Lars John Lefgren

Brigham Young University - Department of Economics

130 Faculty Office Bldg.

Provo, UT 84602-2363

United States

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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

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 08 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 07 Mar 2021
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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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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Crime, displacement, social interactions, weather

The Dynamics of Criminal Behavior: Evidence from Weather Shocks

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 22 Sep 2004 Last Revised: 06 Nov 2021
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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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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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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Remedial Education and Student Achievement: A Regression-Discontinuity Analysis

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 03 May 2002 Last Revised: 16 May 2021
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

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 16 Oct 2007 Last Revised: 06 Jun 2021
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

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 25 Apr 2002 Last Revised: 13 Nov 2021
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

Number of pages: 67 Posted: 08 Aug 2005 Last Revised: 29 Oct 2021
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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What Do Parents Value in Education? An Empirical Investigation of Parents&Apos; Revealed Preferences for Teachers

Number of pages: 64 Posted: 29 Aug 2005 Last Revised: 30 May 2021
Brian Jacob and Lars John Lefgren
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Brigham Young University - Department of Economics
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Are Idle Hands the Devil&Apos;S Workshop? Incapacitation, Concentration and Juvenile Crime

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 27 Apr 2003 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Brian Jacob and Lars John Lefgren
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Brigham Young University - Department of Economics
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Number of pages: 73 Posted: 24 Oct 2007 Last Revised: 15 Jun 2020
Brian Jacob and Lars John Lefgren
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Brigham Young University - Department of Economics
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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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The Persistence of Teacher-Induced Learning Gains

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 09 Jun 2008 Last Revised: 07 Jun 2021
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

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 21 Feb 2009 Last Revised: 21 Oct 2021
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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Judging Judge Fixed Effects

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 12 Feb 2019 Last Revised: 07 Oct 2021
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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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

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 15 Apr 2019 Last Revised: 31 Oct 2021
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

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 08 May 2021
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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Partial Identification of the Distribution of Treatment Effects with an Application to the Knowledge is Power Program (Kipp)

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 25 May 2018 Last Revised: 06 Oct 2021
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

Number of pages: 64 Posted: 05 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 07 Oct 2021
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

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 24 Sep 2018 Last Revised: 24 Sep 2021
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

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 25 May 2018 Last Revised: 07 Oct 2021
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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Beyond Education and Fairness: A Labor Market Taxation Model for the Great Gatsby Curve

Economic Inquiry, Vol. 53, Issue 2, pp. 962-978, 2015
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 07 Feb 2015
Lars John Lefgren, Frank McIntyre and David Sims
Brigham Young University - Department of Economics, Amazon.com and Brigham Young University
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