research

Education

"The Performance and Competitive Effects of School Autonomy", forthcoming, Journal of Political Economy. Older version.

"Reading, Writing, and the Rankings of Rich Nations: Education and the Age Profile of Literacy into Adulthood", with Elizabeth Cascio and Nora Gordon. Journal of Economic Perspectives, Summer 2008.

"Selective Schools and Academic Achievement". Under review. Web Appendix. A UK policy piece based on this paper was recently mentioned in articles in The Guardian and The Telegraph (here and here).

Do Recessions Keep Students in School? The Impact of Youth Unemployment on Enrolment in Post-Compulsory Education in England, forthcoming, Economica.
Older version.

Education and Health

"The Impact of Education on Mortality and Health: Evidence from UK Compulsory Schooling Laws", with Heather Royer, in progress.

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Teaching

Spring 2009: "Empirical Public Economics" (second year graduate course).

Spring 2008: "Econometric Models and Methods" (first year graduate course).

Spring 2008 and earlier: "Economics of Education" (upper division elective).

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