Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach

Northwestern University - School of Education and Social Policy

Associate Professor

Evanston, IL

United States

NBER

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The Effect of Attending a Small Class in the Early Grades on College-Test Taking and Middle School Test Results: Evidence from Project Star

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The Effect of Attending a Small Class in the Early Grades on College-Test Taking and Middle School Test Results: Evidence from Project Star

Princeton University, Industrial Relations Section Working Paper No. 427

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 30 Apr 2000

Alan B. Krueger and Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach

Princeton University - Industrial Relations Section and Northwestern University - School of Education and Social Policy

Downloads 273 (275,986)

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The Effect of Attending a Small Class in the Early Grades on College-Test Taking and Middle School Test Results: Evidence from Project Star

NBER Working Paper No. w7656

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 21 May 2000 Last Revised: 04 Dec 2022

Alan B. Krueger and Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach

Princeton University - Industrial Relations Section and Northwestern University - School of Education and Social Policy

Downloads 159 (469,070)

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The Earned Income Tax Credit and Food Consumption Patterns

FRB of Chicago Working Paper No. 2013-14

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 14 Dec 2013

Leslie McGranahan and Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and Northwestern University - School of Education and Social Policy

Downloads 264 (288,370)

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Long Run Impacts of Childhood Access to the Safety Net

NBER Working Paper No. w18535

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 20 Nov 2012 Last Revised: 23 Feb 2023

Hilary Williamson Hoynes, Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach and Douglas Almond

University of California, Berkeley, Northwestern University - School of Education and Social Policy and Columbia University - Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Economics

Downloads 198 (384,172)

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The Impact of Chicago's Small High School Initiative

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The Impact of Chicago's Small High School Initiative

NBER Working Paper No. w18889

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 15 Mar 2013 Last Revised: 11 Feb 2023

Lisa Barrow, Amy Claessens and Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach

Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, University of Chicago and Northwestern University - School of Education and Social Policy

Downloads 105 (668,983)

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The Impact of Chicago's Small High School Initiative

FRB of Chicago Working Paper No. 2014-20

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 14 Dec 2014

Lisa Barrow, Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach and Amy Claessens

Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Northwestern University - School of Education and Social Policy and University of Chicago

Downloads 67 (912,349)

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How Does Your Kindergarten Classroom Affect Your Earnings? Evidence from Project Star

NBER Working Paper No. w16381

Number of pages: 80 Posted: 27 Sep 2010 Last Revised: 06 Apr 2023

Raj Chetty, John N. Friedman, John N. Friedman, Nathaniel G. Hilger, Emmanuel Saez, Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach and Danny Yagan

University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Brown University - Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics, Northwestern University - School of Education and Social Policy and Harvard University - Department of Economics

Downloads 151 (491,334)

Citation 60

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School Finance Reform and the Distribution of Student Achievement

NBER Working Paper No. w22011

Number of pages: 87 Posted: 22 Feb 2016 Last Revised: 22 Feb 2023

Julien Lafortune, Jesse Rothstein and Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach

University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley, The Richard & Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy and Northwestern University - School of Education and Social Policy

Downloads 126 (572,948)

Citation 98

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Left Behind by Design: Proficiency Counts and Test-Based Accountability

NBER Working Paper No. w13293

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 09 Aug 2007 Last Revised: 29 Oct 2022

Derek A. Neal and Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach

University of Chicago - Department of Economics and Northwestern University - School of Education and Social Policy

Downloads 109 (649,907)

Citation 34

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Consumption Responses to In-Kind Transfers: Evidence from the Introduction of the Food Stamp Program

NBER Working Paper No. w13025

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 14 Apr 2007 Last Revised: 05 Aug 2022

Hilary Williamson Hoynes and Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach

University of California, Berkeley and Northwestern University - School of Education and Social Policy

Downloads 103 (674,591)

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Inside the War on Poverty: The Impact of Food Stamps on Birth Outcomes

NBER Working Paper No. w14306

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 08 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 05 Aug 2022

Douglas Almond, Hilary Williamson Hoynes and Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach

Columbia University - Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley and Northwestern University - School of Education and Social Policy

Downloads 100 (689,572)

Citation 76

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Safety Net Investments in Children

NBER Working Paper No. w24594

Number of pages: 67 Posted: 14 May 2018 Last Revised: 15 Mar 2023

Hilary Williamson Hoynes and Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach

University of California, Berkeley and Northwestern University - School of Education and Social Policy

Downloads 95 (715,072)

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The Impacts of Expanding Access to High-Quality Preschool Education

NBER Working Paper No. w19735

Number of pages: 67 Posted: 13 Dec 2013 Last Revised: 05 Jun 2022

Elizabeth Cascio and Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach

Department of Economics, Dartmouth College and Northwestern University - School of Education and Social Policy

Downloads 92 (730,864)

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Childhood Disadvantage and Obesity: Is Nurture Trumping Nature?

NBER Working Paper No. w13479

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 15 Oct 2007 Last Revised: 31 Oct 2022

Patricia M. Anderson, Kristin F. Butcher and Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach

Dartmouth College - Department of Economics, Wellesley College and Northwestern University - School of Education and Social Policy

Downloads 90 (742,061)

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Work Incentives and the Food Stamp Program

NBER Working Paper No. w16198

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 19 Jul 2010 Last Revised: 06 Apr 2023

Hilary Williamson Hoynes and Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach

University of California, Berkeley and Northwestern University - School of Education and Social Policy

Downloads 86 (765,566)

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U.S. Food and Nutrition Programs

NBER Working Paper No. w21057

Number of pages: 94 Posted: 30 Mar 2015 Last Revised: 16 Jul 2023

Hilary Williamson Hoynes and Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach

University of California, Berkeley and Northwestern University - School of Education and Social Policy

Downloads 82 (790,029)

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First in the Class? Age and the Education Production Function

NBER Working Paper No. w13663

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 19 Dec 2007 Last Revised: 02 Nov 2022

Elizabeth Cascio and Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach

Department of Economics, Dartmouth College and Northwestern University - School of Education and Social Policy

Downloads 77 (823,616)

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Selection Bias in College Admissions Test Scores

NBER Working Paper No. w14265

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 27 Aug 2008 Last Revised: 25 Dec 2022

Melissa A. Clark, Jesse Rothstein and Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach

Princeton University - Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley, The Richard & Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy and Northwestern University - School of Education and Social Policy

Downloads 74 (844,901)

Citation 1

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Experimental Evidence on the Effect of Childhood Investments on Postsecondary Attainment and Degree Completion

NBER Working Paper No. w17533

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 22 Oct 2011 Last Revised: 29 May 2023

Susan M. Dynarski, Susan M. Dynarski, Joshua Hyman and Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Connecticut - Department of Public Policy and Northwestern University - School of Education and Social Policy

Downloads 73 (852,604)

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Expanding the School Breakfast Program: Impacts on Children's Consumption, Nutrition and Health

NBER Working Paper No. w20308

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 24 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 29 Jun 2023

Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach and Mary Zaki

Northwestern University - School of Education and Social Policy and - Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics

Downloads 61 (951,658)

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Adequate (or Adipose?) Yearly Progress: Assessing the Effect of "No Child Left Behind" on Children's Obesity

NBER Working Paper No. w16873

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 14 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 08 Feb 2023

Patricia M. Anderson, Kristin F. Butcher and Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach

Dartmouth College - Department of Economics, Wellesley College and Northwestern University - School of Education and Social Policy

Downloads 57 (989,921)

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Is Being in School Better? The Impact of School on Children's BMI When Starting Age is Endogenous

NBER Working Paper No. w16673

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 10 Jan 2011 Last Revised: 22 Jan 2023

Patricia M. Anderson, Kristin F. Butcher, Elizabeth Cascio and Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach

Dartmouth College - Department of Economics, Wellesley College, Department of Economics, Dartmouth College and Northwestern University - School of Education and Social Policy

Downloads 52 (1,041,696)

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The Impact of Children's Public Health Insurance Expansions on Educational Outcomes

NBER Working Paper No. w14671

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 25 Jan 2009 Last Revised: 04 Aug 2022

Phillip B. Levine and Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach

Wellesley College and Northwestern University - School of Education and Social Policy

Downloads 50 (1,063,489)

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The Effect of Court-Ordered Hiring Guidelines on Teacher Composition and Student Achievement

NBER Working Paper No. w24111

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 16 Dec 2017 Last Revised: 20 May 2023

Cynthia DuBois and Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach

Northwestern University and Northwestern University - School of Education and Social Policy

Downloads 29 (1,332,057)

Citation 1

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Do School Lunches Contribute to Childhood Obesity?

Posted: 22 Apr 2010

Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach

Northwestern University - School of Education and Social Policy

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Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach

Northwestern University - School of Education and Social Policy

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NBER

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