Daniel Kreisman
The Effect of Universal Free School Meals on Child BMI
Topics: Student Well-BeingTags: Poverty, Learning environmentsWe estimate the effect of universal free school meal access through the Community Eligibility Program (CEP) on child BMI. Through the CEP, schools with high percentages of students qualified for free or reduced-priced meals can offer freebreakfast and lunchto all students. With administrative… more →
Labor Market Signaling and the Value of College: Evidence from Resumes and the Truth
Tags: Higher education, Human capitalHow do college non-completers list schooling on their resumes? The negative signal of not completing might outweigh the positive signal of attending but not persisting. If so, job-seekers might hide non-completed schooling on their resumes. To test this we match resumes from an online jobs board… more →
The Effects of Financial Aid Loss on Persistence and Graduation: A Multi-Dimensional Regression Discontinuity Approach
Tags: Higher education, AssessmentFor years Georgia's HOPE Scholarship program provided full tuition scholarships to high achieving students. State budgetary shortfalls reduced its generosity in 2011. Under the new rules, only students meeting more rigorous merit-based criteria would retain the original scholarship covering full… more →
The Effect of Increased Funding on Student Achievement: Evidence From Texas's Small District Adjustment
Tags: School districtsWe leverage an obscure set of rules in Texas’s school funding formula granting some districts additional revenue as a function of size and sparsity. We use variation from kinks and discontinuities in this formula to ask how districts spend additional discretionary funds, and whether these… more →