Lisa Barrow

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Microeconomics Economist

230 South LaSalle Street

Chicago, IL 60604

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Causality, Causality, Causality: The View of Education Inputs and Outputs from Economics

FRB of Chicago Working Paper No. 2005-15
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 13 Dec 2005
Lisa Barrow and Cecilia E. Rouse
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and Princeton University - Industrial Relations Section
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school finance, class size, teacher quality, education, length of school year

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Rewarding Persistence: Effects of a Performance-Based Scholarship Program for Low-Income Parents

Number of pages: 167 Posted: 04 Mar 2009
Lashawn Richburg-Hayes, Thomas Brock, Allen LeBlanc, Christina H. Paxson, Cecilia E. Rouse and Lisa Barrow
MDRC, MDRC, San Francisco State University, Princeton University, Princeton University - Industrial Relations Section and Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
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financial aid, community college, single mothers

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School Vouchers and Student Achievement: Recent Evidence, Remaining Questions

FRB of Chicago Working Paper No. 2008-08
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 15 Sep 2008
Lisa Barrow and Cecilia E. Rouse
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and Princeton University - Industrial Relations Section
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school competition, school efficiency, school choice, academic achievement

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School Vouchers: Recent Findings and Unanswered Questions

Economic Perspectives, Vol. 32, No. 3, 2008
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 19 Sep 2008
Lisa Barrow and Cecilia E. Rouse
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and Princeton University - Industrial Relations Section
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Technology's Edge: The Educational Benefits of Computer-Aided Instruction

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Technology's Edge: The Educational Benefits of Computer-Aided Instruction

FRB of Chicago Working Paper No. 2007-17
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 14 Jan 2008
Lisa Barrow, Lisa Markman and Cecilia E. Rouse
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Princeton University - Industrial Relations Section and Princeton University - Industrial Relations Section
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education, computers, student achievement

Technology's Edge: The Educational Benefits of Computer-Aided Instruction

NBER Working Paper No. w14240
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 18 Aug 2008 Last Revised: 30 Nov 2022
Lisa Barrow, Lisa Markman and Cecilia E. Rouse
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Princeton University - Industrial Relations Section and Princeton University - Industrial Relations Section
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The Economic Value of Education by Race and Ethnicity

Economic Perspectives, Second Quarter, 2006
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 05 Jun 2006
Lisa Barrow and Cecilia E. Rouse
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and Princeton University - Industrial Relations Section
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human capital, return to schooling, education, wages, measurement error, Education, Human Capital, Skills, Occupational Choice, Labor Productivity, Wage Level and Structure, Wage Differentials by Skill, Training, Occupation

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Financial Incentives and Educational Investment: The Impact of Performance-Based Scholarships on Student Time Use

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Financial Incentives and Educational Investment: The Impact of Performance-Based Scholarships on Student Time Use

FRB of Chicago Working Paper No. 2013-07
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 17 Aug 2013
Lisa Barrow and Cecilia E. Rouse
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and Princeton University - Industrial Relations Section
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higher education, educational investment, time use, incentives, financial aid

Financial Incentives and Educational Investment: The Impact of Performance-Based Scholarships on Student Time Use

NBER Working Paper No. w19351
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 24 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2022
Lisa Barrow and Cecilia E. Rouse
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and Princeton University - Industrial Relations Section
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Paying for Performance: The Education Impacts of a Community College Scholarship Program for Low-Income Adults

FRB of Chicago Working Paper No. 2009-13
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 01 Dec 2009 Last Revised: 01 Mar 2012
Lisa Barrow, Lashawn Richburg-Hayes, Cecilia E. Rouse and Thomas Brock
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, MDRC, Princeton University - Industrial Relations Section and MDRC
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academic achievement, educational attainment, performance-based scholarship, community college

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Do Returns to Schooling Differ by Race and Ethnicity?

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 14 Feb 2005
Lisa Barrow and Cecilia E. Rouse
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and Princeton University - Industrial Relations Section
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returns to schooling, education, earnings, race, ethnicity

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The Upside of Down: Postsecondary Enrollment in the Great Recession

Economic Perspectives, Vol. 36, No. 4, 2012
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 28 Jan 2014
Lisa Barrow and Jonathan M. V. Davis
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
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unemployment, education, postsecondary enrollment, schooling

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The Role of Selective High Schools in Equalizing Educational Outcomes: Heterogeneous Effects by Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status

FRB of Chicago Working Paper No. WP-2016-17
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 07 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 29 Apr 2020
Lisa Barrow, Lauren Sartain and Marisa de la Torre
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, University of Chicago and University of Chicago
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Educational equalization, high school, low-income, regression analysis, universities and colleges admission

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Private School Location and Neighborhood Characteristics

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 28 Feb 2003
Lisa Barrow
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
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Using Market Valuation to Assess Public School Spending

NBER Working Paper No. w9054
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 11 Jul 2002 Last Revised: 29 Sep 2022
Lisa Barrow and Cecilia E. Rouse
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and Princeton University - Industrial Relations Section
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Using Market Valuation to Access the Importance and Efficiency of Public School Spending

and Princeton Univ., IRS Working Paper No. 438, FRB Chicago Working Paper No. 2000-04
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 25 Oct 2000
Lisa Barrow and Cecilia E. Rouse
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and Princeton University - Industrial Relations Section
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Women and the Phillips Curve: Do Women's and Men's Labor Market Outcomes Differentially Affect Real Wage Growth and Inflation?

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 02 Jan 2004
Lisa Barrow, Kristin F. Butcher and Katharine Anderson Godwin
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Wellesley College and Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
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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

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 Chicago, Northwestern University - School of Education and Social Policy and University of Chicago
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K 12, Education, High Schools, Small Schools

The Impact of Chicago's Small High School Initiative

NBER Working Paper No. w18889
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 15 Mar 2013 Last Revised: 13 Aug 2022
Lisa Barrow, Amy Claessens and Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, University of Chicago and Northwestern University - School of Education and Social Policy
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Not Working: Demographic Changes, Policy Changes, and the Distribution of Weeks (Not) Worked

Number of pages: 66 Posted: 29 Dec 2004
Lisa Barrow and Kristin F. Butcher
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and Wellesley College
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Disability, unemployment, health, labor force participation

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The Signaling, Screening, and Human Capital Effects of National Board Certification: Evidence from Chicago and Kentucky High Schools

FRB of Chicago Working Paper No. WP-2020-06
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 27 Apr 2020
Lisa Barrow, Linda Cavalluzzo, Thomas F. Geraghty, Christine Mokher and Lauren Sartain
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, CNA Corporation, Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Chicago
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The Pathway to Enrolling in a High-Performance High School: Understanding Barriers to Access

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The Pathway to Enrolling in a High-Performance High School: Understanding Barriers to Access

FRB of Chicago Working Paper No. 2020-32
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 15 Dec 2020
Lauren Sartain and Lisa Barrow
University of Chicago and Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
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school choice; secondary school; school access; inequality; equality of opportunity

The Pathway to Enrolling in a High-Performance High School: Understanding Barriers to Access

FRB of Chicago Working Paper No. WP-2020-32
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 04 Jun 2021
Lisa Barrow and Lauren Sartain
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and University of Chicago
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school choice, secondary school, school access, inequality, equality of opportunity

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Who Has the Time? Community College Students’ Time-Use Response to Financial Incentives

FRB of Chicago Working Paper No. WP-2020-03
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 27 Apr 2020
Lisa Barrow, Cecilia E. Rouse and Amanda McFarland
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Princeton University and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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higher education, educational investment, time use, incentives, financial aid

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Universal Student Enrollment Systems: The More Policies Change, the More Enrollment Patterns Stay the Same

FRB of Chicago Working Paper No. 2022-25
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 24 Jun 2022
Lauren Sartain, Riley Lewers and Lisa Barrow
University of Chicago, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
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School Choice, Student Enrollment, School Quality, High Schools

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The Expanding Landscape of Online Education: Who Engages and How They Fare

FRB of Chicago Working Paper No. 2022-52
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 16 Nov 2022
Lisa Barrow, Wesley Morris and Lauren Sartain
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill and University of Chicago
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higher education, education quality, online education, educational attainment, student achievement

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Is College a Worthwhile Investment?

Annual Review of Economics, Vol. 7, pp. 519-555, 2015
Posted: 07 Aug 2015
Lisa Barrow and Ofer Malamud
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy

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School Vouchers and Student Achievement: Recent Evidence and Remaining Questions

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School Vouchers and Student Achievement: Recent Evidence and Remaining Questions

Posted: 04 Jun 2010
Cecilia E. Rouse and Lisa Barrow
Princeton University - Industrial Relations Section and Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

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School Vouchers and Student Achievement: Recent Evidence and Remaining Questions

Annual Review of Economics, Vol. 1, pp. 17-42, 2009
Posted: 31 Aug 2011
Cecilia E. Rouse and Lisa Barrow
Princeton University - Industrial Relations Section and Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

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The Effects of the Earned Income Credit on the Seasonality of Household Expenditures

Posted: 07 Mar 2001
Lisa Barrow and Leslie McGranahan
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

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