Sandra E. Black

Faculty Research Associate — Ph.D., Harvard University

Professor of Economics, Audre and Bernard Rapaport Centennial Chair in Economics and Public Affairs

Curriculum Vitae

Contact

E-mail: sblack@austin.utexas.edu
Phone: 4713294
Office: BRB 2.102D; CLA 2.408F
Office Hours: By Appointment
Campus Mail Code: C3100

Biography

NIH Biosketch

Publications

Cash or Care? The Effect of Childcare Subsidies on Academic Outcomes, (Joint with Paul Devereux, Katrine Loken, and Kjell Salvanes.)

Can you Leave High School Behind? (Joint with Jenna Cullinane, Rachel Douglas, and Jane Lincove)

This Is Only a Test? Long-Run Impacts of Prenatal Exposure to Radioactive Downfall, (Joint with Aline Bütikofer, Paul Devereux, and Kjell Salvanes).

Losing Heart? The Effect of Job Displacement on Health, (Joint with Paul Devereux and Kjell Salvanes). NBER Working Paper #18660, 2012.

Under Pressure? The Effect of Peers on Outcomes of Young Adults. Journal of Labor Economics, vol 31(1), pages 119-153, 2013. (Joint with Paul Devereux and Kjell Salvanes.)

Too Young to Leave the Nest? The Effects of School Starting Age. Review of Economics and Statistics, vol 93(2), pages 455-467, May 2011. (Joint with Paul Devereux and Kjell Salvanes.)

Recent Developments in Intergenerational Mobility, in Handbook of Labor Economics, Orley Ashenfelter and David Card, editors, North Holland Press, Elsevier, 2011. Also available as NBER Working Paper Number 15889, April 2010. (Joint with Paul Devereux)

Housing Valuation and School Performance, in Handbook of the Economics of Education, Eric Hanushek, Stephen Machin, and Ludger Wossman, editors, North Holland Press, Elsevier, 2011. (Joint with Stephen Machin).

Explaining Women’s Success: Technological Change and the Skill Content of Women’s Work. Review of Economics and Statistics, February 2010. (Joint with Alexandra Spitz-Oener.)

Like Father, Like Son? A Note on the Intergenerational Transmission of IQ Scores. NBER Working Paper #14274, August 2009, Economics Letters. (Joint with Paul Devereux and Kjell Salvanes.)

Staying In the Classroom and Out of the Maternity Ward? The Effects of Compulsory Schooling Laws on Teenage Births. Economic Journal, July 2008. (Joint with Paul Devereux and Kjell Salvanes.)

Small Family, Smart Family? Family Size and the IQ Scores of Young Men, NBER Working Paper #13336, August 2007, Journal of Human Resources, Winter, 2009. (Joint with Paul Devereux and Kjell Salvanes.)

Older and Wiser? Birth Order and IQ of Young Men. NBER Working Paper #13237, July 2007. (Joint with Paul Devereux and Kjell Salvanes.)

From the Cradle to the Labor Market? The Effect of Birth Weight on Adult Outcomes, Quarterly Journal of Economics, March 2007. (Joint with Paul Devereux and Kjell Salvanes.

The More the Merrier? The Effect of Family Size and Birth Order on Children’s Education Quarterly Journal of Economics, May 2005. (Joint with Paul Devereux and Kjell Salvanes).

Why the Apple Doesn’t Fall Far: Understanding the Intergenerational Transmission of Education, American Economic Review, March 2005. (Joint with Paul Devereux and Kjell Salvanes).

Importing Equality? The Effects of Globalization on Gender Discrimination, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 57(4), 540-559, July 2004. (Joint with Elizabeth Brainerd).

What’s Driving the New Economy: Understanding the Role of Workplace Practices, Economic Journal, 114(493), F97-116, February 2004. (Joint with Lisa Lynch).

How Workers Fare When Employers Innovate, Industrial Relations, 43(1), 44-66, January 2004. (Joint with Lisa M. Lynch and Anya Krivelyova).

Entrepreneurship and Bank Structure, Journal of Finance, 57(6), 2807-33, December, 2002. (Joint with Philip Strahan).

The Division of Spoils: Rent Sharing and Discrimination in a Regulated Industry, American Economic Review, 91(4), 814-31, September 2001. (Joint with Philip Strahan).

How to Compete: The Impact of Workplace Practices and Information Technology on Productivity, Review of Economics and Statistics, 83(3), 434-445, August 2001. (Joint with Lisa M. Lynch). Awarded Honorable Mention for the Minnesota Award honoring the best article published in a refereed journal on the role of institutions in the employment relationship or labor market in the last two years.

The Rise of Female Professionals: Women’s Response to Rising Skill Demand, American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, 90(2), 450-455, May 2000. (Joint with Chinhui Juhn).

Investigating the Link between Competition and Discrimination, Monthly Labor Review, December 1999.

Do Better Schools Matter? Parental Valuation of Elementary Education, Quarterly Journal of Economics, May 1999.

Meet The New Borrowers, Federal Reserve Bank of New York Current Issues in Economics and Finance, February 1999. (Joint with Donald P. Morgan).

Beyond the Incidence of Training, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 55(1), 6481, October 1998. (Joint with Lisa M. Lynch).

Measuring the Value of Better Schools, Economic Policy Review, March 1998.

The New Workplace: What Does It Mean for Productivity? Industrial Relations Research Association Papers and Proceedings, 60-67, 1998. (Joint with Lisa M. Lynch).

Human Capital Strategy and Productivity Outcomes, American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, 86(2), 263-267, May 1996. (Joint with Lisa M. Lynch).

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