Search results for author:"Seth Gershenson"
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How do substitute teachers substitute? An empirical study of substitute-teacher labor supply
Seth Gershenson
Economics of Education Review Vol. 31, No. 4 (August 2012) pp. 410–430
This paper examines the daily labor supply of a potentially important, but often overlooked, source of instruction in U.S. public schools: substitute teachers. I estimate a sequential binary-choice model of substitute teachers’ job-offer acceptance...
Language: English
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High times: The effect of medical marijuana laws on student time use
Yu-Wei Luke Chu; Seth Gershenson
Economics of Education Review Vol. 66, No. 1 (October 2018) pp. 142–153
Medical marijuana laws (MMLs) represent a major change of marijuana policy in the U.S. Previous research shows that these laws increase marijuana use among adults. In this paper, we estimate the effects of MMLs on secondary and post-secondary...
Language: English
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Who believes in me? The effect of student–teacher demographic match on teacher expectations
Seth Gershenson; Stephen B. Holt; Nicholas W. Papageorge
Economics of Education Review Vol. 52, No. 1 (June 2016) pp. 209–224
Teachers are an important source of information for traditionally disadvantaged students. However, little is known about how teachers form expectations and whether they are systematically biased. We investigate whether student–teacher demographic...
Language: English