Curriculum Vitae


Journal articles and book chapters

"Stalled Progress in Closing the Race Achievement Gap: The Role of Teacher Quality," with William N. Evans, for Steady Gains and Stalled Progress: Inequality and the Black-White Test Score Gap, ed. Katherine Magnuson and Jane Waldfogel, forthcoming 2008, Russell Sage Foundation Press.

"Long-run Trends in the Quality of Teachers: Evidence and Implications for Policy," Policy Brief, Education Finance and Policy, Fall 2007, vol. 2 no. 4, pp. 395-407.

"The Troubled Quest for Equality in School Finance," with Howard Rosenthal and Thomas Romer, in What do we Owe Each Other? Rights and Obligations in Contemporary American Society, ed. Howard L. Rosenthal and David J. Rothman. Piscataway, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 2008. PDF copy here.

"Equity, Adequacy, and the Evolving State Role in Education Finance," with William N. Evans, in Handbook of Research in Education Finance and Policy, ed. Helen F. Ladd and Edward B. Fiske, New York: Routledge, 2007.

"The Political Economy of School Choice: Support for Charter Schools Across States and School Districts," with Christiana Stoddard. Journal of Urban Economics, vol. 62, no. 1, July 2007. Also available as National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education Working Paper #113.

"Women, the Labor Market, and the Declining Relative Quality of Teachers," with William N. Evans and Robert M. Schwab. Journal of Public Policy Analysis and Management, vol. 23, no. 3, Summer 2004. Also available as National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper #9180, September 2002. Featured in The New York Times, March 25, 2004 ("Economic Scene," p. C2)

"Changing Labor Market Opportunities for Women and the Quality of Teachers, 1957-2000," with William N. Evans and Robert M. Schwab. American Economic Review, vol. 94, no. 2, Papers and Proceedings of the American Economic Association, May 2004.

"The Changing Distribution of Education Finance, 1972-1997," with William Evans, Jennifer Godwin, Robert Schwab, and Sheila Murray, in Social Inequality, Kathryn M. Neckerman, ed., New York: The Russell Sage Foundation, 2004.


Other publications

"Charter Politics," with Christiana Stoddard. Education Next, Spring 2008 (Vol. 8, No. 2).

"The Teaching Penalty: Teacher Pay Losing Ground," with Sylvia A. Allegretto and Lawrence Mishel, Washington, D.C.: Economic Policy Institute, 2008. A PDF version can be found here. You can read our April 30, 2008 commentary in Education Week on this subject here.

"When Race Matters," with Jennifer Booher-Jennings, Commentary to the Teachers College Record (online), August 22, 2007. A PDF version can be found here.

A review of "How Much Are Public School Teachers Paid?" by Jay Greene and Marcus Winters (Manhattan Instiute) for the Education Policy Studies Laboratory, Education Policy Research Unit (Arizona State Univeristy), with Lawrence Mishel.

"How Does Teacher Pay Compare? Methodological Challenges and Answers," with Sylvia A. Allegretto and Lawrence Mishel, Washington, D.C.: Economic Policy Institute, 2004.


Working papers and work in progress

"Income Inequality, the Median Voter and the Support for Public Education", with William N. Evans (under revision).

"Voter Demand for School Choice: Evidence from the Washington Charter School Referenda," with Christiana Stoddard.

"School Finance Equalization and Private School Enrollment, 1970-2000", with Sherry D. Okun (under revision).

"The Social and Economic Effects of Native American Casinos on California Counties", with John Ortiz (CSU McNair Scholars Program student) and Terri Sexton (under revision).

"Residential Segregation, Retail Patterns, and the Black-White Birthweight Gap."


Sponsored research

"The Political Economy of Inequality in America's Public Schools," with Thomas Romer and Howard Rosenthal (2005-06 Russell Sage Foundation working group, and 2006-07 Spencer Foundation infrastructure grant).

"The Politics of Inequality and Redistribution in U.S. Education Finance," with Thomas Romer and Howard Rosenthal (2007-08 Russell Sage Foundation grant).

"Newly Licensed Registered Nurses Study: Phase II," co-investigatorwith Christine Kovner (PI), Carol Brewer (PI), and William Greene (2008-16 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant).

"The Impact of Ending Mandatory Busing on Students, Schools, and Communities: Evidence from Wichita, Kansas," with Jeffrey Livingston (2008-09 NYU Steinhardt Challenge Grant).

"Fair Student Funding: The Effects of School-based Budgeting on Equity and Achievement," with Amy Ellen Schwartz and Leanna Stiefel (2008-09 NYU University Research Challenge Fund Award).