Publications
Applying Performance Incentives to Schools for Disadvantaged Populations
Education and Urban Society, 29(3), pp. 296-316. May 1997The Productivity Collapse in Schools
In William J. Fowler, Jr. (ed.). Developments in School Finance, 1996, Washington, DC: National Center for Educational Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, pp. 183-195. 1997
Assessing Policies for Retirement Income: Needs for Data, Research, and Models
(co-editor with Constance F. Citro). Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 256 pages. 1997Why True Reform of Schools is so Unlikely
Jobs and Capital, (Milken Institute for Jobs and Capital Formation), 6, Winter, pp.23-27. 1997Analytical Framework for Retirement Policy Decisions
(with Constance F. Citro). In Michael S. Gordon, Olivia S. Mitchell, and Marc M. Twinney (ed.). Positioning Pensions for the Twenty-first Century, Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, pp. 209-219. 1997Aggregation and the Estimated Effects of School Resources
(with Steven G. Rivkin and Lori L. Taylor). Review of Economics and Statistics, 78(4), pp. 611-627. December 1996
Improving America's Schools: The Role of Incentives
(co-editor with Dale W. Jorgenson). Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 280 pages. 1996A More Complete Picture of School Resource Policies
Review of Educational Research, 66(3), pp. 397-409. Fall 1996The Identification of School Resource Effects
(with Steven G. Rivkin and Lori L. Taylor). Education Economics, 4(2), pp. 105-125. 1996Assessing Knowledge of Retirement Behavior
(co-editor with Nancy L. Maritato). Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 288 pages. 1996Rationalizing School Spending: Efficiency, Equity, and Externalities, and Their Connection to Rising Expenditure
In Victor Fuchs (ed.). Individual and Social Responsibility: Child Care, Education, Medical Care, and Long-Term Care in America , University of Chicago Press/NBER, pp. 59-91. 1996Improving School Performance While Controlling Costs
in William J. Fowler, Jr. (ed.). Developments in School Finance, 1995, pp. 111-122. 1996
Making Schools Work: The Economics of School Reform
in Robert Berne (ed.). Study on Cost-Effectiveness in Education, (New York: New York State Board of Regents). 1996School Resources and Student Performance
In Gary Burtless (ed.). Does Money Matter? The Effect of School Resources on Student Achievement and Adult Success, Washington, D.C.: The Brookings Institution, pp. 43-73. 1996Comment on Chapters Two, Three, and Four
in Helen Ladd (ed.). Holding Schools Accountable: Performance-Based Reform in Education, Washington, DC: Brookings Institution, pp. 128-136. 1996Efficiency-Enhancing Investments in School Quality
(with João Batista Gomes Neto and Ralph W. Harbison). In Nancy Birdsall and Richard H. Sabot (ed.). Opportunity Foregone: Education in Brazil , Washington, DC: Inter-American Development Bank, pp. 385-424. 1996Making Schools Work: Spending and Student Achievement
Heartland Policy Study No. 68, The Heartland Institute. September 1995Modern Political Economy: Old Topics, New Directions
(co-editor with Jeffrey S. Banks). New York: Cambridge University Press, 283 pages. 1995Interpreting Recent Research on Schooling in Developing Countries
World Bank Research Observer, 10(2), pp. 227-246. August 1995Who Chooses to Teach and Why?
(with Richard Pace). Economics of Education Review, 14(2), pp. 101-117. June 1995
The (Dis)Incentive to Settle Personal Injury Cases
(with Michael J. Wolkoff). New York State Bar Journal, 67(3), pp. 52-56. 1995The Economics of Structured Judgments Under CPLR Article 50-B
(with Michael J. Wolkoff). Buffalo Law Review, 43(2), pp. 563-582. 1995Production Functions in Education
In T. Husén and T. N. Postlethwaite (ed.). The International Encyclopedia of Education, Oxford: Pergamon Press, pp. 4059-4070. 1995Outcomes, Costs, and Incentives in Schools
In Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy, National Research Council. Improving the Performance of America’s Schools, Washington, DC: National Academy Press, pp. 28-51. 1995The Quest for Equalized Mediocrity: School Finance Reform without Consideration of School Performance
In Lawrence O. Picus and James L. Wattenbarger (ed.). Where Does the Money Go? Resource Allocation in Elementary and Secondary Schools, Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, pp. 20-43. 1996A Jaundiced View of "Adequacy" in School Finance Reform
Educational Policy, 8(4), pp. 460-69. December 1994Making Schools Work: Improving Performance and Controlling Costs
Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution, 200 pages. 1994The Causes and Consequences of Grade Repetition: Evidence from Brazil
(with João Batista Gomes-Neto). Economic Development and Cultural Change, 43(1), pp. 117-148. October 1994
Making America's Schools Work: This Time Money is Not the Answer
Brookings Review, Fall, pp. 10-13. 1994Education Investment and Education Reform
Jobs and Capital, (Milken Institute for Jobs and Capital Formation) 3 (Fall), pp. 36-38. 1994Education Production Functions
In Torsten Husén and T. Neville Postlethwaite (ed.). International Encyclopedia of Education, 2nd Edition, Volume 3, Oxford: Pergamon, pp. 1756-1762. 1994Money Might Matter Somewhere: A Response to Hedges, Laine, and Greenwald
Educational Researcher, 23(4), pp. 5-8. May 1994Estimating the Effects of Proposed Legislation: The Case for Model Validation
(with Constance F. Citro). Chance, 7(2), pp. 31-40. 1994Understanding Entry into the Teaching Profession
(with Richard R. Pace). In Ronald G. Ehrenberg (ed.). Choices and Consequences: Contemporary Policy Issues in Education, Ithaca, NY: ILR Press, pp. 12-28. 1994Educação Rural: Lições do Edurural
(with João Batista F. Gomes Neto, Ralph W. Harbison, and Raimundo Hélio Leite) . São Paulo: Editora da Universidade de São Paulo, 236 pages. 1994Microsimulation Models for Social Welfare Programs: An Evaluation
(with Constance F. Citro). Focus, Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin—Madison, Winter , p. 13-21. December 1993Investimentos Autofinanciáveis em Educação
(with João Batista Gomes-Neto, Raimundo H. Leite, and Ralph W. Harbison). Cadernos de Pesquisa, 85, pp. 11-25. 1993Can Equity Be Separated from Efficiency in School Finance Debates?
In Emily P. Hoffman (ed.). Essays on the Economics of Education, Kalamazoo, MI: Upjohn Institute, pp. 35-73. 1993Comment [on Manski]
in Charles T. Clotfelter and Michael Rothschild. Studies of Supply and Demand in Higher Education, (Chicago: University of Chicago Press), pp. 57-60. 1993Improving Educational Outcomes While Controlling Costs
(with Steven G. Rivkin and Dean T. Jamison). Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy 37, pp. 205-238. December 1992