NBER Publications by Brian Jacob
Working Papers and Chapters
| November 2009 | The Impact of No Child Left Behind on Student Achievement
with Thomas Dee: w15531
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| December 2008 | Improving Educational Outcomes for Poor Children
with Jens Ludwig: w14550
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| The Effects of Housing Assistance on Labor Supply: Evidence from a Voucher Lottery
with Jens Ludwig: w14570
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| November 2008 | Can You Recognize an Effective Teacher When You Recruit One?
with Jonah E. Rockoff, Thomas J. Kane, Douglas O. Staiger: w14485
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| October 2008 | The Effect of Gun Shows on Gun-Related Deaths: Evidence from California and Texas
with Mark Duggan, Randi Hjalmarsson: w14371
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| June 2008 | The Persistence of Teacher-Induced Learning Gains
with Lars Lefgren, David Sims: w14065
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| October 2007 | The Impact of Research Grant Funding on Scientific Productivity
with Lars Lefgren: w13519
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| The Effect of Grade Retention on High School Completion
with Lars Lefgren: w13514
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| September 2007 | Is Gaining Access to Selective Elementary Schools Gaining Ground? Evidence From Randomized Lotteries
with Julie Berry Cullen: w13443
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| April 2007 | Is Gaining Access to Selective Elementary Schools Gaining Ground? Evidence from Randomized Lotteries
with Julie Berry Cullen
in The Problems of Disadvantaged Youth: An Economic Perspective, Jonathan Gruber, editor
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| January 2007 | Test-Based Accountability and Student Achievement: An Investigation of Differential Performance on NAEP and State Assessments
w12817
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| May 2006 | Do High School Exit Exams Influence Educational Attainment or Labor Market Performance?
with Thomas S. Dee: w12199
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| July 2005 | What Do Parents Value in Education? An Empirical Investigation of Parents' Revealed Preferences for Teachers
with Lars Lefgren: w11494
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| Principals as Agents: Subjective Performance Measurement in Education
with Lars Lefgren: w11463
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| September 2004 | The Dynamics of Criminal Behavior: Evidence from Weather Shocks
with Brian Jacob, Lars Lefgren, Enrico Moretti: w10739
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| November 2003 | The Effect of School Choice on Student Outcomes: Evidence from Randomized Lotteries
with Julie Berry Cullen, Steven Levitt: w10113
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| April 2003 | Public Housing, Housing Vouchers and Student Achievement: Evidence from Public Housing Demolitions in Chicago
w9652
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| Are Idle Hands the Devil's Workshop? Incapacitation, Concentration and Juvenile Crime
with Lars Lefgren: w9653
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| January 2003 | Rotten Apples: An Investigation of the Prevalence and Predictors of Teacher Cheating
with Steven D. Levitt: w9413
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| Catching Cheating Teachers: The Results of an Unusual Experiment in Implementing Theory
with Steven D. Levitt: w9414
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| May 2002 | Where the boys aren't: Non-cognitive skills, returns to school and the gender gap in higher education
w8964
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| Accountability, Incentives and Behavior: The Impact of High-Stakes Testing in the Chicago Public Schools
w8968
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| Remedial Education and Student Achievement: A Regression-Discontinuity Analysis
with Lars Lefgren: w8918
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| April 2002 | The Impact of Teacher Training on Student Achievement: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from School Reform Efforts in Chicago
with Lars Lefgren: w8916
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| September 2000 | The Impact of School Choice on Student Outcomes: An Analysis of the Chicago Public Schools
with Julie Berry Cullen, Steven Levitt: w7888
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James Poterba is President of the National Bureau of Economic Research.
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