Gema Zamarro

University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform

Professor and 21st Century Endowed Chair in Teacher Quality

201 Graduate Education Building

Fayetteville, AR 72701

United States

Center for Economic and Social Research (CESR)

635 Downey Way

Los Angeles, CA 90089-3332

United States

http://works.bepress.com/gema_zamarro/

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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“  My current research focuses on the measurement and development of non-cognitive skills, the study of the determinants of teacher turnover decisions, and the study of gender gaps in Science, Technology and Mathematics (STEM) fields  ”

Scholarly Papers (45)

1.

Can Parents’ Growth Mindset and Role Modelling Address STEM Gender Gaps?

EDRE Working Paper No. 2017-07
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 20 Feb 2017
Albert Cheng, Katherine Kopotic and Gema Zamarro
University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform, University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
Downloads 899 (46,260)
Citation 7

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STEM gender gaps, growth mindset, role modelling effects

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Understanding How Covid-19 Has Changed Teachers’ Chances of Remaining in the Classroom

Sinquefield Center for Applied Economic Research Working Paper No. 22-01
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 03 Mar 2022 Last Revised: 11 May 2022
University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform, University of Arkansas, Saint Louis University - Sinquefield Center for Applied Economic Research and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
Downloads 808 (53,643)
Citation 17

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Teacher turnover, teacher retention, job burnout, COVID-19

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Effects of Dual-Language Immersion on Students’ Academic Performance

EDRE Working Paper No. 2015-09
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 24 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 15 Jan 2016
American University, American Councils for International Education, University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform, RAND Corporation, RAND Corporation, RAND Corporation and Portland Public Schools
Downloads 792 (55,020)

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Language immersion; English language learners; Student achievement; Urban education; Language education

Finance for All: The Impact of Financial Literacy Training in Compulsory Secondary Education in Spain

Banco de Espana Working Paper No. 1502
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 04 Feb 2015
Laura Hospido, Ernesto Villanueva and Gema Zamarro
Banco de España - Research Department, Banco de España - Research Department and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
Downloads 438 (114,376)
Citation 58

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financial education, impact evaluation, selection bias

Finance for All: The Impact of Financial Literacy Training in Compulsory Secondary Education in Spain

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8902
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 23 Mar 2015
Laura Hospido, Ernesto Villanueva and Gema Zamarro
Banco de España - Research Department, Banco de España - Research Department and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
Downloads 112 (419,751)
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financial education, impact evaluation, selection bias

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When Students Don't Care: Reexamining International Differences in Achievement and Non-Cognitive Skills

EDRE Working Paper No. 2016-18
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 22 Oct 2016
Gema Zamarro, Collin Hitt and Ildefonso Mendez
University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform, University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform and University of Murcia - Department of Applied Economics
Downloads 540 (89,824)
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Non-Cognitive Skills, PISA study, Survey Effort, Test Effort

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Gender Gaps in Math Performance, Perceived Mathematical Ability and College STEM Education: The Role of Parental Occupation

EDRE Working Paper No. 2017-21
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 10 Nov 2017
Lina Anaya, Frank P. Stafford and Gema Zamarro
University of Bradford, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Economics and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
Downloads 499 (98,929)
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STEM gender gaps; perceived ability; self-efficacy; college major; parental occupations

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Gender Differences in Couples’ Division of Childcare, Work and Mental Health During COVID-19

CESR-Schaeffer Working Paper No. 003
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 08 Aug 2020
María Prados and Gema Zamarro
University of Southern California and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
Downloads 489 (101,451)
Citation 30

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Measuring Teacher Conscientiousness and its Impact on Students: Insight from the Measures of Effective Teaching Longitudinal Database

EDRE Working Paper No. 2016-05
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 25 Apr 2016
Albert Cheng and Gema Zamarro
University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
Downloads 420 (121,436)
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Understanding a Vicious Cycle: Do Out-of-School Suspensions Impact Student Test Scores?

EDRE Working Paper No. 2017-09
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 31 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 30 Apr 2017
Kaitlin Anderson, Gary Ritter and Gema Zamarro
Lehigh University, Saint Louis University School of Education and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
Downloads 398 (129,195)
Citation 4

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school discipline, exclusionary discipline, academic impacts, causal inference

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An Evaluation of the Educational Impact of College Campus Visits: A Randomized Experiment

EDRE Working Paper No. 2019-002
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 06 Feb 2019
University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform, University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform, University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform, University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform, University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform and Saint Louis University School of Education
Downloads 313 (167,893)
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college access, randomized experiment, campus visits, psychological barriers

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What Explains the Gender Gap in Financial Literacy? The Role of Household Decision-Making

RAND Working Paper Series WR- 762
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 04 Jul 2010
RAND Corporation, RAND Corporation, University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform and University of Southern California - Sol Price School of Public Policy
Downloads 312 (168,477)
Citation 41

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Does Retirement Impact Health Care Utilization?

CESR-Schaeffer Working Paper No. 2015-032
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 13 Jan 2016
Norma Coe and Gema Zamarro
University of Pennsylvania - Perelman School of Medicine and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
Downloads 305 (172,445)
Citation 3

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health, retirement, health care utilization, preventive care

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College Readiness, Student Expectations and Success: The Role of Non-Cognitive Skills

EDRE Working Paper No. 2018-04
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 14 May 2018
Malachi Nichols, Julie R. Trivitt and Gema Zamarro
University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform, University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
Downloads 286 (184,442)

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Higher Education, College, Non-cognitive Skills, Expectations, Business, Engineering

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How Does Retirement Impact Health Behaviors? An International Comparison

CESR-Schaeffer Working Paper No. 2015-033
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 13 Jan 2016
Norma Coe and Gema Zamarro
University of Pennsylvania - Perelman School of Medicine and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
Downloads 231 (228,080)
Citation 1

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health, retirement, health behaviors, instrumental variables

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Family Labor Participation and Child Care Decisions: The Role of Grannies

RAND Working Paper Series WR- 833
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 11 Feb 2011
Gema Zamarro
University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
Downloads 206 (253,763)
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Binary Choice, Female Labor Participation, Child Care Decisions, Simultaneous Estimation, Panel Data

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Retirement Effects on Health in Europe

RAND Working Paper No. WR-588
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 21 Jun 2008
Norma Coe and Gema Zamarro
University of Pennsylvania - Perelman School of Medicine and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
Downloads 185 (279,469)
Citation 26

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retirement, health, behaviors

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Comparing and Validating Measures of Character Skills: Findings from a Nationally Representative Sample

EDRE Working Paper No. 2016-08
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 09 May 2016
University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform, University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform, University of Buckingham and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
Downloads 175 (293,482)
Citation 9

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character skills, grit, conscientiousness, behavioral tasks, survey effort

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Dimensions of Subjective Well-Being

CESR Working Paper No. 2013-005
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 01 Oct 2013
Dornsife Center for Economic and Social Research - University of Southern California, University of Southern California - Center for Economic & Social Research, Dornsife Center for Economic and Social Research - University of Southern California, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Education and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
Downloads 164 (311,829)
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Subjective Well-Being, Response Scales, Life Satisfaction

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Citation 32

Retirement Patterns of Couples in Europe

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7926
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 15 Feb 2014
Laura Hospido and Gema Zamarro
Banco de España - Research Department and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
Downloads 63 (602,584)

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joint retirement, social security incentives

Retirement Patterns of Couples in Europe

CESR Working Paper No. 2013-006
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 01 Oct 2013
Laura Hospido and Gema Zamarro
Banco de España - Research Department and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
Downloads 58 (629,010)
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joint retirement, social ecurity incentives

Retirement Patterns of Couples in Europe

Banco de Espana Working Paper No. 1317
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 15 Nov 2013
Laura Hospido and Gema Zamarro
Banco de España - Research Department and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
Downloads 40 (742,468)
Citation 27

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Joint retirement, Social security incentives

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Comparisons of Student Perceptions of Teacher's Performance in the Classroom: Using Parametric Anchoring Vignette Methods for Improving Comparability

EDRE Working Paper No. 2015-01
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 28 Aug 2015
Hana Vonkova, Gema Zamarro, Vera DeBerg and Collin Hitt
Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Education, University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform, Independent and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
Downloads 145 (343,531)
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Self-reported measures, teacher quality, reference group bias, anchoring vignettes methods, PISA study.

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Teacher Qualifications and Middle School Student Achievement

RAND Education Working Paper No. 671-IES
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 02 Jul 2009
Richard Buddin and Gema Zamarro
The RAND Corporation - Santa Monica CA Offices and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
Downloads 145 (343,531)
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Teacher quality, teacher licensure, student achievement, middle school, two-level fixed effects, education production function

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Does Retirement Induced Through Social Security Pension Eligibility Influence Subjective Well-Being? A Cross-Country Comparison

Michigan Retirement Research Center Research Paper No. 2013-301
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 11 Jan 2014
Arie Kapteyn, Jinkook Lee and Gema Zamarro
Dornsife Center for Economic and Social Research - University of Southern California, University of Southern California - Center for Economic & Social Research and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
Downloads 143 (347,380)
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subjective well-being, Social Security, retirement

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Teachers’ Knowledge and Preparedness for Retirement: Results from a Nationally Representative Teacher Survey

Sinquefield Center for Applied Economic Research Working Paper No. 21-05
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 20 Jan 2022 Last Revised: 11 May 2022
Dillon Fuchsman, Josh B. McGee and Gema Zamarro
Saint Louis University - Sinquefield Center for Applied Economic Research, University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
Downloads 137 (359,243)

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teacher pensions, retirement knowledge, retirement planning

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Teacher Effectiveness in Urban High Schools

RAND Education Working Paper No. 693-IES
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 02 Sep 2009
Richard Buddin and Gema Zamarro
The RAND Corporation - Santa Monica CA Offices and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
Downloads 137 (359,243)
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Teacher quality, teacher licensure, student achievement, high school, two-level fixed effects, education production function

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Further Validation of Survey Effort Measures of Relevant Character Skills: Results from a Sample of High School Students

EDRE Working Paper No. 2018-07
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 12 Oct 2018
University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform, University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform, University of Pennsylvania - Department of Psychology and University of Colorado at Boulder
Downloads 136 (361,342)
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Survey Effort, Character Skills, Teacher Reports, High School Performance

Personality as a Predictor of Unit Nonresponse in Panel Data: An Analysis of an Internet-Based Survey

CESR-Schaeffer Working Paper No. 2016-014
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 16 Oct 2016
Albert Cheng, Gema Zamarro and Bart Orriens
University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform, University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform and Center for Economic and Social Research
Downloads 75 (547,145)
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attrition, internet panel data, personality traits, paradata

Personality as a Predictor of Unit Nonresponse in Panel Data: An Analysis of an Internet-Based Survey

EDRE Working Paper No. 2016-12
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 07 Sep 2016
Albert Cheng, Gema Zamarro and Bart Orriens
University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform, University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform and Center for Economic and Social Research
Downloads 61 (612,836)
Citation 1

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attrition, internet panel data, personality traits, paradata

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Testing, Teacher Turnover and the Distribution of Teachers across Grades and Schools

EDRE Working Paper No. 2020-01
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 03 Feb 2020
Dillon Fuchsman, Tim R. Sass and Gema Zamarro
University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform, Georgia State University - Andrew Young School of Policy Studies and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
Downloads 126 (382,913)

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Teacher turnover, High-stakes Testing, Accountability Pressure, Difference-in-differences approach

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Parental Occupational Choice and Children's Entry into a Stem Field

EDRE Working Paper No. 2019-16
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 20 Sep 2019
Albert Cheng, Katherine Kopotic and Gema Zamarro
University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform, University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
Downloads 124 (387,625)
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occupational choice, intergenerational occupational transmission; STEM gender gaps

The Intergenerational Transmission of Noncognitive Skills and Their Effect on Education and Employment Outcomes

EDRE Working Paper No. 2015-04
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 28 Aug 2015
Ildefonso Mendez and Gema Zamarro
University of Murcia - Department of Applied Economics and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
Downloads 71 (564,626)

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culture, civic capital, child qualities, non-cognitive skills, education, employment

The Intergenerational Transmission of Noncognitive Skills and Their Effect on Education and Employment Outcomes

CESR-Schaeffer Working Paper No. 2015-015
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 11 Jul 2015 Last Revised: 25 Aug 2015
Ildefonso Mendez and Gema Zamarro
University of Murcia - Department of Applied Economics and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
Downloads 52 (663,340)
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culture, civic capital, child qualities, non-cognitive skills, education, employment

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Does Financial Literacy Contribute to Food Security?

International Journal of Food and Agricultural Economics: ISSN 2147-8988, E-ISSN: 2149-3766 Vol. 4 No. 1, Special Issue, 2015, pp. 1-19
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 06 Feb 2016
Katherine Grace Carman and Gema Zamarro
US Securities and Exchange Commission and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
Downloads 113 (414,894)

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household food security, literacy, household budget, household expenditure

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Does Retirement Make You Happy? A Simultaneous Equations Approach

Michigan Retirement Research Center Research Paper No. 2014-310
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 19 Feb 2015
University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM) - Faculty of Management (ESG), Dornsife Center for Economic and Social Research - University of Southern California, University of Southern California - Center for Economic & Social Research and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
Downloads 102 (446,598)
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Pension reform, well-being, Financial consequences of retirement, depressive symptoms, life satisfaction

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Identifying Naturally-occurring Direct Assessments of Social-emotional Competencies: The Promise and Limitations of Survey and Assessment Disengagement Metadata

EDRE Working Paper No. 2018-06
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 18 Sep 2018
NWEA, University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform, University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
Downloads 96 (465,064)

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Social-emotional learning; metadata; test disengagement; survey effort

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How Can We Accurately Measure Whether Students are Gaining Relevant Outcomes in Higher Education?

EDRE Working Paper No. 2015-03
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 28 Aug 2015
University of Southern California, University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform, Teachers College, Columbia University and Universidad de los Andes, Colombia - Department of Economics
Downloads 94 (471,498)
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aggregate residuals, evaluation, fixed effects, higher education, labor outomes, random effects, theory-based models.

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Non-Cognitive Abilities and Spanish Regional Differences in Student Performance in PISA 2009

EDRE Working Paper No. 2015-05
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 28 Aug 2015
University of Murcia - Department of Applied Economics, University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform, University of Murcia and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
Downloads 89 (488,035)
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Non-cognitive skills, perseverance, resilience, academic performance, PISA study, Spain.

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Accounting for Heterogeneous Returns in Sequential Schooling Decisions

CentER Discussion Paper No. 2006-21
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 22 May 2006
Gema Zamarro
University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
Downloads 84 (505,762)
Citation 1

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schooling, selection models, heterogeneity, sequential decisions, policy evaluation

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Local Labor Market Conditions, Principals’ Leadership, Conscientiousness, and Beginning Teacher Turnover: A Study During the Great Recession

EDRE Working Paper No. 2019-01
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 24 Jan 2019
Dillon Fuchsman and Gema Zamarro
University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
Downloads 83 (509,322)

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teacher turnover, Great Recession, non-cognitive skills, local labor markets

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Comparing Performance of Methods to Deal with Differential Attrition in Lottery Based Evaluations

EDRE Working Paper No. 2016-15
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 07 Oct 2016
University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform, Lehigh University, American University and RAND Corporation
Downloads 80 (520,619)

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Differential Attrition, Bounding Methods, Simulation

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Induced Entry into the Social Security Disability Program: Using Past SGA Changes as a Natural Experiment

Michigan Retirement Research Center Research Paper No. 2012-262
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 07 Sep 2012
Harvard Medical School - Department of Health Care Policy, RAND Corporation and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
Downloads 73 (548,719)

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Social Security Disability Insurance, benefit offset policy, Substantial Gainful Activity

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Alternative Measures of Non-Cognitive Skills and Their Effect on Retirement Preparation and Financial Capability

EDRE Working Paper No. 2017-22
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 10 Nov 2017
Gema Zamarro
University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
Downloads 71 (557,167)

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Financial Capability; Retirement Preparation; Non-cognitive Skills

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Disentangling Disadvantage: Can We Distinguish Good Teaching from Classroom Composition?

CESR-Schaeffer Working Paper No. 2014-001
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 13 Jan 2014
University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform, RAND Corporation, University of Southern California - Department of Economics and American University
Downloads 71 (557,167)
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value-added models, Monte Carlo simulation, teacher quality, classroom composition

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Alternative Measures of Noncognitive Skills and Their Effect on Retirement Preparation and Financial Capability

Michigan Retirement Research Center Research Paper No. 2017-365
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 22 Jan 2018
Gema Zamarro
University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
Downloads 44 (697,683)

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Financial Capability; Retirement Preparation; Noncognitive Skills

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Teachers’ Willingness to Pay for Retirement Benefits: A National Stated Preferences Experiment

Sinquefield Center for Applied Economic Research Working Paper No. 20-03
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 29 Nov 2021
Dillon Fuchsman, Josh B. McGee and Gema Zamarro
Saint Louis University - Sinquefield Center for Applied Economic Research, University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
Downloads 40 (724,092)

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teacher pensions, stated preferences, discrete choice experiment

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Teacher-to-Classroom Assignment and Student Achievement

NBER Working Paper No. w27543
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 24 Jul 2020 Last Revised: 05 Apr 2023
University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics, University of Southern California, Lund University - School of Economics and Management and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
Downloads 25 (839,618)
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Testing, Teacher Turnover and the Distribution of Teachers Across Grades and Schools

Sinquefield Center for Applied Economic Research Working Paper No. 21-01, February 2020
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 22 Nov 2021
Dillon Fuchsman, Tim R. Sass and Gema Zamarro
Saint Louis University - Sinquefield Center for Applied Economic Research, Georgia State University - Andrew Young School of Policy Studies and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
Downloads 24 (848,473)

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teacher turnover, high-stakes testing, accountability pressure difference-in-differences approach

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Understanding Performance in Test Taking: The Role of Question Difficulty Order

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP16099
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 14 May 2021
University of Bradford, University of the Basque Country, University College London and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
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