Thomas J. Kane

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Public Policy & Social Research

Box 951656

Los Angeles, CA 90095

United States

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, MA 02138

United States

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Scholarly Papers (34)

1.

Rising Public College Tuition and College Entry: How Well Do Public Subsidies Promote Access to College?

NBER Working Paper No. w5164
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 12 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 13 Aug 2022
Thomas J. Kane
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Public Policy & Social Research
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Parental Preferences and School Competition: Evidence from a Public School Choice Program

Yale Economic Applications and Policy Discussion Paper No. 10
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 22 Feb 2006
Justine S. Hastings, Thomas J. Kane and Douglas Staiger
Brown University, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Public Policy & Social Research and Dartmouth College - Department of Economics
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Parental Preferences and School Competition: Evidence from a Public School Choice Program

NBER Working Paper No. w11805
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 22 Dec 2006 Last Revised: 05 Oct 2022
Justine S. Hastings, Thomas J. Kane and Douglas Staiger
Brown University, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Public Policy & Social Research and Dartmouth College - Department of Economics
Downloads 72 (560,034)
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Identifying Effective Classroom Practices Using Student Achievement Data

NBER Working Paper No. w15803
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 08 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 08 Mar 2023
Thomas J. Kane, Eric S. Taylor, John H. Tyler and Amy Wooten
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Public Policy & Social Research, Harvard University - Harvard Graduate School of Education, Brown University - Taubman Center for Public Policy and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 227 (231,795)
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What Does Certification Tell Us About Teacher Effectiveness? Evidence from New York City

NBER Working Paper No. w12155
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 24 Jul 2006 Last Revised: 20 Mar 2022
Thomas J. Kane, Jonah E. Rockoff and Douglas Staiger
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Public Policy & Social Research, Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Finance and Dartmouth College - Department of Economics
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Estimating Teacher Impacts on Student Achievement: An Experimental Evaluation

NBER Working Paper No. w14607
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 29 Dec 2008 Last Revised: 01 Dec 2022
Thomas J. Kane and Douglas Staiger
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Public Policy & Social Research and Dartmouth College - Department of Economics
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Who Benefits from Kipp?

NBER Working Paper No. w15740
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 10 Feb 2010 Last Revised: 06 Jul 2023
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Public Policy & Social Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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Who Benefits from Kipp?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5690
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 17 May 2011 Last Revised: 05 May 2023
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Public Policy & Social Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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achievement, charter schools, human capital

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Can You Recognize an Effective Teacher When You Recruit One?

NBER Working Paper No. w14485
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 17 Nov 2008 Last Revised: 30 Jan 2022
Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Finance, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Public Policy & Social Research and Dartmouth College - Department of Economics
Downloads 124 (387,499)
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A Quasi-Experimental Estimate of the Impact of Financial Aid on College-Going

NBER Working Paper No. w9703
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 19 May 2003 Last Revised: 08 Jul 2022
Thomas J. Kane
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Public Policy & Social Research
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Improving School Accountability Measures

NBER Working Paper No. w8156
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 08 Mar 2001 Last Revised: 16 Oct 2022
Thomas J. Kane and Douglas Staiger
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Public Policy & Social Research and Dartmouth College - Department of Economics
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The Political Economy of School Choice: Randomized School Admissions and Voter Participation

Yale Economic Applications and Policy Discussion Paper No. 11
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 22 Feb 2006
Brown University, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Public Policy & Social Research, Dartmouth College - Department of Economics and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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Information and Employee Evaluation: Evidence from a Randomized Intervention in Public Schools

NBER Working Paper No. w16240
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 02 Aug 2010 Last Revised: 18 May 2023
Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Finance, Dartmouth College - Department of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Public Policy & Social Research and Harvard University - Harvard Graduate School of Education
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Accountability and Flexibility in Public Schools: Evidence from Boston's Charters and Pilots

NBER Working Paper No. w15549
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 08 Dec 2009 Last Revised: 28 Jun 2023
Duke University - Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Public Policy & Social Research and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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Roe V. Wade and American Fertility

NBER Working Paper No. w5615
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 12 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 06 Nov 2022
Wellesley College, Dartmouth College - Department of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Public Policy & Social Research and Williams College
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School Quality, Neighborhoods and Housing Prices: The Impacts of School Desegregation

NBER Working Paper No. w11347
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 20 Jun 2005 Last Revised: 02 Jan 2023
Thomas J. Kane, Douglas Staiger and Stephanie Riegg
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Public Policy & Social Research, Dartmouth College - Department of Economics and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics
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Estimating Returns to Schooling When Schooling is Misreported

NBER Working Paper No. w7235
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 02 Nov 1999 Last Revised: 10 Apr 2022
Thomas J. Kane, Cecilia E. Rouse and Douglas Staiger
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Public Policy & Social Research, Princeton University - Industrial Relations Section and Dartmouth College - Department of Economics
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Preferences and Heterogeneous Treatment Effects in a Public School Choice Lottery

NBER Working Paper No. w12145
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 22 Dec 2006 Last Revised: 09 Sep 2022
Justine S. Hastings, Thomas J. Kane and Douglas Staiger
Brown University, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Public Policy & Social Research and Dartmouth College - Department of Economics
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School Choice, School Quality and Postsecondary Attainment

NBER Working Paper No. w17438
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 21 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 24 Feb 2023
Academic Dean, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Brown University, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Brown University, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Public Policy & Social Research and Dartmouth College - Department of Economics
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Financing Apprenticeship Training: Evidence from Germany

NBER Working Paper No. w4557
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 29 Dec 2003 Last Revised: 16 Dec 2022
Dietmar Harhoff and Thomas J. Kane
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Public Policy & Social Research
Downloads 67 (574,548)
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National Board Certification and Teacher Effectiveness: Evidence from a Random Assignment Experiment

NBER Working Paper No. w14608
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 29 Dec 2008 Last Revised: 02 Dec 2022
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Policy Studies, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Public Policy & Social Research and Dartmouth College - Department of Economics
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Labor Market Returns to Two- and Four-Year Colleges: Is a Credit a Credit and Do Degrees Matter?

NBER Working Paper No. w4268
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 01 Sep 2010 Last Revised: 01 Sep 2022
Thomas J. Kane and Cecilia E. Rouse
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Public Policy & Social Research and Princeton University - Industrial Relations Section
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Evaluating the Impact of the D.C. Tuition Assistance Grant Program

NBER Working Paper No. w10658
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 30 Aug 2004 Last Revised: 17 Aug 2022
Thomas J. Kane
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Public Policy & Social Research
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Does Practice-Based Teacher Preparation Increase Student Achievement? Early Evidence from the Boston Teacher Residency

NBER Working Paper No. w17646
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 15 Dec 2011 Last Revised: 20 Mar 2023
Brown University, Harvard Graduate School of Education, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Policy Studies and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Public Policy & Social Research
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The Consequences of Remote and Hybrid Instruction During the Pandemic

NBER Working Paper No. w30010
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 09 May 2022 Last Revised: 02 Jul 2023
University of Washington, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Public Policy & Social Research, NWEA, NWEA, Harvard University - Center for Education Policy Research and Dartmouth College - Department of Economics
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The Effect of Randomized School Admissions on Voter Participation

NBER Working Paper No. w11794
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 22 Dec 2006 Last Revised: 24 Sep 2022
Brown University, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Public Policy & Social Research, Dartmouth College - Department of Economics and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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An Evaluation of Bias in Three Measures of Teacher Quality: Value-Added, Classroom Observations, and Student Surveys

NBER Working Paper No. w23478
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 05 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 25 Feb 2023
Harvard University, Harvard University, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Public Policy & Social Research and Dartmouth College - Department of Economics
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The American Way of Aging: an Event History Analysis

NBER Working Paper No. w2892
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 05 Jul 2004 Last Revised: 29 May 2022
David T. Ellwood and Thomas J. Kane
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Public Policy & Social Research
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Validating Teacher Effect Estimates Using Changes in Teacher Assignments in Los Angeles

NBER Working Paper No. w20657
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 10 Nov 2014 Last Revised: 12 Jun 2022
Andrew Bacher-Hicks, Thomas J. Kane and Douglas Staiger
Harvard University, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Public Policy & Social Research and Dartmouth College - Department of Economics
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Have Income-Based Achievement Gaps Widened or Narrowed?

NBER Working Paper No. w27714
Number of pages: 79 Posted: 25 Aug 2020 Last Revised: 24 Mar 2023
Harvard University, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Public Policy & Social Research, Harvard University - Harvard Graduate School of Education, Brown University and Dartmouth College - Department of Economics
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What Do Changes in State Test Scores Imply for Later Life Outcomes?

NBER Working Paper No. w30701
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 06 Dec 2022 Last Revised: 10 Dec 2022
Independent Researcher, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Public Policy & Social Research, Harvard University - Center for Education Policy Research and Dartmouth College - Department of Economics
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School District Reform in Newark: Within- and Between-School Changes in Achievement Growth

NBER Working Paper No. w23922
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 16 Oct 2017 Last Revised: 14 May 2023
Harvard University, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Public Policy & Social Research, Harvard University - Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University and Dartmouth College - Department of Economics
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Is the German Apprenticeship System a Panacea for the Us Labour Market?

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 17 Nov 2001
Dietmar Harhoff and Thomas J. Kane
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Public Policy & Social Research
Downloads 16 (923,635)
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Apprenticeship training, employment, human capital, labour market

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College Remediation Goes Back to High School: Evidence from a Statewide Program in Tennessee

NBER Working Paper No. w26133
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 07 Aug 2019 Last Revised: 29 May 2022
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Public Policy & Social Research, Vanderbilt University, Harvard University - Harvard Graduate School of Education, Vanderbilt University, Harvard University and Harvard University - Center for Education Policy Research
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School Quality, Neighborhoods, and Housing Prices

American Law and Economics Review, Vol. 8, Issue 2, pp. 183-212, 2006
Posted: 29 Feb 2008
Thomas J. Kane, Stephanie Riegg and Douglas Staiger
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Public Policy & Social Research, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Economics and Dartmouth College - Department of Economics

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Racial Test Score Differences as Evidence of Reverse Discrimination: Less than Meets the Eye

Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, Vol. 38, 1999
Posted: 08 Feb 2000
William T. Dickens and Thomas J. Kane
Northeastern University - Department of Economics and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Public Policy & Social Research

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