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Postdoctoral Training Program in Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Methods for Education Research

NCER
Program: Research Training Programs in the Education Sciences
Program topic(s): Postdoctoral Research Training Program in the Education Sciences
Award amount: $648,974
Principal investigator: Brian A. Jacob
Awardee:
University of Michigan
Year: 2011
Award period: 2 years 11 months (07/01/2011 - 06/30/2014)
Project type:
Training
Award number: R305B110001

Purpose

The purpose of this training program was to provide postdoctoral fellows opportunities to gain substantive knowledge of experimental and quasi-experimental methods for education research and other policy-relevant topics. 

Project Activities

The fellows collected, compiled, and analyzed data; designed surveys; participated in research planning; wrote papers; presented results at seminars and professional meetings; supervised research assistants; attended courses and specialized training institutes on quantitative methods; participated in seminars and workshops devoted to causal inference in education research; and assisted in research projects that focused on experimental and quasi-experimental methods for causal inference.

Key outcomes

This research training program recruited and provided mentoring to six fellows, five of whom completed the training. As of 2020, Dr. Hemelt was an associate professor of public policy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Dr. Kreisman was an associate professor of economics at Georgia State University, Dr. Michelmore was an assistant professor of public administration and international affairs at Syracuse University, and Dr. Rosen was a research associate and co-director of the Center for Effective Career and Technical Education at MDRC.

People and institutions involved

IES program contact(s)

Meredith Larson

Education Research Analyst
NCER

Completed fellows

Sarah Cannon

Steven Hemelt

Katherine Michelmore

Rachel Rosen

Daniel Kreisman

Products and publications

Publications:

ERIC Citations: Find available citations in ERIC for this award here.

Selected Publications by the Fellows:

Bastian, J., and Michelmore, K. (2018). The Long-Term Impact of the Earned Income Tax Credit on Children's Education and Employment Outcomes. Journal of Labor Economics, 36(4), 1127-1163.

Belfield, C.R., Levin, H.M., and Rosen, R. (2012). The Economic Value of Opportunity Youth. Washington, DC: Corporation for National and Community Service. Full text

Cannon, S. and Percheski, C. (2017). Fertility Change in the American Indian and Alaska Native Population, 1980-2010. Demographic Research, 37(1): 1-12. doi:10.4054/DemRes.2017.37.1

Dynarski, S.M., Hemelt, S.W., and Hyman, J.M. (2015). The Missing Manual: Using National Student Clearinghouse Data to Track Postsecondary Outcomes. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 31(1): 53S-79S.

Hemelt, S. W., and Rosen, R. B. (2016). School Entry, Compulsory Schooling, and Human Capital Accumulation: Evidence from Michigan. The BE Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 16(4).

Hemelt, S. W., and Stange, K. M. (2016). Marginal Pricing and Student Investment in Higher Education. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 35(2), 441-471.

Hemelt, S.W., and Marcotte, D.E. (2011). The Impact of Tuition Increases on Enrollment at Public Colleges and Universities. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 33(4): 435-457. doi:10.3102/0162373711415261

Hemelt, S.W., and Marcotte, D.E. (2013). High School Exit Exams and Dropout in an Era of Increased Accountability. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 32(2): 323-349. doi:10.1002/pam.21688

Hemelt, S.W., Roth, K.B., and Eaton, W.W. (2013). Elementary School Interventions: Experimental Evidence on Postsecondary Outcomes. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 35(4): 413-436. doi:10.3102/0162373713493131

Jones, L. E., and Michelmore, K. (2018). The Impact of the Earned Income Tax Credit on Household Finances. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 37(3), 521-545.

Kreisman, D. (2017). The Next Needed Thing: The Impact of the Jeanes Fund on Black Schooling in the South, 1900-1930. Journal of Human Resources, 52(2), 573-620.

Kreisman, D., and Rangel, M. (2015). On the Blurring of the Color Line: Wages and Employment for Black Males of Different Skin Tones. The Review of Economics and Statistics, 97(1): 1-13. doi:10.1162/REST_a_00464

Lichter, D., Michelmore, K., Turner, R., and Sassler, S. (2016). Pathways to a Stable Union? Pregnancy and Childbearing Among Cohabiting and Married Couples. Population Research and Policy Review, 35(3): 377-399. doi:10.1007/s11113-016-9392-2

Michelmore, K. (2016). The Earned Income Tax Credit and Union Formation: The Impact of Expected Spouse Earnings. Review of Economics of the Household: 1-30. doi:10.1007/s11150-016-9348-7

Michelmore, K., and Dynarski. S. (2017). The Gap Within the Gap: Using Longitudinal Data to Understand Income Differences in Educational Outcomes. AERA Open, 3(1). doi:10.1177/2332858417692958

Michelmore, K., and Sassler, S. (2016). Explaining the Gender Wage Gap in STEM: Does Field Sex Composition Matter? RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, 2(4): 194-215.

Musick, K., and Michelmore, K. (2015). Change in the Stability of Marital and Cohabiting Unions Following the Birth of a Child. Demography, 52(5): 1463-1485. doi:10.1007/s13524-015-0425-y

Sassler, S., Michelmore, K., and Holland, J. (2016). The Progression of Sexual Relationships. Journal of Marriage and Family, 78(3): 581-847. doi:10.1111/jomf.12289

Sassler, S., Michelmore, K., and Smith, K. (2017). A Tale of Two Majors: Explaining the Gender Gap in STEM Employment Among Computer Science and Engineering Degree Holders. Social Sciences, 6(3), 69.

Sassler,S., Glass, J., Levitte, Y., and Michelmore, K. (2017). The Missing Women in STEM? Assessing Gender Differentials in the Factors Associated with Transition to First Jobs. Social Science Research, 63: 192-208. doi:10.1016/j.ssresearch.2016.09.014

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