An older sibling's decision to enroll in a higher-quality college can spill over to a younger sibling, particularly in families with insufficient information about colleges, from @joshuasgoodman, Michael Hurwitz, Christine Mulhern, and @jonisaacsmith nber.org/papers/w26502

.@JoshuaSGoodman, Michael Hurwitz, Christine Mulhern, and @jonisaacsmith study within-family spillovers in college enrollment to show college-going behavior is transmissible between peers...

New in Education Next: Christine Mulhern shares her important research on how much high school counselors matter for student success. educationnext.org/better-school-…

Internet searches for online learning resources doubled after Covid-induced school closures swept the US, with households in high income areas searching much more than households in low income areas, from Andrew Bacher-Hicks, @joshuasgoodman, and Christine Mulhern nber.org/papers/w27555

@JoshuaSGoodman Jacob Bastian Prof Dynarski is at @dynarski.bsky.social Arpita Patnaik Philip Oreopoulos Katherine Michelmore Eric Hanushek Dr. Peter Q. Blair Christine Mulhern Here is a summary of Christine Mulhern piece on high school counselors educationnext.org/better-school-…

Recently accepted by #QJE: “O Brother, Where Start Thou? Sibling Spillovers on College and Major Choice in Four Countries,” by Adam Altmejd, Andrés Barrios Fernández, Drlje, @JoshuaSGoodman, Hurwitz, Dejan Kovač, Christine Mulhern, Christopher A. Neilson, and @jonisaacsmith: economics.harvard.edu/files/economic…

There's almost always a RAND study about it. AKA what I found trying to figure out how & why we need to use Naviance: Changing College Choices with Personalized Admissions Information at Scale: Evidence on Naviance rand.org/pubs/external_… Christine Mulhern #admissions

Recently published COVID paper in the Journal of Public Economics : "Inequality in Household Adaptation to Schooling Shocks: COVID-Induced Online Learning Engagement in Real Time" Vol 193 (Jan 2021) by Andrew Bacher-Hicks , @JoshuaSGoodman , & Christine Mulhern sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

.RAND's Christine Mulhern: students of color who are matched with nonwhite counselors were more likely to graduate high school & go to college and had more positive outcomes than if they'd been matched to a counselor from a different racial background edweek.org/leadership/why…