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Brian A. Jacob is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on social sciences with a particular emphasis on education, economics, safety research, accounting, and gender studies. The subfields in which they have contributed extensively reflect this multidisciplinary approach.

Their most frequent topics of work include poverty, education, and child welfare; financial literacy, pension, and retirement analysis; gender, labor, and family dynamics; labor market dynamics and wage inequality; early childhood education and development; food security and health in diverse populations; and higher education research studies.

Brian A. Jacob has published several papers in notable journals. Some recent papers include:

  • The Effects of the Flint water crisis on the educational outcomes of school-age children, 2024, Science Advances
  • Racial differences in parent response to COVID schooling policies, 2024, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • The COVID Cash Transfer Study: The Impacts of a One-Time Unconditional Cash Transfer on the Well-Being of Families Receiving SNAP in Twelve States, 2023, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
  • The COVID-19 Cash Transfer Study II: The Hardship and Mental Health Impacts of an Unconditional Cash Transfer to Low-Income Individuals, 2022, National Tax Journal
  • Economics of Foster Care, 2022, The Journal of Economic Perspectives

Their frequent coauthors include Christina Weiland, Jordan Berne, Anna Shapiro, Michael Ricks, and Benjamin J. Keys. Collaboration with these researchers spans various projects and publications.

Brian A. Jacob's work appears frequently in recognized publication venues such as the SSRN Electronic Journal, AEA Randomized Controlled Trials, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, AERA Open, and National Tax Journal. These platforms cover a wide range of social science research topics, reflecting the scope of their academic contributions.

Best Publications

  • Rotten Apples: An Investigation of the Prevalence and Predictors of Teacher Cheating

    Brian A. Jacob;Steven D. Levitt

  • The Impact of No Child Left Behind on Student Achievement.

    Thomas S. Dee;Brian Jacob

  • Are Idle Hands the Devil's Workshop? Incapacitation, Concentration and Juvenile Crime

    Brian A. Jacob;Lars Lefgren

  • REMEDIAL EDUCATION AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT: A REGRESSION-DISCONTINUITY ANALYSIS

    Brian A. Jacob;Lars Lefgren

  • Accountability, incentives and behavior: the impact of high-stakes testing in the Chicago Public Schools

    Brian A. Jacob

  • Where the boys aren't: Non-cognitive skills, returns to school and the gender gap in higher education

    Brian A. Jacob

  • The impact of research grant funding on scientific productivity

    Brian A. Jacob;Lars Lefgren

  • The Effect of School Choice on Participants: Evidence from Randomized Lotteries

    Julie Berry Cullen;Brian A Jacob;Steven Levitt

  • The Impact of Teacher Training on Student Achievement Quasi-Experimental Evidence from School Reform Efforts in Chicago

    Brian A. Jacob;Lars Lefgren

  • The impact of school choice on student outcomes: an analysis of the Chicago Public Schools

    Julie Berry Cullen;Brian A. Jacob;Steven D. Levitt

  • Can You Recognize an Effective Teacher when You Recruit One

    Jonah E. Rockoff;Brian A. Jacob;Thomas J. Kane;Douglas O. Staiger

  • Can Principals Identify Effective Teachers? Evidence on Subjective Performance Evaluation in Education

    Brian A. Jacob;Lars Lefgren

  • Public Housing, Housing Vouchers and Student Achievement: Evidence from Public Housing Demolitions in Chicago

    Brian A Jacob

  • The Challenges of Staffing Urban Schools with Effective Teachers

    Brian Aaron Jacob

  • The Effect of Grade Retention on High School Completion

    Brian A. Jacob;Lars Lefgren

  • The impact of no Child Left Behind on student achievement: The Impact of No Child Left Behind on Student Achievement

    Thomas S. Dee;Brian Jacob

  • The Dynamics of Criminal Behavior: Evidence from Weather Shocks.

    Brian Jacob;Lars Lefgren;Enrico Moretti

  • The Persistence of Teacher-Induced Learning

    Brian Jacob;Lars Lefgren;David Patrick Sims

  • Principals as Agents: Subjective Performance Measurement in Education

    Brian A Jacob;Lars Lefgren

  • What Do Parents Value in Education? An Empirical Investigation of Parents' Revealed Preferences for Teachers

    Brian A. Jacob;Lars Lefgren

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas S. Dee
Thomas S. Dee Stanford University
Jonah E. Rockoff
Jonah E. Rockoff Columbia University
Brian P. McCall
Brian P. McCall University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Douglas O. Staiger
Douglas O. Staiger Dartmouth College
Jesse Rothstein
Jesse Rothstein University of California, Berkeley
Thomas J. Kane
Thomas J. Kane Harvard University
Barbara Schneider
Barbara Schneider Michigan State University
Eric Bettinger
Eric Bettinger Stanford University
Kenneth A. Frank
Kenneth A. Frank Michigan State University
Susanna Loeb
Susanna Loeb Brown University

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