Search Results - "Lovenheim, Michael F"

The Effect of Liquid Housing Wealth on College Enrollment by Lovenheim, Michael F.

“…This article uses short-run housing wealth changes to identify the effect of housing wealth on college attendance. I find that households used their housing…”
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DO FAMILY WEALTH SHOCKS AFFECT FERTILITY CHOICES? EVIDENCE FROM THE HOUSING MARKET by Lovenheim, Michael F., Mumford, Kevin J.

“…This paper uses wealth changes driven by housing market variation to estimate the effect of family resources on fertility decisions. Using data from the Panel…”
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Why have college completion rates declined?: An analysis of changing student preparation and collegiate resources by Bound, John, Lovenheim, Michael F, Turner, Sarah

“…Rising college enrollment over the last quarter century has not been met with a proportional increase in college completion. Comparing the high school classes…”
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The effect of teachers' unions on education production: evidence from union election certifications in three Midwestern states by Lovenheim, Michael F

“…Using a unique data set on teachers’ union election certifications from Iowa, Indiana, and Minnesota, I estimate the effect of teachers’ unions on school…”
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The effect of child health insurance access on schooling: Evidence from public insurance expansions by Cohodes, Sarah R, Grossman, Daniel, Kleiner, Samuel A, Lovenheim, Michael F

“…Although a sizable literature analyzes the effects of public health insurance programs on short-run health outcomes, little prior work has examined their…”
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Student debt and default: The role of for-profit colleges by Armona, Luis, Chakrabarti, Rajashri, Lovenheim, Michael F.

“…For-profit providers have become an important fixture of US higher education markets. Students who attend for-profit institutions take on more educational debt…”
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The Long-Run Effects of Teacher Collective Bargaining by Lovenheim, Michael F., Willén, Alexander

“…We analyze how exposure to teacher collective bargaining affects long-run outcomes for students, exploiting the timing of state duty-to-bargain law passage in…”
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Does the market value value-added? Evidence from housing prices after a public release of school and teacher value-added by Imberman, Scott A., Lovenheim, Michael F.

“…Value-added data have become an increasingly common evaluation tool for schools and teachers. Many school districts have begun to adopt these methods and have…”
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Increasing Time to Baccalaureate Degree in the United States by Bound, John, Lovenheim, Michael F., Turner, Sarah

“…Time to completion of the baccalaureate degree has increased markedly in the United States over the past three decades. Using data from the National…”
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The Heterogeneous Geographic and Socioeconomic Incidence of Cigarette Taxes: Evidence from Nielsen Homescan Data by Harding, Matthew, Leibtag, Ephraim, Lovenheim, Michael F.

“…We use Nielsen Homescan data to examine who bears the economic burden of cigarette taxes. We find cigarette taxes are less than fully passed through to…”
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Recruiting and supporting low-income, high-achieving students at flagship universities by Andrews, Rodney J., Imberman, Scott A., Lovenheim, Michael F.

“…We study an intervention designed to overcome multiple hurdles faced by low-income, high-ability college students to determine if and how it affects students’…”
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Within-family obesity associations: evaluation of parent, child, and sibling relationships by Pachucki, Mark C, Lovenheim, Michael F, Harding, Matthew

“…How parent and sibling obesity status comparatively shape a child's obesity is unknown. To investigate how the obesity status of different children within the…”
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How Far to the Border?: The Extent and Impact of Cross-Border Casual Cigarette Smuggling by Lovenheim, Michael F.

“…This paper uses data on cigarette consumption in the Current Population Survey Tobacco Supplements to estimate cigarette demand models that incorporate the…”
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INCENTIVE STRENGTH AND TEACHER PRODUCTIVITY: EVIDENCE FROM A GROUP-BASED TEACHER INCENTIVE PAY SYSTEM by Imberman, Scott A., Lovenheim, Michael F.

“…We estimate the impact of incentive strength on achievement under a group-based teacher incentive pay program. The system provides variation in the share of…”
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Does choice increase information? Evidence from online school search behavior by Lovenheim, Michael F., Walsh, Patrick

“…•Link 100 million searches on Greatschools.org to NCLB open enrollment prevalence, state school choice policies, and charter school penetration.•Higher…”
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Quantile treatment effects of college quality on earnings by Andrews, Rodney J, Li, Jing, Lovenheim, Michael F

“…We use administrative data from Texas to estimate how graduating from a state flagship or a community college relative to a nonflagship university affects the…”
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Heterogeneous paths through college: Detailed patterns and relationships with graduation and earnings by Andrews, Rodney, Li, Jing, Lovenheim, Michael F.

“…•We show detailed ways in which students pass through the postsecondary system using unique administrative data from Texas.•We show that transferring is highly…”
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The Effect of Housing Wealth on College Choice: Evidence from the Housing Boom by Lovenheim, Michael F., Reynolds, C. Lockwood

“…We use NLSY97 data to examine how home price variation affects the quality of postsecondary schools students attend. We find a $10,000 increase in housing…”
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Achievement effects of individual performance incentives in a teacher merit pay tournament by Brehm, Margaret, Imberman, Scott A., Lovenheim, Michael F.

“…This paper examines the role of worker performance feedback and measurement precision in the design of incentive pay systems, specifically in the context of an…”
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The fatal toll of driving to drink: The effect of minimum legal drinking age evasion on traffic fatalities by Lovenheim, Michael F., Slemrod, Joel

“…There is a sizeable literature on the effect of minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) restrictions on teenage drunk driving. This paper adds to the literature by…”
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