Brian Jacob

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  1. University of Michigan (October 7th, 2018). Brian Jacob earns the prestigious David N. Kershaw Award and Prize. Retrieved April 13th, 2018.
  2. Curriculum vitae of Brian A. Jacob from the website of the University of Michigan. Retrieved April 13th, 2018.
  3. Personal homepage of Brian A. Jacob. Retrieved April 13th, 2018.
  4. Jacob, B. A.; Lefgren, L. (2004). "The impact of teacher training on student achievement: quasi-experimental evidence from school reform efforts in Chicago". Journal of Human Resources. 39 (1): 50–79. doi:10.3368/jhr.XXXIX.1.50. S2CID   152994950.
  5. Jacob, B. A.; Lefgren, L. (2008). "Can principals identify effective teachers? Evidence on subjective performance evaluation in education". Journal of Labor Economics. 26 (1): 101–136. doi:10.1086/522974. S2CID   153833600.
  6. Jacob, B. A.; Lefgren, L. (2005). "Principals as agents: Subjective performance measurement in education". NBER Working Paper No. 11463. doi: 10.3386/w11463 .
  7. Rockoff, Jonah E.; Jacob, Brian A.; Kane, Thomas J.; Staiger, Douglas O. (2011). "Can You Recognize an Effective Teacher when You Recruit One?". Education Finance and Policy. 6: 43–74. doi:10.1162/EDFP_a_00022.
  8. Jacob, Brian A. (2007). "The Challenges of Staffing Urban Schools with Effective Teachers". The Future of Children. 17 (1): 129–153. doi:10.1353/foc.2007.0005. JSTOR   4150023. PMID   17407926.
  9. Jacob, B. A.; Levitt, S. D. (2003). "Rotten Apples: An Investigation of the Prevalence and Predictors of Teacher Cheating" . The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 118 (3): 843–877. doi:10.1162/00335530360698441. ISSN   0033-5533.
  10. Jacob, Brian A. (June 2005). "Accountability, incentives and behavior: The impact of high-stakes testing in the Chicago Public Schools" . Journal of Public Economics. 89 (5): 761–796. doi:10.1016/j.jpubeco.2004.08.004.
  11. Dee, T.S., Jacob, B.A. (2010). The impact of No Child Left Behind on students, teachers, and schools. Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Fall 2010, pp. 149-194.
  12. Dee, Thomas S.; Jacob, Brian (2011). "The impact of no Child Left Behind on student achievement" . Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. 30 (3): 418–446. doi:10.1002/pam.20586. ISSN   0276-8739.
  13. Cullen, Julie Berry; Jacob, Brian A.; Levitt, Steven D. (2005). "The impact of school choice on student outcomes: an analysis of the Chicago Public Schools" . Journal of Public Economics. 89 (5–6): 729–760. doi:10.1016/j.jpubeco.2004.05.001.
  14. Cullen, Julie Berry; Jacob, Brian A; Levitt, Steven (2006). "The Effect of School Choice on Participants: Evidence from Randomized Lotteries" . Econometrica. 74 (5): 1191–1230. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0262.2006.00702.x. ISSN   0012-9682.
  15. Jacob, Brian A.; Lefgren, Lars (2004). "Remedial Education and Student Achievement: A Regression-Discontinuity Analysis" . Review of Economics and Statistics. 86 (1): 226–244. doi:10.1162/003465304323023778. ISSN   0034-6535.
  16. Jacob, B. A.; Lefgren, L. (2007). "What Do Parents Value in Education? An Empirical Investigation of Parents' Revealed Preferences for Teachers" . The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 122 (4): 1603–1637. doi:10.1162/qjec.2007.122.4.1603. ISSN   0033-5533.
  17. Jacob, Brian A.; Lefgren, Lars (2009). "The Effect of Grade Retention on High School Completion". American Economic Journal: Applied Economics. 1 (3): 33–58. doi:10.1257/app.1.3.33. ISSN   1945-7782.
  18. Jacob, Brian A. (2004). "Public Housing, Housing Vouchers, and Student Achievement: Evidence from Public Housing Demolitions in Chicago". American Economic Review. 94: 233–258. doi:10.1257/000282804322970788.
  19. Jacob, Brian A.; Lefgren, Lars (2003). "Are Idle Hands the Devil's Workshop? Incapacitation, Concentration, and Juvenile Crime". American Economic Review. 93 (5): 1560–1577. doi:10.1257/000282803322655446.
  20. Jacob, Brian; Lefgren, Lars; Moretti, Enrico (2007). "The Dynamics of Criminal Behavior" . Journal of Human Resources. XLII (3): 489–527. doi:10.3368/jhr.XLII.3.489.
  21. Jacob, Brian A. (2001). "Getting Tough? The Impact of High School Graduation Exams" . Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. 23 (2): 99–121. doi:10.3102/01623737023002099.
  22. Dee, T. S.; Jacob, B. A. (2007). "Do high school exit exams influence educational attainment or labor market performance?". In Gamoran, A. (ed.). Standards-Based Reform and the Poverty Gap: Lessons for No Child Left Behind. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press. doi:10.3386/w12199. S2CID   7826504.
  23. Jacob, Brian A. (December 2002). "Where the boys aren't: Non-cognitive skills, returns to school and the gender gap in higher education" . Economics of Education Review. 21 (6): 589–598. doi:10.1016/S0272-7757(01)00051-6.
  24. Jacob, Brian A.; Lefgren, Lars (October 2011). "The impact of research grant funding on scientific productivity". Journal of Public Economics. Special Issue: The Role of Firms in Tax Systems. 95 (9): 1168–1177. doi:10.1016/j.jpubeco.2011.05.005. PMC   3156466 . PMID   21857758.
Brian Aaron Jacob
Nationality American
Academic background
Alma mater University of Chicago (Ph.D.)
Harvard University (B.A.)
Doctoral advisor Steven Levitt