Lois Miller
@Lois_Miller
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PhD student @WIeconomics & @IRP_UW , graduate of @DePauwU . Research focused on econ of higher education. Bluesky: @loismiller .bsky.social
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🚨Job market paper thread! 🚨
Using an RD design and admin TX data, I estimate the effects of college transfers. I find negative earnings returns for marginal students who transfer from 2-yr to 4-yr colleges or 4-yr nonflagship to flagship college.
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I’m very happy to share that I will be joining the University of South Carolina as an Assistant Professor of Economics this fall!
First up (alphabetically), Lois Miller (
@Lois_Miller
) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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🎉 Just accepted for publication at Economics of Education Review! 🎉
"Making College Affordable? The Impacts of Tuition Freezes and Caps" (with
@MinseonPark1
)
Full paper here:
Thread 1/n
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Talking to my doctor and being an economist is weird because when she asks me things like “how have your migraines been since a medication change” all I can think about is all the other things that have changed and how this isn’t a well identified effect 😩
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My 2024 has been quite the year so far…
Accepted a job ✅
Graduated ✅
Got engaged ✅
Bought a house ✅
Let’s see what comes in the second half 😅
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🚨 I have a new draft of a working paper to share!
Who Scars the Easiest? College Quality and the Effect of Graduating in a Recession (joint with Garrett Anstreicher)
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Very honored to be included as an NAEd/Spencer dissertation fellow this year! I’m grateful and excited to connect with the other fellows and learn more about their work. Stay tuned for my JMP about the effects of transferring between colleges!
Congratulations to the 2023 NAEd/Spencer Dissertation & Postdoctoral Fellows & Research Development Awardees! We look forward to working with and supporting you as you conduct incredibly vital research. For the full list: .
@Spencer_Fdn
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It was a crazy hard race but proud to have finished the
#BostonMarathon
! What an experience, the crowds were incredible and loved visiting the city for the first time during such an iconic weekend 💙💛🦄
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#EconTwitter
I just got accepted to present at my first ever conference
@aefpweb
(yay!) & I need advice! How important is it to stay at the official hotel conference? Any other general conference tips?
#AEFP2020
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I’m on the job market! See a thread on my JMP here:
In her job market paper, Lois (
@Lois_Miller
) uses a regression discontinuity design to estimate the effects of transferring between colleges on students' degree completion and medium-term earnings (up to 20 yrs later).
#EconJobMarket
#EconTwitter
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Left
#AEFP2024
with a full heart and a renewed excitement for my research, as always! Thanks to all the people who make this conference special ✨
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Leaving Denver with a full heart and mind! So thankful to have seen so much great research, gotten excellent feedback on my work, and met so many welcoming and fun people 🤗
#AEFP2022
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I’m going to miss this girlie but so excited to be heading to
#AEFP2023
today! Catch me presenting early work on my JMP about transfer students in session 4.06 at 3:15 tomorrow (Room 6 & virtual)
#petsofAEFP
@aefpweb
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#EconTwitter
I have a diff in diff question: Suppose I want to do an event study with staggered treatment timing but want to specify only some never-treated units be used as comparisons to each treatment (i.e. in the same commuting zone as the treated) - how can I implement this?
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Once again had an amazing
@APPAM_DC
#APPAM2023
engaging with excellent research, catching up with friends, and making new connections. Til next year!
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Thanks so much for highlighting work from all of us women in econ, Jen! See my JMP thread here:
Lois Miller
JMP: "Switching Schools: Effects of College Transfers"
Website:
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@Econ_Sandy
@lkatz42
@HilaryHoynes
@econjeffsmith
and Chris Taber are not only caring and always helpful mentors, but both have the excellent skill of kindly and constructively asking rigorous questions in seminars
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I am so grateful to my advisors, friends, and family for all of the support through this long job market season, and that I got to meet so many amazing researchers along the way 😊
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If you are at
#APPAM2023
@APPAM_DC
and up bright and early tomorrow, come see me present this work in the 8:30-10am panel in the Courtland room!
🚨Job market paper thread! 🚨
Using an RD design and admin TX data, I estimate the effects of college transfers. I find negative earnings returns for marginal students who transfer from 2-yr to 4-yr colleges or 4-yr nonflagship to flagship college.
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@fchriscurran
I’m on the job market! I study interactions between higher education and the labor market and it’s implications for inequality. Website:
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Super excited to be in Philly for
@SOLE_Labor_Econ
#SOLE2023
but also sad to miss this! So proud of these impressive people 🥹
SO so proud of my dear friends who are now doctors of economics!!! I am excited to see where your careers take you. You continue to inspire and impress me and I know you will be so successful! On wisconsin!
@WIeconomics
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Loved the moment last night ~10pm when leaving the
@EPICedpolicy
reception,
@Paul__Bruno
and I said to each other, “see you at 5am!” 😅 somehow we made it, set up the signs, and managed not to get anyone lost during the race 😄 till next year,
#AEFPruns
!
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#EconTwitter
does any have recommendations for references on practical ways to determine which IV method to use - 2SLS v. GMM v. LIML? And/or references for learning about optimal instruments?
@causalinf
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Thanks
@AnnenbergInst
for featuring our paper! We find when state govs set tuition freezes/caps on public colleges, they respond by lowering institutional financial aid.
==> Freezes/caps lower net tuition more for students who do not receive institutional aid than those who do
🚨Check out new
#EdWorkingPaper
from
@Lois_Miller
and
@MinseonPark1
on college affordability:
Making College Affordable? The Impacts of Tuition Freezes and Caps
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@jenniferdoleac
I’m new-ish! Enjoying
#econtwitter
so far :) I’m 3rd year PhD student at UW-Madison interested primarily in higher education but with broader interests in public/labor and poverty research
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And I feel super lucky that my good friend
@swald709
is heading there too! Looking forward to working with her and all of the other wonderful economists
@UofSC_Econ
We are very happy to have these amazing young economists joining our faculty! 🤙
And thankful they were willing to play along with their acceptance announcements 😊
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Interesting piece about how mentors can affect choice of field for women and URM, well summarized by
@causalinf
This week’s
#JHR_Threads
is about the 2019 “The Effect of Same-Gender or Same-Race Role Models on Occupation Choice” at
@J_HumanResource
by Michael Kofoed (
@mikekofoed
) and Elizabeth McGovney. Youtube interview with Mike at the end. Gated abstract here
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Our main finding is that graduates of higher quality colleges experience relatively larger earnings losses from graduating into a bad labor market than graduates of lower quality colleges. This was the opposite of what we expected! 6/N
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Can’t wait for
@aefpweb
in Denver! Really appreciate the board’s careful decision making and the sponsors who made it possible without raising conference fees!
The AEFP Board of Directors has voted to relocate the 2023 conference. We will return to Denver for our conference from March 23 - 25, 2023. Read the full announcement about the decision:
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Happy to see my work with Burt Barnow and
@econjeffsmith
out online this week! It's part of a special issue of the ANNALS of American Academy of Political and Social Science, "What Has Happened to the American Working Class since the Great Recession?" 1/5
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It was super helpful and fun! Thankful to
@AEACSWEP
and the organizers
@jenniferdoleac
and
@maya_rossin
🙏
I wish we could have met in person, but doing this online meant we could include twice as many mentees.
Thanks to everyone for making this such a great day! I hope we'll see similar workshops at all the regional econ meetings in the future.
@AEACSWEP
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If you're sticking around
#2022APPAM
all day today, come to the 3:30-5pm session where I am a discussant: Policy Efforts to Improve College Access (Jefferson West)
It's last but not least with 3 interesting papers from
@ViviRod6
,
@murphy_edpolicy
, and Rhea Acuna!
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I’m excited to be at
#APPAM2023
! Catch me presenting my JMP on college transfer at 8:30am on Saturday in the panel “Returns to Investment in Postsecondary Education” and discussing more higher ed work in panels this afternoon and Saturday afternoon (details in pics!)
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Just attended two excellent seminars by
@DocDantzler
through
@IRP_UW
! First was an informal meeting with graduate students, then a research seminar about the role of public housing in America's history and today's cities. Both were so informative and engaging, thank you!!
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Super excited to be heading to Denver for
#AEFP2022
this afternoon! Although this will be my third AEFP, it's my first ever in-person conference presentation. Can't wait to meet this wonderful community I've connected with online over the past 2 years in person!
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Attending
#APPAM2020
? Check out my panel today at 1pm ET (zoom room 9) on the economic impacts of college opportunities with
@DrewMAnderson
,
@jonisaacsmith
, and
@BHershbein
! Discussants are
@SethDZimmerman
and
@brhkim
and the panel is chaired by
@KalenaCortes
. "See" you there!
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@DanielKlasik
Not a higher Ed scholar but if you want some hilarious making-fun-of-Econ memes follow
@KhoaVuUmn
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#EconTwitter
if you’re still
@SOLE_Labor_Econ
this afternoon, come to the O’Keefe room on the 2nd floor at 1:30 for the “Education and Student Support” panel! I’ll be presenting my JMP on the effects of college transfers
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Had so much fun last year at this friendly run that I volunteered to help organize this year 😊 (along with
@Paul__Bruno
&
@Ms_Sterin
) Join us for a morning of casual running, good company and post-run donuts!
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Me: I’m going to get a lot of work done this morning
Also me: Now seems like a great time to put up these Christmas window decorations
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Thank you,
@riacton
!! Adding 10 more
#WomenInEcon
:
@JoannaVenator
@EliseMarifian
@ArpitaPatnaik6
@ana_p_melo
@EmilyNix100
@nisha_chikhale
@ENPancotti
@jodiecongirl
@leah_boustan
@Claudia_Sahm
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Planning your
#AEFP2021
schedule for the day? Check out my coauthor
@MinseonPark1
present our work on tuition caps/freezes in session 9.08, 3-4 ET! Also includes
@RachWorsham
and Daniel Kreisman presenting work on effects of other tuition policies, chaired by
@DrewMAnderson
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@ArpitaPatnaik6
has a really interesting JMP using surcharges in tuition for some majors to see how low- and high-income students respond differently. She will be a great addition wherever she goes as a talented researcher and good person!
Arpita Patnaik
JMP: "Pricing, Income and College Major Choice"
Website:
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Transfer is VERY common - over 1/3 of US college students transfer! It's esp. relevant for disadvantaged students, who are more likely to attend 2-yr colleges or less-resourced 4-yrs, so transferring may be their most accessible pathway to well-resourced colleges.
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My findings complement qualitative literature that finds transfer students face significant challenges in meeting academic demands of new institutions, forming social ties, and navigating complex institutional transfer policies and procedures.
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@jenniferdoleac
This is an easy one, but set up panels as meetings not webinars, so everyone can see each other and it feels more engaging
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@florianederer
@lukestein
I recently watched all of The Wire and was so entertained by Stringer Bell’s applications of his Econ class lessons!
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Lots of 4-yr colleges use college GPA cutoffs in transfer admissions, often without making them public. I build on methods from Porter & Yu (2015) to estimate institution-year-specific GPA cutoffs at from applications + admissions data at 4-yr TX public colleges.
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This work has implications for policy & transfer student support. In principle, transfer could be cost-effective path to BA, but my work cautions that transfer can have negative impacts on marginal students; care must be taken in structuring transfer system & designing policy.
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Time for this great public service that
@jenniferdoleac
provides every year!
Let's do this!
Women on the econ job market in AY 2020-21, in no particular order:
\begin{very long thread}
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Excited to spend this cozy Saturday night starting this book ✨ I think it’ll be mostly leisure reading with a little bit of research reading
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@MemeMedianMode
Take notes during the session if there are things/people who you want to follow up with. You’re seeing so much research and talking with so many people it’s easy to quickly forget what and who you saw
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Completely agree - this session was so meaningful. I didn’t know Rodney personally but have seen and felt what an amazing impact he has had on the profession. RIP ❤️
The most powerful session I've ever been too.
Listening to stories of how Rodney welcomed economists into the profession and how this was valued by so many impacted me more than I can say.
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In coincidental timing, I will be presenting this paper tomorrow morning at
#AERA2022
! Come join Roundtable 11 in the San Diego Convention Center Hall B at 8am tomorrow to hear more. 13/13
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I also investigate mechanisms and find evidence for transfer students substituting out of high-paying majors into lower-paying majors, reduced employment and labor market experience, and potential loss of support networks.
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We find that although tuition freezes/caps keep "sticker price" tuition low, they also cause 4-year institutions to offer lower financial aid than they would have in the absence of the freeze/cap. 4/n
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Looks like a really cool paper! It makes tons of sense to me that high school guidance counselors have a high impact on their students - it’s great to see some evidence quantifying this
Excited to share my JMP:
“Beyond Teachers: Estimating Individual Guidance Counselors’ Effects on Educational Attainment”
It provides the first quantitative evidence on counselors’ large effects on a variety of educational outcomes.
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To be clear, I estimate local average treatment effects for students on the margin of transfer admission, so results should not be extrapolated to all transfer students. I further help interpretation of results by breaking down several pathways taken by narrowly denied students.
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This paper has been a joy to work on with my friend and coauthor
@MinseonPark1
! Many thanks to
@dougwebberecon
for being an excellent handling editor from EER, Chris Taber for truly invaluable advising through the entire project, and many others for helpful comments. 12/n
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If you're at
#2022APPAM
, come join our session tomorrow! I'll be talking about college quality interacts with the earnings penalty of graduating into a recession.
10:15am in the Lincoln West Room (Concourse Level)
On Thurs. at 10:15am, I'll be presenting joint work w/
@jo_ryking
& Austin Smith in the "Interactions Btw. Labor Markets & Education" session with
@cody_orr
,
@Lois_Miller
, & Fran Murphy.
@BHershbein
&
@SteveHemelt
will be discussing. Come join us!
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Loved getting to meet kind and interesting higher ed researchers in this networking session! Thanks so much to
@angelaboatman
and
@SteveHemelt
for leading, and to Lydia Ross and
@aefpweb
for organizing. Looking forward to the next 30 years of happy hours! 😅
@SteveHemelt
promised me we can reconvene this networking group for a happy hour at the AEFP meeting every year for the next 30 years. So if you want fun plans every March until 2052, see you tomorrow!
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#EconTwitter
anyone have sources for funding data purchases for dissertation work? Looking for around $10K, opportunities for
#education
#highered
or general social science funding appreciated too!
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@JHB_econ
@UofSC_Econ
This was a major pro as a JMC! & I’m happy to help increase those numbers even more 😊
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Results are robust to diff earnings and college quality measures and diff specs (national urate, college-specific urate based LinkedIn data on where grads located from
@JohnConz
@SteveHemelt
@BHershbein
Shawn Martin
@andrewrsimon
@kevin_stange
, 2x2 diff-in-diff) 13/N
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@dougwebberecon
@FedCommunities
@ckcarruthers
@RajDarolia
@LanaeErickson
@natmalkus
@dwschanz
@gema_zamarro
Wow, looks great!!
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This is so relatable
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@KhoaVuUmn
@JHB_econ
@borusyak
Same here, I think they even have an example in the did_imputation help file
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I’m not as ASSA this year so can’t attend this session, but I’m happy to be able to get pieces of it on
#econtwitter
. This is something I thought about in the first two years of my coursework - economics as a field has very little to say about frameworks/models of race
I have thought very hard on this for my paper on topic and as
@TrevonDLogan
pointed out earlier, I had to pull much more from history, political science, and sociology to learn about a framework. We don't have the models for this much yet in economics.
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However, I find negative earnings returns 2-yr college students marginally admitted for transfer to 4-yr colleges.
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I recenter & pool these detected cutoffs then use them as instrument for transfer in RD design to estimate effects of being narrowly granted transfer admission relative to applying for transfer and being narrowly rejected.
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@sacksdaniel
@analisapackham
@dsebastiantello
Often this, or results are too noisy to tell me anything
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@crembrulemily
@AustnNchols
@econjeffsmith
lol he told me he was putting this in the slides for our paper, glad to see it come to fruition
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Had the honor of seeing
@BeckyBlank
speak about economic inequality and higher education this afternoon. It was the first time I’ve heard my chancellor speak and I was so impressed!
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@bakerdphd
@saragoldrickrab
@urbaninstitute
has a really nice interface to access IPEDS data called the education data portal
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P.S. This is not my job market paper but I will be on the market in the fall - stay tuned for more 😊 N/N
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Nice article from
@chingos
at
@urbaninstitute
. Under a plan that targets public aid recipients, 60% of forgiven dollars go to bottom 2 income quintiles compared to 32% under Warren's phase-out plan and 27% for universal forgiveness.
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@AlexBartik
@abiylfoyp
Agreed. There are quite a few studies that suggest positive returns from college quality with RDs (
@SarahCohodes
and
@JoshuaSGoodman
’s paper; Hoekstra 2009). Value added can also vary across individuals-Dillon and Smith finds match effects btw student ability and college quality
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Among 2-yr students who apply to transfer to 4-yrs and 4-yr students who apply to transfer to nonflagship 4-yrs, those narrowly accepted are significantly more likely to earn a BA degree than those narrowly denied.
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Thank you, Riley! 😊 See more on my JMP in this thread:
Fascinating & creative work from
@Lois_Miller
. Keep your eye out for her if you are hiring in labor, public, and/or ed!
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@mikekofoed
@ckcarruthers
@mattyglesias
@jenniferdoleac
@bradfowd1
@dougwebberecon
Right, and enrollment increases are concentrated at 2-year colleges which already have lower per-student spending
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@KiraboJackson
Thank you! It was not what I was expecting to find either. I’m happy to chat about it anytime 😊
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@JoannaVenator
is a great researcher with papers that span lots of interesting topics. She also is super helpful with feedback at seminars, etc. and will be an amazing colleague!
Joanna Venator
JMP: "Dual-Earner Migration Decisions, Earnings, and Unemployment Insurance"
Website:
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Thanks for the insights
@dynarski
@ProfDavidDeming
@JamesKvaal
@DrBethAkers
@DaniDougPost
, Lesley Turner and Lance Lochner
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