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John Holbein

University of Virginia

Assistant Professor

111 Garrett Hall, University of Virginia

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA VA 22903

United States

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1.

Discrimination Against Black and Hispanic Americans is Highest in Hiring and Housing Contexts: A Meta-Analysis of Correspondence Audits

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 31 Jan 2022
S. Michael Gaddis, Edvard Larsen, Charles Crabtree and John Holbein
NWEA, University of Oslo, Monash University and University of Virginia
Downloads 1,067 (52,389)
Citation 21

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racial/ethnic discrimination, correspondence audit, field experiment, meta-analysis

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Childhood Skill Development and Adult Political Participation

American Political Science Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 86 Posted: 18 Jul 2015 Last Revised: 08 Jul 2017
John Holbein
University of Virginia
Downloads 776 (80,793)
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Voter Turnout, Non-Cognitive Skills, Psychosocial skills, Political Socialization, Field Experiments, Civic Engagement, Civic Education

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Making Young Voters: The Impact of Preregistration on Youth Turnout

Forthcoming, American Journal of Political Science
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 21 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 28 Jan 2015
John Holbein and D. Sunshine Hillygus
University of Virginia and Duke University
Downloads 556 (124,133)
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preregistration, turnout, youth turnout, electoral reforms, causal inference

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Time Zones, Tiredness, and Turnout: A Natural Experiment on How Time Constraints Influence Elections

Number of pages: 66 Posted: 10 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 08 Jul 2017
Jerome Schafer and John Holbein
LMU Munich and University of Virginia
Downloads 411 (177,553)
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Voter Turnout, Regression Discontinuity, Geographic Regression Discontinuity, Sleep

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The Nitty Gritty: The Unexplored Role of Grit and Perseverance in Voter Turnout

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 21 Oct 2015 Last Revised: 22 Jun 2016
D. Sunshine Hillygus, John Holbein, Steven Snell and Steven Snell
Duke University, University of Virginia and Princeton University - Department of Political ScienceSocial Science Research Institute
Downloads 358 (207,676)
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Voter Turnout, Political Participation, Education, Civic Engagement, Non-Cognitive Skills, Grit

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Left Behind? Citizen Responsiveness to Government Performance Information

Forthcoming, American Political Science Review
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 12 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 22 Sep 2015
John Holbein
University of Virginia
Downloads 336 (223,475)
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Information, Democratic Accountability, Performance Accountability, Regression Discontinuity, Voter Turnout, Exit, No Child Left Behind

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Does Voting Have Upstream and Downstream Consequences? Evidence from Compulsory Voting in Brazil

Number of pages: 63 Posted: 19 Jul 2016
John Holbein and Marcos A. Rangel
University of Virginia and Duke University
Downloads 331 (229,652)
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voter turnout, civic engagement, compulsory voting, regression discontinuity

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The Development of Students’ Engagement in School, Community, and Democracy

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 11 Jun 2016 Last Revised: 17 Jun 2017
John Holbein, D. Sunshine Hillygus, Christina M. Gibson-Davis, Darryl Hill and Matthew Lenard
University of Virginia, Duke University, Duke University, Wake County Public School System and Wake County Public School System
Downloads 298 (254,893)
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political participation, political socialization, education, grit, non-cognitive skills

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Accountability Pressure: Regression Discontinuity Estimates of How NCLB Affects Student Behavior

Number of pages: 68 Posted: 01 Feb 2015 Last Revised: 10 May 2016
John Holbein and Helen F. Ladd
University of Virginia and Duke University - Sanford School of Public Policy
Downloads 185 (409,459)
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performance-based accountability, non-cognitive skills, No Child Left Behind, regression discontinuity

10.

Are Voting Treatments Transformative? Expanding Upon and Meta-Analyzing the Evidence

Number of pages: 65 Posted: 18 Feb 2021
John Holbein, Marcos A. Rangel, Raeal Moore and Michelle Croft
University of Virginia, Duke University, affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 173 (437,795)
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transformative voting hypothesis; voter turnout; social capital; civic engagement; regression discontinuity; meta-analysis

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Racial/Ethnic Discrimination and Heterogeneity Across Schools in the U.S. Public Education System: A Correspondence Audit of Principals

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 20 Feb 2024 Last Revised: 01 May 2025
S. Michael Gaddis, Charles Crabtree, John Holbein and Steven Pfaff
NWEA, Monash University, University of Virginia and University of Washington - Sociology
Downloads 87 (771,553)

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discrimination, public schools, principals, race/ethnicity, correspondence audit, field experiment

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Changes in the Amount and Type of Social Science Research on Discrimination: 1950 to 2015

Number of pages: 5 Posted: 06 Dec 2021
Charles Crabtree, S. Michael Gaddis, John Holbein and Edvard Larsen
Monash University, NWEA, University of Virginia and University of Oslo
Downloads 79 (809,932)
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discrimination, inequality, social science

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The Growing Segmentation of the Charter School Sector in North Carolina

NBER Working Paper No. w21078
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 13 Apr 2015 Last Revised: 04 Feb 2023
Helen F. Ladd, Charles T. Clotfelter and John Holbein
Duke University - Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University - Sanford School of Public Policy and University of Virginia
Downloads 73 (852,604)
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Family Income and the Intergenerational Transmission of Voting Behavior: Evidence from an Income Intervention

NBER Working Paper No. w24770
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 06 Jul 2018 Last Revised: 08 Mar 2023
Randall Akee, William Copeland, Elizabeth Costello, John Holbein and Emilia Simeonova
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Luskin School of Public Affairs, Duke University, Duke University, University of Virginia and Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School
Downloads 64 (924,743)
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Local Political Party Voting Context Moderates Public School Principals’ Levels of Racial/Ethnic Discrimination

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 15 Apr 2024
S. Michael Gaddis, Charles Crabtree, John Holbein and Steven Pfaff
NWEA, Monash University, University of Virginia and University of Washington - Sociology
Downloads 60 (961,006)

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discrimination, field experiment, correspondence audit, moderation, race/ethnicity, principals, public schools