Working papers
Peers from Venus and Mars: High-Achieving Men Affect Major Choices and Labor Market Outcomes, with Jan Feld,
Winner of the 2018 Distinguished CESifo Affiliate Award
Revise and resubmit
The Impact of Peer Personality on Academic Achievement, with Bart Golsteyn and Arjan Non
2nd round revise and resubmit Journal of Political Economy
Achievement Rank Affects Performance and Major Choices in College, with Benjamin Elsner and Ingo Isphording
revise and resubmit Economic Journal
The Effect of Peer Gender on Major Choice in Business School, with Jan Feld,
revise and resubmit Management Science
Publications
Exposure to More Female Peers Widens the Gender Gap in STEM Participation, with Anne Ardila Brenøe,
Journal of Labor Economics (forthcoming)
Are Professors Worth It? The Value-added and Costs of Tutorial Instructors, with Jan Feld and Nicolás Salamanca,
Journal of Human Resources (55)3, 2020
IZA newsroom article | The Conversation
Gender Bias in Teaching Evaluations, with Friederike Mengel and Jan Sauermann
Journal of the European Economic Association (17)2, 2019
The Economist | Online Appendix
Students are Almost as Effective as Professors in University Teaching, with Jan Feld and Nicolás Salamanca
Economics of Education Review (73), 2019.
«High» Achievers? – Cannabis Access and Academic Performance, with Olivier Marie
Review of Economic Studies 84(3), 2017
The Guardian | The Washington Post | IZA newsroom article | Interview with BYUradio
Understanding Peer Effects – On the Nature, Estimation and Channels of Peer Effects, with Jan Feld
Journal of Labor Economics 35(2), 2017 → Supplementary simulation files
Parental Preferences for Primary School Characteristics, with Lex Borghans and Bart Golsteyn,
The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy (Contributions) 15(1), 2015
School Quality and the Development of Cognitive Skills between Age Four and Six, with Lex Borghans and Bart Golsteyn,
PLoS One 10(7), 2015
Research in progress
The Value of a Peer
with Ingo Isphording
The Causal Impact of Socio-Emotional Skills Training on Educational Success
with Manuel Eisner, Denis Ribeaud & Giuseppe Sorrenti
