Publications
Education Production Functions: Developed Countries Evidence
in Dominic J. Brewer and Patrick J. McEwan (ed.). Economics of Education (Amsterdam: Elsevier), pp. 132-136. 2010The Choice Movement and the Courts
(with Alfred A. Lindseth). School Choice Advocate , Foundation for Educational Choice. Feb-10A Clearer Picture on Charter Schools
(with author, author and author). Journal, 48(2), Pages xxx-xxx.. Education Next. 11-Jan-10The High Cost of Low Educational Performance: The Long-Run Impact of Improving PISA Outcomes
(with Ludger Woessmann). Paris: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, pp. 1-55. 2010
Court Mandates on School Funding Sharply Decline
(with author, author and author). Journal, 48(2), Pages xxx-xxx.. Education Next. 3-Nov-11Teacher Deselection
In Dan Goldhaber and Jane Hannaway (ed.). Creating a New Teaching Profession, Washington, DC: Urban Institute Press, pp. 165-180. 2009What To Do About NCLB
(with author, author and author). Journal, 48(2), Pages xxx-xxx.. Education Next. 9-Nov-09Does Pollution Increase School Absences?
(with Janet Currie, E. Megan Kahn, Matthew Neidell, and Steve G. Rivkin). Review of Economics and Statistics, 91(4), pp. 683-694. Nov-09
Why are Some Environments Better than Others for Charter Schools? Today’s Policy Question
(with author, author and author). Journal, 48(2), Pages xxx-xxx.. Education Next. 8-Oct-09Many Schools Are Still Inadequate: Now what?
(with Alfred A. Lindseth and Michael A. Rebell). Education Next, 9(4), pp. 49-56. Fall 2009
The Supreme Court Gets School Funding Right
(with author, author and author). Journal, 48(2), Pages xxx-xxx.. Education Next. 15-Sep-09School Policy: Implications of Recent Research for Human Capital Investments in South Asia and Other Developing Countries
Education Economics, 17(3), pp. 291-313. Sep-09Judicial Funding Mandates Related to Education Sharply Decline
(with Alfred A. Lindseth). State Courts Project, Federalist Society. Fall 2009
Poor student learning explains the Latin American growth puzzle
(with Ludger Woessmann). VoxEU. 14-Aug-09New Evidence about Brown v. Board of Education: The Complex Effects of School Racial Composition on Achievement
(with John F. Kain and Steven G. Rivkin). Journal of Labor Economics, 27(3), pp. 349-383. July 2009
California Needs to Make Wiser Use of School Funding
(with Alfred A. Lindseth). San Francisco Chronicle, p. A-15. 17-Jun-09Schooling, Cognitive Skills, and the Latin American Growth Puzzle
(with Ludger Woessmann). NBER Working Paper 15066. Jun-09
The Economic Value of Education and Cognitive Skills
In Gary Sykes, Barbara Schneider and David N. Plank (eds.). Handbook of Education Policy Research, New York: Routledge, pp. 39-56. 2009Harming the Best: How Schools Affect the Black-White Achievement Gap
(with Steven G. Rivkin). Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 29(3), pp. 366-393. Summer 2009
Quality-Consistent Estimates of International Schooling and Skill Gradients
(with Lei Zhang). Journal of Human Capital, 3(2), pp. 107-143. Summer 2009
Schoolhouses, Courthouses, and Statehouses: Solving the Funding-Achievement Puzzle in America's Public Schools
(with Alfred A. Lindseth). Princeton University Press, 432 pages. 2009The Effectiveness of Court-Ordered Funding of Schools
(with Alfred A. Lindseth). Education Outlook, No. 6 (Washington, DC: American Enterprise Institute). May-09Getting Down to Facts: School Finance and Governance in California
(with Susanna Loeb and Anthony Bryk). Education Finance and Policy, 3(1), pp. 1-19. Winter 2008
The Role of Cognitive Skills in Economic Development
(with Ludger Woessmann). Journal of Economic Literature 2008, 46(3), pp. 607-668. 2008
Do Students Care about School Quality? Determinants of Dropout Behavior in Developing Countries
(with Victor Lavy and Kohtaro Hitomi). Journal of Human Capital, 2(1), pp. 69-105. 2008
What Do Cost Functions Tell Us About the Cost of an Adequate Education?
(with Robert Costrell and Susanna Loeb). Peabody Journal of Education, 83(2), pp. 198-223. 2008
Incentives for Efficiency and Equity in the School System
Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, 9 (Special Issue), pp. 5-27. 2008Education and Economic Growth: It's not Just Going to School but Learning That Matters
(with Dean T. Jamison, Eliot A. Jamison and Ludger Woessmann). Education Next, 8(2), pp. 62-70. Spring 2008
John Forest Kain (1935-2003)
In Steven N. Durlauf and Lawrence E. Blume (eds.). The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. 2008The Effects of Education Quality on Mortality Decline and Income Growth
(with Eliot A. Jamison and Dean T. Jamison). Economics of Education Review, 26(2), pp. 772-789. Dec-07
The Single Salary Schedule and Other Issues of Teacher Pay
Peabody Journal of Education, 82(4), pp. 574-586. Oct-07Getting down to facts: School finance and governance in California
(with Susanna Loeb and Anthony S. Bryk). Institute for Research on Education Policy and Practice, Stanford University. Sep-07The Alchemy of ‘Costing Out’ an Adequate Education
In Martin R. West and Paul E. Peterson (eds.). School Money Trials: The Legal Pursuit of Educational Adequacy, Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, pp. 77-101. 2007A numbers game: Consultants sell legislatures school studies and collect millions
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Perspective, pp. 93, 98. 17-Jun-07Some U.S. Evidence on how the Distribution of Educational Outcomes can be Changed
In Ludger Woessmann and Paul E. Peterson (ed.). Schools and the Equal Opportunity Problem, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, pp. 159-190. 2007Charter School Quality and Parental Decision Making with School Choice
(with John F. Kain, Steven G. Rivkin, and Gregory F. Branch). Journal of Public Economics, 91(5-6), pp. 823-848. Jun-07
Is the 'Evidence-Based Approach' a Good Guide to School Finance Policy?
Paper commissioned by Washington Learns. Mar-07Pay, Working Conditions, and Teacher Quality
(with Steven G. Rivkin). Future of Children, 17(1), pp. 69-96. Spring 2007
The Economic Benefits of Improved Teacher Quality
In Nils C. Soquel and Pierre Jaccard (ed.). Governance and Performance of Education Systems, Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer, pp. 107-135. 2007Handbook of the Economics of Education, Volume 2
(co-editor with Finis Welch). Amsterdam: North Holland, 742 pages. 2006Handbook of the Economics of Education, Volume 1
(co-editor with Finis Welch). Amsterdam: North Holland, 700 pages. 2006School Resources
In Eric A. Hanushek and Finis Welch (Ed.). Handbook of the Economics of Education, Volume 2, Amsterdam: North Holland, pp. 865-908. 2006