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Overview

Patrick J. Wolf is affiliated with the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on social sciences, with a significant emphasis on education.

The main fields of study for Patrick J. Wolf include social sciences, with subfields in education, sociology and political science, demography, political science and international relations, and statistics and probability.

Their research topics cover a range of areas, including:

  • School Choice and Performance
  • Higher Education Research Studies
  • Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
  • Global Educational Reforms and Inequalities
  • Advanced Causal Inference Techniques
  • Policing Practices and Perceptions
  • Crime Patterns and Interventions

Frequent coauthors with whom Patrick J. Wolf has collaborated include:

  • Corey A. DeAngelis
  • M. Danish Shakeel
  • Kaitlin P. Anderson
  • Jonathan N. Mills
  • Lindsey M. Burke

The venues where Patrick J. Wolf commonly publishes research include:

  • Journal of School Choice
  • Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
  • School Effectiveness and School Improvement
  • Educational Psychology Review
  • Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Patrick J. Wolf are:

  • "The participant effects of private school vouchers around the globe: a meta-analytic and systematic review" (2021), published in School Effectiveness and School Improvement
  • "The Effects of the Louisiana Scholarship Program on Student Achievement and College Entrance" (2021), published in Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness
  • "When Being Regulated is a Choice: The Impact of Government Policies on Private School Participation in Voucher Programs" (2020), published in Journal of School Choice
  • "Making Violence Transparent: Ranking Police Departments in Major U.S. Cities to Make Black Lives Matter" (2020), published in Public Integrity
  • "The Public Purposes of Private Education: a Civic Outcomes Meta-Analysis" (2024), published in Educational Psychology Review

Best Publications

  • The Education Gap: Vouchers and Urban Schools

    William G. Howell;Paul E. Peterson

  • School Vouchers and Academic Performance: Results from Three Randomized Field Trials

    William G. Howell;Patrick J. Wolf;David E. Campbell;Paul E. Peterson

  • School Vouchers and Student Outcomes: Experimental Evidence from Washington, DC

    Patrick J. Wolf;Brian Kisida;Babette Gutmann;Michael Puma

  • School Vouchers and Student Attainment: Evidence from a State-Mandated Study of Milwaukee's Parental Choice Program

    Joshua M. Cowen;David J. Fleming;John F. Witte;John F. Witte;Patrick J. Wolf

  • School Vouchers: Results from Randomized Experiments

    William G. Howell;Paul E Peterson;Patrick J. Wolf;David E. Campbell

  • School Voucher Programs: What the Research Says About Parental School Choice

    Patrick J. Wolf

  • Civics Exam: Schools of Choice Boost Civic Values.

    Patrick J. Wolf

  • Funding Mechanisms and Policy Instruments: How Business Campaign Contributions Influence Congressional Votes

    Matthew C. Fellowes;Patrick J. Wolf

  • The Participant Effects of Private School Vouchers across the Globe: A Meta-Analytic and Systematic Review.

    M. Danish Shakeel;Kaitlin P. Anderson;Patrick J. Wolf

  • The Participant Effects of Private School Vouchers Across the Globe: A Meta-Analytic and Systematic Review

    M. Danish Shakeel;Kaitlin P. Anderson;Patrick J. Wolf

  • A Review of the Empirical Research on Private School Choice.

    Anna J. Egalite;Patrick J. Wolf

  • Vouchers in the Bayou: The Effects of the Louisiana Scholarship Program on Student Achievement after 2 Years.

    Jonathan N. Mills;Patrick J. Wolf

  • Evaluation of the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program: Impacts After Three Years

    Patrick J. Wolf;Babette Gutmann;Michael Puma;Brian Kisida

  • Why Must We Reinvent the Federal Government? Putting Historical Developmental Claims to the Test

    Patrick J. Wolf

  • Academic Improvement Through Regular Assessment

    Patrick J. Wolf

  • High-Stakes Choice: Achievement and Accountability in the Nation's Oldest Urban Voucher Program

    John F. Witte;Patrick J. Wolf;Joshua M. Cowen;Deven E. Carlson

  • Similar Students, Different Choices: Who Uses a School Voucher in an Otherwise Similar Population of Students?

    David J. Fleming;Joshua M. Cowen;John F. Witte;Patrick J. Wolf

  • Going Public: Who Leaves a Large, Longstanding, and Widely Available Urban Voucher Program?

    Joshua M. Cowen;David J. Fleming;John F. Witte;Patrick J. Wolf

  • MPCP Longitudinal Educational Growth Study Baseline Report.

    John F. Witte;Patrick J. Wolf;Joshua M. Cowen;David J. Fleming

  • Charter School Funding: Inequity Expands

    Meagan Batdorff;Larry Maloney;Jay F. May;Sheree T. Speakman

  • Evaluation of the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program: Final Report. NCEE 2010-4018.

    Patrick Wolf;Babette Gutmann;Michael Puma;Brian Kisida

  • Supplying Choice: An Analysis of School Participation Decisions in Voucher Programs in Washington, DC, Indiana, and Louisiana

    Yujie Sude;Corey A. DeAngelis;Patrick J. Wolf

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul E. Peterson
Paul E. Peterson Harvard University
David E. Campbell
David E. Campbell University of Notre Dame
William G. Howell
William G. Howell Johns Hopkins University
Martin R. West
Martin R. West Harvard University
Claire A. Dunlop
Claire A. Dunlop University of Exeter
Jens Blom-Hansen
Jens Blom-Hansen Aarhus University
Søren Serritzlew
Søren Serritzlew Aarhus University
Caroline M. Hoxby
Caroline M. Hoxby Stanford University

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