Lars John Lefgren

Brigham Young University - Department of Economics

130 Faculty Office Bldg.

Provo, UT 84602-2363

United States

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Scholarly Papers (21)

The Dynamics of Criminal Behavior: Evidence from Weather Shocks

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 12 Jan 2005
Brian Jacob, Lars John Lefgren and Enrico Moretti
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Brigham Young University - Department of Economics and University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics
Downloads 346 (183,384)
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Crime, displacement, social interactions, weather

The Dynamics of Criminal Behavior: Evidence from Weather Shocks

NBER Working Paper No. w10739
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 22 Sep 2004 Last Revised: 06 Nov 2022
Brian Jacob, Lars John Lefgren and Enrico Moretti
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Brigham Young University - Department of Economics and University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics
Downloads 158 (397,496)
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A Note on Longitudinally Matching Current Population Survey (CPS) Respondents

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 06 Mar 2000
Brigitte C. Madrian and Lars John Lefgren
Brigham Young University Marriott School of Business and Brigham Young University - Department of Economics
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A Note on Longitudinally Matching Current Population Survey (CPS) Respondents

NBER Working Paper No. t0247
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 08 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 06 Mar 2023
Brigitte C. Madrian and Lars John Lefgren
Brigham Young University Marriott School of Business and Brigham Young University - Department of Economics
Downloads 247 (261,619)
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Principals as Agents: Subjective Performance Measures in Education

Number of pages: 68 Posted: 15 Jul 2005
Brian Jacob and Lars John Lefgren
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Brigham Young University - Department of Economics
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Education Policy

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Remedial Education and Student Achievement: A Regression-Discontinuity Analysis

NBER Working Paper No. w8918
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 03 May 2002 Last Revised: 14 Nov 2022
Brian Jacob and Lars John Lefgren
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Brigham Young University - Department of Economics
Downloads 242 (268,568)
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What Do Parents Value in Education? An Investigation of Parents' Revealed Preferences for Teachers

KSG Working Paper No. RWP05-043
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 12 Dec 2005
Brian Jacob and Lars John Lefgren
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Brigham Young University - Department of Economics
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Education Policy

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The Effect of Grade Retention on High School Completion

NBER Working Paper No. w13514
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 16 Oct 2007 Last Revised: 05 Dec 2022
Brian Jacob and Lars John Lefgren
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Brigham Young University - Department of Economics
Downloads 201 (320,783)
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Principals as Agents: Subjective Performance Measurement in Education

NBER Working Paper No. w11463
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 08 Aug 2005 Last Revised: 29 Oct 2022
Brian Jacob and Lars John Lefgren
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Brigham Young University - Department of Economics
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Chapter 7 or 13: Are Client or Lawyer Interests Paramount?

Berkeley Electronic Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy Advances, Vol. 10, No. 1, 2010
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 11 Jan 2012
Lars John Lefgren, Frank McIntyre and Michelle M. Miller
Brigham Young University - Department of Economics, Amazon.com and Loyola Marymount University - Department of Economics
Downloads 176 (362,026)
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The Impact of Research Grant Funding on Scientific Productivity

NBER Working Paper No. w13519
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 24 Oct 2007 Last Revised: 11 Dec 2022
Brian Jacob and Lars John Lefgren
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Brigham Young University - Department of Economics
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What Do Parents Value in Education? An Empirical Investigation of Parents' Revealed Preferences for Teachers

NBER Working Paper No. w11494
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 29 Aug 2005 Last Revised: 28 Nov 2022
Brian Jacob and Lars John Lefgren
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Brigham Young University - Department of Economics
Downloads 137 (446,478)
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The Impact of Teacher Training on Student Achievement: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from School Reform Efforts in Chicago

NBER Working Paper No. w8916
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 25 Apr 2002 Last Revised: 13 Nov 2022
Brian Jacob and Lars John Lefgren
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Brigham Young University - Department of Economics
Downloads 120 (495,766)
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Judging Judge Fixed Effects

NBER Working Paper No. w25528
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 12 Feb 2019 Last Revised: 19 Jun 2023
Brigham R. Frandsen, Lars John Lefgren and Emily C. Leslie
Brigham Young University - Department of Economics, Brigham Young University - Department of Economics and Brigham Young University
Downloads 96 (582,813)
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Is the Intergenerational Income Elasticity a Sufficient Statistic for Fairness?

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 16 Jan 2014
Lars John Lefgren, Frank McIntyre and David Sims
Brigham Young University - Department of Economics, Amazon.com and Brigham Young University
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intergenerational income, cross country, human capital

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Are Idle Hands the Devil's Workshop? Incapacitation, Concentration and Juvenile Crime

NBER Working Paper No. w9653
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 27 Apr 2003 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2022
Brian Jacob and Lars John Lefgren
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Brigham Young University - Department of Economics
Downloads 70 (701,379)
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The Return to Hours Worked within and Across Occupations: Implications for the Gender Wage Gap

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14325
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 08 May 2021 Last Revised: 16 Apr 2023
Brigham Young University, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Brigham Young University - Department of Economics and Brigham Young University
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gender wage gap, hours, wages, occupation

The Return to Hours Worked within and Across Occupations: Implications for the Gender Wage Gap

NBER Working Paper No. w25739
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 15 Apr 2019 Last Revised: 11 Nov 2022
Brigham Young University, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Brigham Young University - Department of Economics and Brigham Young University
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The Persistence of Teacher-Induced Learning Gains

NBER Working Paper No. w14065
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 09 Jun 2008 Last Revised: 08 Dec 2022
Brian Jacob, Lars John Lefgren and David Sims
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Brigham Young University - Department of Economics and Brigham Young University
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Interracial Workplace Cooperation: Evidence from the NBA

NBER Working Paper No. w14749
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 21 Feb 2009 Last Revised: 26 Oct 2022
Joseph Price, Lars John Lefgren and Henry Tappen
Brigham Young University, Brigham Young University - Department of Economics and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Partial Identification of the Distribution of Treatment Effects with an Application to the Knowledge is Power Program (Kipp)

NBER Working Paper No. w24616
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 25 May 2018 Last Revised: 06 Apr 2023
Brigham R. Frandsen and Lars John Lefgren
Brigham Young University - Department of Economics and Brigham Young University - Department of Economics
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Contemporary State Policies and Intergenerational Income Mobility

NBER Working Paper No. w25896
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 05 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 05 Apr 2023
Lars John Lefgren, Jaren Pope and David Sims
Brigham Young University - Department of Economics, Brigham Young University and Brigham Young University
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Are Two Bads Better than One? A Model of Sensory Limitations

NBER Working Paper No. w25060
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 24 Sep 2018 Last Revised: 23 Jun 2023
Lars John Lefgren, Olga Stoddard and John E. Stovall
Brigham Young University - Department of Economics, Brigham Young University and Brigham Young University
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The Other 1%: Class Leavening, Contamination and Voting for Redistribution

NBER Working Paper No. w24617
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 25 May 2018 Last Revised: 07 Apr 2023
Lars John Lefgren, David Sims and Olga Stoddard
Brigham Young University - Department of Economics, Brigham Young University and Brigham Young University
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