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Overview

John F. Kain was affiliated with The University of Texas at Dallas in the United States. Their research contributions included work published in diverse academic venues, with a focus on fields related to Finance.

The subfield most associated with their work was Finance, and their research topics prominently included Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism.

Frequent coauthors in their collaborative network included:

  • Willi Paul Adams
  • Edward Bassett
  • Catherine Bauer
  • H. P. Bowditch
  • William James Burroughs

Their publications appeared in venues such as:

  • The MIT Press eBooks
  • UNC Libraries

Recent published papers included:

  • Index (2021), published in The MIT Press eBooks
  • The CI-FLOW Project: A System for Total Water Level Prediction from the Summit to the Sea (2021), published in UNC Libraries

Best Publications

  • Teachers, Schools, and Academic Achievement

    Steven G. Rivkin;Eric A. Hanushek;John F. Kain

  • Why Public Schools Lose Teachers

    Eric A. Hanushek;John F. Kain;Steven G. Rivkin

  • Housing Segregation, Negro Employment, and Metropolitan Decentralization

    John F. Kain

  • Does Peer Ability Affect Student Achievement

    Eric A. Hanushek;John F. Kain;Jacob M. Markman;Steven G. Rivkin

  • The Market for Teacher Quality

    Eric A. Hanushek;John F. Kain;Steven G. Rivkin;Daniel M. O'Brien

  • Teachers, Schools, and Academic Achievement

    Eric Hanushek;John Kain;Steven Rivkin

  • New Evidence about Brown v. Board of Education: The Complex Effects of School Racial Composition on Achievement

    Eric A. Hanushek;John F. Kain;Steven G. Rivkin

  • The Spatial Mismatch Hypothesis: Three Decades Later

    John F. Kain

  • Measuring the Value of Housing Quality

    John F. Kain;John M. Quigley

  • Disruption versus Tiebout improvement: the costs and benefits of switching schools

    Eric A. Hanushek;Eric A. Hanushek;John F. Kain;Steven G. Rivkin;Steven G. Rivkin

  • The Market for Teacher Quality

    Eric A. Hanushek;John F. Kain;Daniel M. O'Brien;Steven G. Rivkin

  • The Urban Transportation Problem

    John Robert Meyer;John Forrest Kain;Martin Wohl

  • Charter school quality and parental decision making with school choice

    Eric A. Hanushek;Eric A. Hanushek;Eric A. Hanushek;John F. Kain;Steven G. Rivkin;Steven G. Rivkin;Steven G. Rivkin;Gregory F. Branch

  • The Market for Teacher Quality. NBER Working Paper No. 11154.

    Eric A. Hanushek;John F. Kain;Daniel M. O'Brien;Steven G. Rivkin

  • Do Higher Salaries Buy Better Teachers

    Eric A. Hanushek;John F. Kain;Steven G. Rivkin

  • Inferring Program Effects for Special Populations: Does Special Education Raise Achievement for Students with Disabilities?

    Eric A. Hanushek;John F. Kain;Steven G. Rivkin

  • On the value of equality of educational opportunity as a guide to public policy

    John Forrest Kain;Eric Alan Hanushek

  • The Journey to-Work as a Determinant of Residential Location

    John F. Kain

  • Moving to the Suburbs: Do Relocating Companies Leave Their Black Employees behind?

    Jeffrey S. Zax;John F. Kain

  • The revolving door: A path-breaking study of teachers in Texas reveals that working conditions matter more than salary.

    Eric A. Hanushek;John F. Kain;Steven G. Rivkin

  • The Urban Transportation Problem

    Eugene S. Uyeki;J. R. Meyer;J. F. Kain;M. Wohl

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven G. Rivkin
Steven G. Rivkin Amherst College

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