Martin R. West

Harvard Graduate School of Education

Associate Professor of Education

6 Appian Way

Cambridge, MA 02138

United States

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1.

Results of a School Voucher Experiment: The Case of Washington, D.C. After Two Years

Number of pages: 67 Posted: 29 May 2002
Patrick Wolf, Paul E. Peterson and Martin R. West
University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform, Harvard University - Department of Government (FAS) and Harvard Graduate School of Education
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Education Policy

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Class-Size Effects in School Systems Around the World: Evidence from Between-Grade Variation in Timss

Number of pages: 65 Posted: 04 Jun 2002
Ludger Woessmann and Martin R. West
Ifo Institute for Economic Research and Harvard Graduate School of Education
Downloads 374 (138,009)
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Educational Production, Class Size, Student Sorting, School Fixed Effects, Instrumental Variables, TIMSS

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School Choice in Dayton, Ohio after Two Years: An Evaluation of the Parents Advancing Choice in Education Scholarship Program

Number of pages: 75 Posted: 30 Jul 2002
Martin R. West, Paul E. Peterson and David E. Campbell
Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University - Department of Government (FAS) and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Education Policy

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'Every Catholic Child in a Catholic School': Historical Resistance to State Schooling, Contemporary Private Competition, and Student Achievement Across Countries

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2332
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 07 Jul 2008
Martin R. West and Ludger Woessmann
Harvard Graduate School of Education and Ifo Institute for Economic Research
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private school competition, student achievement, Catholic schools

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The Efficacy of Choice Threats within School Accountability Systems: Results from Legislatively Induced Experiments

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 11 Apr 2005
Martin R. West and Paul E. Peterson
Harvard Graduate School of Education and Harvard University - Department of Government (FAS)
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Education Policy, Welfare / Health Care/ Social Policy

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The Impact of Alternative Grade Configurations on Student Outcomes through Middle and High School

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The Impact of Alternative Grade Configurations on Student Outcomes through Middle and High School

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3530
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 02 Aug 2011
Guido Schwerdt and Martin R. West
University of Konstanz - Faculty of Economics and Statistics and Harvard Graduate School of Education
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educational production, public schools, grade configuration, middle schools, high schools

The Impact of Alternative Grade Configurations on Student Outcomes Through Middle and High School

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6208
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 24 Dec 2011
Guido Schwerdt and Martin R. West
University of Konstanz - Faculty of Economics and Statistics and Harvard Graduate School of Education
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educational production, public schools, grade configuration, middle schools, high schools

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The Effects of Test-Based Retention on Student Outcomes Over Time: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Florida

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The Effects of Test-Based Retention on Student Outcomes Over Time: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Florida

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4203
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 01 May 2013
Guido Schwerdt and Martin R. West
University of Konstanz - Faculty of Economics and Statistics and Harvard Graduate School of Education
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educational production, public schools, grade retention

The Effects of Test-Based Retention on Student Outcomes Over Time: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Florida

NBER Working Paper No. w21509
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 31 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 10 Apr 2022
Guido Schwerdt, Martin R. West and Marcus A. Winters
University of Konstanz - Faculty of Economics and Statistics, Harvard Graduate School of Education and Boston University, Wheelock College of Education and Human Development
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The Effects of Test-Based Retention on Student Outcomes Over Time: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Florida

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7314
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 13 Apr 2013
Guido Schwerdt and Martin R. West
University of Konstanz - Faculty of Economics and Statistics and Harvard Graduate School of Education
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educational production, public schools, grade retention

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Which School Systems Sort Weaker Students into Smaller Classes? International Evidence

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 10 Nov 2003
Martin R. West and Ludger Woessmann
Harvard Graduate School of Education and Ifo Institute for Economic Research
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student sorting, class size, educational achievement

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How Information Affects Support for Education Spending: Evidence from Survey Experiments in Germany and the United States

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How Information Affects Support for Education Spending: Evidence from Survey Experiments in Germany and the United States

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6192
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 21 Dec 2016
Martin R. West, Ludger Woessmann, Philipp Lergetporer and Katharina Werner
Harvard Graduate School of Education, Ifo Institute for Economic Research, CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) - Ifo Institute and CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) - Ifo Institute
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policy preferences, cross-country comparison, Germany, United States, education spending, information, survey experiments

How Information Affects Support for Education Spending: Evidence from Survey Experiments in Germany and the United States

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10357
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 21 Nov 2016 Last Revised: 05 May 2023
Martin R. West, Ludger Woessmann, Philipp Lergetporer and Katharina Werner
Harvard Graduate School of Education, Ifo Institute for Economic Research, CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) - Ifo Institute and CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) - Ifo Institute
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education spending, United States, Germany, cross-country comparison, policy preferences, information, survey experiments

How Information Affects Support for Education Spending: Evidence from Survey Experiments in Germany and the United States

NBER Working Paper No. w22808
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 07 Nov 2016 Last Revised: 28 Apr 2023
Martin R. West, Ludger Woessmann, Philipp Lergetporer and Katharina Werner
Harvard Graduate School of Education, Ifo Institute for Economic Research, CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) - Ifo Institute and CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) - Ifo Institute
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Self-Interest, Social Beliefs and Attitudes to Redistribution: Re-Addressing the Issue of Cross-National Variation

European Sociological Review, Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 393-409, 2003
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 09 Jul 2011
Katerina Linos and Martin R. West
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and Harvard Graduate School of Education
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public opinion, welfare-state, comparative, mobility, equality, redistribution

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Weak Markets, Strong Teachers: Recession at Career Start and Teacher Effectiveness

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Weak Markets, Strong Teachers: Recession at Career Start and Teacher Effectiveness

NBER Working Paper No. w21393
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 27 Jul 2015 Last Revised: 16 Jun 2023
Markus Nagler, Marc Piopiunik and Martin R. West
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg-Friedrich Alexander Universität Erlangen Nürnberg, CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) - Department Human Capital and Innovation and Harvard Graduate School of Education
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Weak Markets, Strong Teachers: Recession at Career Start and Teacher Effectiveness

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5454
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 04 Aug 2015
Markus Nagler, Marc Piopiunik and Martin R. West
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg-Friedrich Alexander Universität Erlangen Nürnberg, CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) - Department Human Capital and Innovation and Harvard Graduate School of Education
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teacher value-added, talent allocation, business cycle, Roy model

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Endogenous Stratification in Randomized Experiments

NBER Working Paper No. w19742
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 20 Dec 2013 Last Revised: 12 Jun 2022
Alberto Abadie, Matthew M. Chingos and Martin R. West
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard University and Harvard Graduate School of Education
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Every Catholic Child in a Catholic School: Historical Resistance to State Schooling, Contemporary Private Competition, and Student Achievement Across Countries

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3818
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 25 Nov 2008
Martin R. West and Ludger Woessmann
Harvard Graduate School of Education and Ifo Institute for Economic Research
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private school competition, student achievement, Catholic schools

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Do More Effective Teachers Earn More Outside of the Classroom?

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2996
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 05 Apr 2010
Matthew M. Chingos and Martin R. West
Harvard University and Harvard Graduate School of Education
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Does Practice-Based Teacher Preparation Increase Student Achievement? Early Evidence from the Boston Teacher Residency

NBER Working Paper No. w17646
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 15 Dec 2011 Last Revised: 20 Mar 2023
John P. Papay, Martin R. West, Jon Fullerton and Thomas J. Kane
Brown University, Harvard Graduate School of Education, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Department of Policy Studies and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Public Policy & Social Research
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Can Information Widen Socioeconomic Gaps in Postsecondary Aspirations? How College Costs and Returns Affect Parents’ Preferences for Their Children

EDRE Working Paper No. 2019-17
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 18 Oct 2019
Albert Cheng, Michael Henderson, Paul E. Peterson and Martin R. West
University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Harvard University - Department of Government (FAS) and Harvard Graduate School of Education
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College access, College aspirations, Socioeconomic gaps, College costs and returns, Information

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The Non-Cognitive Returns to Class Size

NBER Working Paper No. w13994
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 16 May 2008 Last Revised: 28 Sep 2022
Thomas S. Dee and Martin R. West
and Harvard Graduate School of Education
Downloads 37 (742,226)
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Growing Pains: The School Consolidation Movement and Student Outcomes

The Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization, Vol. 26, Issue 1, pp. 1-29, 2010
Posted: 22 Feb 2010
Christopher R. Berry and Martin R. West
University of Chicago - Harris School of Public Policy and Harvard Graduate School of Education

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