Jonathan Guryan

Northwestern University - Human Development and Social Policy (HDSP) Program

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National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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  • Northwestern University - Human Development and Social Policy (HDSP) Program

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The Effects of Sexism on American Women: The Role of Norms vs. Discrimination

University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2018-56
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 17 Aug 2018
Kerwin Kofi Charles, Jonathan Guryan and Jessica Pan
University of Chicago, Northwestern University - Human Development and Social Policy (HDSP) Program and National University of Singapore (NUS)
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Does Teacher Testing Raise Teacher Quality? Evidence from State Certification Requirements

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Does Teacher Testing Raise Teacher Quality? Evidence from State Certification Requirements

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 26 Feb 2005
Joshua D. Angrist and Jonathan Guryan
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Northwestern University - Human Development and Social Policy (HDSP) Program
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occupational licensure, education reform, worker screening

Does Teacher Testing Raise Teacher Quality? Evidence from State Certification Requirements

NBER Working Paper No. w9545
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 08 Mar 2003 Last Revised: 01 Aug 2022
Joshua D. Angrist and Jonathan Guryan
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Northwestern University - Human Development and Social Policy (HDSP) Program
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Birth Cohort and the Black-White Achievement Gap: The Roles of Access and Health Soon After Birth

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Birth Cohort and the Black-White Achievement Gap: The Roles of Access and Health Soon After Birth

FRB of Chicago Working Paper No. 2008-20
Number of pages: 82 Posted: 08 Dec 2008 Last Revised: 27 Oct 2010
Kenneth Y. Chay, Jonathan Guryan and Bhashkar Mazumder
University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics, Northwestern University - Human Development and Social Policy (HDSP) Program and Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
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test scores, infant health, black-white differences, post neonatal mortality

Birth Cohort and the Black-White Achievement Gap: The Roles of Access and Health Soon after Birth

NBER Working Paper No. w15078
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 16 Jun 2009 Last Revised: 14 Mar 2022
Kenneth Y. Chay, Jonathan Guryan and Bhashkar Mazumder
University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics, Northwestern University - Human Development and Social Policy (HDSP) Program and Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
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Making Savers Winners: An Overview of Prize-Linked Savings Products

NBER Working Paper No. w16433
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 12 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 28 May 2022
Melissa S. Kearney, Peter Tufano, Jonathan Guryan and Erik Hurst
University of Maryland - Department of Economics, Harvard Business School, Northwestern University - Human Development and Social Policy (HDSP) Program and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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The (Surprising) Efficacy of Academic and Behavioral Intervention with Disadvantaged Youth: Results from a Randomized Experiment in Chicago

NBER Working Paper No. w19862
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 28 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 10 Apr 2022
Philip J. Cook, Kenneth Dodge, George Farkas, Roland G. Fryer, Jonathan Guryan, Jens Ludwig, Susan E. Mayer, Harold A. Pollack and Laurence Steinberg
Duke University - Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University - Sanford School of Public Policy, University of California, Irvine, Harvard University - Department of Economics, Northwestern University - Human Development and Social Policy (HDSP) Program, Georgetown University - Public Policy Institute (GPPI), Irving Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago - School of Social Service Administration and Temple University - Department of Psychology
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The Impact of Internet Subsidies in Public Schools

NBER Working Paper No. w9090
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 01 Aug 2002
Austan Goolsbee and Jonathan Guryan
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Northwestern University - Human Development and Social Policy (HDSP) Program
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Prejudice and the Economics of Discrimination

NBER Working Paper No. w13661
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 19 Dec 2007 Last Revised: 01 May 2022
Kerwin Kofi Charles and Jonathan Guryan
University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy and Northwestern University - Human Development and Social Policy (HDSP) Program
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Making Savers Winners: An Overview of Prize-Linked Saving Products

Pension Research Council WP 2010-36
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 13 Nov 2010
Melissa S. Kearney, Peter Tufano, Jonathan Guryan and Erik Hurst
University of Maryland - Department of Economics, Harvard Business School, Northwestern University - Human Development and Social Policy (HDSP) Program and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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lottery, prize, saving, accounts, income, products, households, gambling, investment

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Does Money Matter? Regression-Discontinuity Estimates from Education Finance Reform in Massachusetts

NBER Working Paper No. w8269
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 05 May 2001 Last Revised: 07 Aug 2022
Jonathan Guryan
Northwestern University - Human Development and Social Policy (HDSP) Program
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The Effects of Sexism on American Women: The Role of Norms vs. Discrimination

NBER Working Paper No. w24904
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 22 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 20 Jul 2022
Kerwin Kofi Charles, Jonathan Guryan and Jessica Pan
University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy, Northwestern University - Human Development and Social Policy (HDSP) Program and National University of Singapore (NUS)
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Early Life Environment and Racial Inequality in Education and Earnings in the United States

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Early Life Environment and Racial Inequality in Education and Earnings in the United States

FRB of Chicago Working Paper No. 2014-28
Number of pages: 79 Posted: 20 Dec 2014
Kenneth Y. Chay, Jonathan Guryan and Bhashkar Mazumder
University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics, Northwestern University - Human Development and Social Policy (HDSP) Program and Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
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early life, racial inequality, black white, post neonatal mortality

Early Life Environment and Racial Inequality in Education and Earnings in the United States

NBER Working Paper No. w20539
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 06 Oct 2014 Last Revised: 31 Jan 2022
Kenneth Y. Chay, Jonathan Guryan and Bhashkar Mazumder
University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics, Northwestern University - Human Development and Social Policy (HDSP) Program and Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
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Thinking, Fast and Slow? Some Field Experiments to Reduce Crime and Dropout in Chicago

NBER Working Paper No. w21178
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 01 Jun 2015 Last Revised: 15 May 2022
Sara Heller, Anuj Shah, Jonathan Guryan, Jens Ludwig, Sendhil Mullainathan and Harold A. Pollack
University of Chicago, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, Northwestern University - Human Development and Social Policy (HDSP) Program, Georgetown University - Public Policy Institute (GPPI), University of Chicago and University of Chicago - School of Social Service Administration
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Sibling Spillovers

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Sibling Spillovers

NBER Working Paper No. w23062
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 23 Jan 2017 Last Revised: 08 Jul 2022
Sandra E. Black, Sanni Breining, David N. Figlio, Jonathan Guryan, Krzysztof Karbownik, Helena Skyt Nielsen, Jeffrey Roth and Marianne Simonsen
Columbia University, Aarhus University, Northwestern University, Northwestern University - Human Development and Social Policy (HDSP) Program, Northwestern University, Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business Economics, Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics and Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business Economics
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Sibling Spillovers

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6348
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 17 Mar 2017
Sandra E. Black, Sanni Breining, David N. Figlio, Jonathan Guryan, Krzysztof Karbownik, Helena Skyt Nielsen, Jeffrey Roth and Marianne Simonsen
Columbia University, Aarhus University, Northwestern University, Northwestern University - Human Development and Social Policy (HDSP) Program, Northwestern University, Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business Economics, Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics and Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business Economics
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sibling spillovers, child care, sibling fixed effects

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Peer Effects in the Workplace: Evidence from Random Groupings in Professional Golf Tournaments

NBER Working Paper No. w13422
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 24 Sep 2007 Last Revised: 06 Mar 2022
Jonathan Guryan, Kory Kroft and Matthew Notowidigdo
Northwestern University - Human Development and Social Policy (HDSP) Program, University of Toronto and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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Studying Discrimination: Fundamental Challenges and Recent Progress

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Studying Discrimination: Fundamental Challenges and Recent Progress

NBER Working Paper No. w17156
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 20 Jun 2011 Last Revised: 19 May 2022
Kerwin Kofi Charles and Jonathan Guryan
University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy and Northwestern University - Human Development and Social Policy (HDSP) Program
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Studying Discrimination: Fundamental Challenges and Recent Progress

Annual Review of Economics, Vol. 3, pp. 479-511, 2011
Posted: 31 Aug 2011
Kerwin Kofi Charles and Jonathan Guryan
University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy and Northwestern University - Human Development and Social Policy (HDSP) Program

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Lucky Stores, Gambling, and Addiction: Empirical Evidence from State Lottery Sales

NBER Working Paper No. w11287
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 03 Jun 2005 Last Revised: 07 May 2022
Jonathan Guryan and Melissa S. Kearney
Northwestern University - Human Development and Social Policy (HDSP) Program and University of Maryland - Department of Economics
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Is Lottery Gambling Addictive?

NBER Working Paper No. w14742
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 21 Feb 2009 Last Revised: 14 Apr 2022
Jonathan Guryan and Melissa S. Kearney
Northwestern University - Human Development and Social Policy (HDSP) Program and University of Maryland - Department of Economics
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Desegregation and Black Dropout Rates

NBER Working Paper No. w8345
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 25 Jun 2001 Last Revised: 22 Apr 2022
Jonathan Guryan
Northwestern University - Human Development and Social Policy (HDSP) Program
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Parental Education and Parental Time with Children

NBER Working Paper No. w13993
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 16 May 2008 Last Revised: 28 Mar 2021
Jonathan Guryan, Erik Hurst and Melissa S. Kearney
Northwestern University - Human Development and Social Policy (HDSP) Program, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and University of Maryland - Department of Economics
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Do Lottery Payments Induce Savings Behavior: Evidence from the Lab

NBER Working Paper No. w19130
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 18 Jun 2013 Last Revised: 10 Apr 2022
Emel Filiz-Ozbay, Jonathan Guryan, Kyle B. Hyndman, Melissa S. Kearney and Erkut Ozbay
University of Maryland - Economics, Northwestern University - Human Development and Social Policy (HDSP) Program, University of Texas at Dallas, University of Maryland - Department of Economics and University of Maryland
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The Economics of Scale-Up

NBER Working Paper No. w23925
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 16 Oct 2017 Last Revised: 16 May 2022
Jonathan Davis, Jonathan Guryan, Kelly Hallberg and Jens Ludwig
University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy, Northwestern University - Human Development and Social Policy (HDSP) Program, University of Chicago and Georgetown University - Public Policy Institute (GPPI)
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Decreasing Delinquency, Criminal Behavior, and Recidivism by Intervening on Psychological Factors Other than Cognitive Ability: A Review of the Intervention Literature

NBER Working Paper No. w16698
Number of pages: 82 Posted: 18 Jan 2011 Last Revised: 16 Feb 2022
Patrick L. Hill, Brent W. Roberts, Jeffrey Grogger, Jonathan Guryan and Karen Sixkiller
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Psychology, University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy, Northwestern University - Human Development and Social Policy (HDSP) Program and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Does Reading During the Summer Build Reading Skills? Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in 463 Classrooms

NBER Working Paper No. w20689
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 24 Nov 2014 Last Revised: 14 Jul 2022
Jonathan Guryan, James Kim and David Quinn
Northwestern University - Human Development and Social Policy (HDSP) Program, Harvard University - Harvard Graduate School of Education and University of Southern California
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The Effects of Poor Neonatal Health on Children's Cognitive Development

NBER Working Paper No. w18846
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 01 Mar 2013 Last Revised: 01 Jul 2022
David N. Figlio, Jonathan Guryan, Krzysztof Karbownik and Jeffrey Roth
Northwestern University, Northwestern University - Human Development and Social Policy (HDSP) Program, Northwestern University and Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics
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Motivation and Incentives in Education: Evidence from a Summer Reading Experiment

NBER Working Paper No. w20918
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 02 Feb 2015 Last Revised: 27 Feb 2022
Jonathan Guryan, James Kim and Kyung Park
Northwestern University - Human Development and Social Policy (HDSP) Program, Harvard University - Harvard Graduate School of Education and University of Chicago
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