Joshua Hyman

Associate Professor

Department of Economics

Amherst College


Working Papers

"College Counseling in the Classroom: Randomized Evaluation of a Teacher-Based Approach to College Advising."

"College Consumption Amenities, Academic Performance, and Donation Behavior," with Isaac McFarlin.

Publications

"Public School Funding, School Quality, and Adult Crime," with Jason Baron and Brittany Vasquez. Accepted, Review of Economics and Statistics.

"School District Revenue Shocks, Resource Allocations, and Student Achievement: Evidence from the Universe of U.S. Wind Energy Installations." 2022. Journal of Public Economics, 206. (With Eric Brunner and Ben Hoen)

"The Long-Run Impacts of Same-Race Teachers." 2022. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 14(4):300-42. (With Seth Gershenson, Cassandra Hart, Constance Lindsay, and Nicholas Papageorge)

"Quasi-Experimental Evaluation of Alternative Sample Selection Corrections." 2022. Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, 40(3): 950-964. (With Robert Garlick)

"School Finance Reforms, Teachers' Unions, and the Allocation of School Resources." 2020. Review of Economics and Statistics, 102(3): 473-489. (With Eric Brunner and Andrew Ju)

"Can Light-Touch College-Going Interventions Make a Difference? Evidence From a Statewide Experiment in Michigan." 2020. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 39(1): 159-190.

"The Relative Returns to Education, Experience, and Attractiveness for Young Workers." 2020. Economic Development and Cultural Change, 68(2): 391-428. (With Emily Beam and Caroline Theoharides)

"Housing Voucher Take-Up and Labor Market Impacts." 2019. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 38(1): 65-98. (With Eric Chyn and Max Kapustin)

"Does Money Matter in the Long Run? Effects of School Spending on Educational Attainment." 2017. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 9(4): 256-280.

"ACT for All: The Effect of Mandatory College Entrance Exams on Postsecondary Attainment and Choice." 2017. Education Finance and Policy, 12(3): 281-311. Lead article.

"The Missing Manual: Using National Student Clearinghouse Data to Track Postsecondary Outcomes." 2015. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 37(1S): 53S-79S. (With Susan Dynarski and Steven Hemelt)

"Experimental Evidence on the Effect of Childhood Investments on Postsecondary Attainment and Degree Completion." 2013. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 32(4): 692-717. Lead article. (With Susan Dynarski and Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach.)