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The Dynamics of Criminal Behavior: Evidence from Weather Shocks

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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

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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

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A Note on Longitudinally Matching Current Population Survey (CPS) Respondents

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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

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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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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

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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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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

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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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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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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

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

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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

Jeffrey Denning, Brian A. Jacob, Lars John Lefgren and Christian vom Lehn

Brigham Young University, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Brigham Young University - Department of Economics and Brigham Young University

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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: 01 May 2026

Jeffrey Denning, Brian A. Jacob, Lars John Lefgren and Christian vom Lehn

Brigham Young University, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Brigham Young University - Department of Economics and Brigham Young University

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‘Sorting’ Out Gender Discrimination and Disadvantage: Evidence from Student Evaluations of Teaching

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‘Sorting’ Out Gender Discrimination and Disadvantage: Evidence from Student Evaluations of Teaching

IZA Discussion Paper No. 18040

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 05 Aug 2025

Sara Ayllón, Lars John Lefgren, Richard Patterson, Olga Stoddard and Nicolas Urdaneta

EQUALITAS, Brigham Young University - Department of Economics, Brigham Young University, Brigham Young University and Duke University

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‘Sorting’ Out Gender Discrimination and Disadvantage: Evidence from Student Evaluations of Teaching

NBER Working Paper No. w33911

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 16 Jun 2025 Last Revised: 04 Jul 2025

Sara Ayllón, Lars John Lefgren, Richard Patterson, Olga Stoddard and Nicolás Urdaneta

EQUALITAS, Brigham Young University - Department of Economics, Brigham Young University, Brigham Young University and Duke 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 Incredible Shrinking Instruments: Using Empirical Bayes to Increase Efficiency in IV Designs with Many Instruments

NBER Working Paper No. w34634

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 06 Jan 2026

Brigham R. Frandsen, Lars John Lefgren, Emily Leslie and Samuel McIntyre

Brigham Young University - Department of Economics, Brigham Young University - Department of Economics, Brigham Young University and Independent

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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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Same Crime, Different Time: Disparities in Judicial Outcomes for DWI Offenders

NBER Working Paper No. w34425

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 04 Nov 2025

Jeffrey Denning, Benjamin Hansen, Lars John Lefgren, Emily Leslie and Cody Tuttle

University of Texas at Austin, University of Oregon - Department of Economics, Brigham Young University - Department of Economics, Brigham Young University and University of Texas at Austin

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Brigham Young University - Department of Economics

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The Incredible Shrinking Instruments: Using Empirical Bayes to Increase Efficiency in IV Designs with Many Instruments

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