Did you know that your siblings can influence whether you vote? Well, now you do! Social scientists have long known that parents influence kids' political socialization. And we have some new evidence that the opposite occurs too--kids influence parents. But, we have little

🚨 I’m officially on the job market this year! 🚨 My JMP speaks to a key question in political science: once elected, do racial minorities govern differently from their white counterparts? I study this subject in the context of local land-use policy in American cities.

Enjoying chatting with PBS Wisconsin about Universities of Wisconsin's Direct Admit program / The Wisconsin Guarantee, my work on direct admissions, and early fall enrollment figures. UW–Madison School of Education WCER Poverty Research IRP pbswisconsin.org/watch/here-and…

🍎🦡 I'm recruiting a PhD student in Ed Policy (fall '26) at UW–Madison School of Education! Come work with me on college access, admissions, & fin aid in our top-ranked, fully-funded program. I’m especially excited for this student to immediately join our direct admissions RCT team.

The last time I posted the income relationship to presidential vote among White respondents to the American National Election Studies (ANES) ANES, people asked for additional estimates among all voters. Updated estimates here:

Excited to share my JMP! Do academic fields of study causally influence students' political preferences? Through what mechanisms? And what are the broader civic implications? 👇 #EconJobMarket #EconTwitter Joint with matan kolerman (PhD Hebrew University, now postdoc MIT Economics)

Attending a Boston charter school boosts voting, likely due to increases in noncognitive skills. Just Accepted new paper by Sarah R. Cohodes and James J. Feigenbaum zurl.co/NbRi4

Awards to top grads boost wages ~7%, with effects concentrated among those from lower-reputation colleges. Just Accepted new paper by Matias Busso, Sebastián Montaño, and Juan Muñoz-Morales Juan S. Muñoz-Morales zurl.co/4wx6Z

A tuition-free college program increased a receiving student's voter turnout rate by 4–12 percentage points in 2020, also increasing Biden's margin. RD aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…

Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell: federalreserve.gov/newsevents/spe…

Honestly, the huge focus on getting into a good college, PhD program, Goldman Sachs, etc. seems to reflect a deep disbelief in the eventual efficiency of labor markets. Nobody seems to believe any more that if you just develop skills, the skills will pay off eventually