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  • 2020 - Andrew Carnegie Fellow

Overview

Susan Dynarski is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on social sciences, with a significant emphasis on education. Their work explores various subfields including education, accounting, economics and econometrics, gender studies, and demography.

The main research topics covered by Dynarski include:

  • Higher Education Research Studies
  • School Choice and Performance
  • Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis
  • Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
  • Global Educational Reforms and Inequalities
  • Higher Education Governance and Development
  • Housing Market and Economics

Dynarski has published extensively, with frequent appearances in venues such as the SSRN Electronic Journal, American Economic Review, Journal of Public Economics, American Economic Review Insights, and Science.

The following are selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Dynarski:

  • Closing the Gap: The Effect of Reducing Complexity and Uncertainty in College Pricing on the Choices of Low-Income Students, 2021, American Economic Review
  • Addressing Non-Financial Barriers to College Access and Success: Evidence and Policy Implications, 2022, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • College Costs, Financial Aid, and Student Decisions, 2022, SSRN Electronic Journal

Dynarski has collaborated frequently with other researchers, including:

  • Lindsay C. Page
  • Judith Scott-Clayton
  • Katherine Michelmore
  • Stephanie Owen
  • Aizat Nurshatayeva

In recognition of their academic contributions, Dynarski received the Andrew Carnegie Fellow award in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Hope for Whom? Financial Aid for the Middle Class and Its Impact on College Attendance

    Susan Dynarski

  • Does Aid Matter? Measuring the Effect of Student Aid on College Attendance and Completion

    Susan M Dynarski

  • Accountability and Flexibility in Public Schools: Evidence from Boston's Charters And Pilots

    Atila Abdulkadiroğlu;Joshua D. Angrist;Susan M. Dynarski;Thomas J. Kane

  • Building the Stock of College-Educated Labor

    Susan Dynarski

  • The Cost of Complexity in Federal Student Aid: Lessons from Optimal Tax Theory and Behavioral Economics

    Susan Dynarski;Judith E. Scott-Clayton

  • Building the Stock of College-Educated Labor

    Susan Dynarski

  • Inequality in postsecondary education

    Martha J. Bailey;Susan M. Dynarski

  • The Behavioral and Distributional Implications of Aid for College

    Susan Dynarski

  • Descriptive Analysis in Education: A Guide for Researchers. NCEE 2017-4023.

    Susanna Loeb;Susan Dynarski;Daniel McFarland;Pamela Morris

  • Stand and Deliver: Effects of Boston’s Charter High Schools on College Preparation, Entry, and Choice

    Joshua D. Angrist;Sarah R. Cohodes;Susan M. Dynarski;Parag A. Pathak

  • Gains and Gaps: Changing Inequality in U.S. College Entry and Completion

    Martha J Bailey;Susan M Dynarski;Susan M Dynarski

  • Can Families Smooth Variable Earnings

    Susan Dynarski;Jonathan Gruber;Robert A. Moffitt;Gary Burtless

  • Experimental Evidence on the Effect of Childhood Investments on Postsecondary Attainment and Degree Completion.

    Susan Dynarski;Susan Dynarski;Joshua M Hyman;Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach

  • The Lengthening of Childhood

    David James Deming;Susan Dynarski

  • Gains and Gaps: Changing Inequality in U.S. College Entry and Completion

    Martha J. Bailey;Susan M. Dynarski

  • Inputs and Impacts in Charter Schools: KIPP Lynn

    Joshua D. Angrist;Susan M. Dynarski;Thomas J. Kane;Parag A. Pathak

  • Financial Aid Policy: Lessons from Research

    Susan Dynarski;Judith Scott-Clayton

  • Financial Aid Policy: Lessons From Research

    Susan Dynarski;Judith Scott-Clayton

  • The Missing Manual: Using National Student Clearinghouse Data to Track Postsecondary Outcomes.

    Susan M. Dynarski;Steven W. Hemelt;Joshua M. Hyman

  • Informing the Debate: Comparing Boston's Charter, Pilot and Traditional Schools

    Atila Abdulkadiroglu;Josh Angrist;Sarah Cohodes;Susan Dynarski

  • The New Merit Aid.

    Susan Dynarski

  • Into College, Out of Poverty? Policies to Increase the Postsecondary Attainment of the Poor

    David James Deming;Susan Dynarski

  • Into College, Out of Poverty? Policies to Increase the Postsecondary Attainment of the Poor

    David Deming;Susan Dynarski

  • The Gap Within the Gap: Using Longitudinal Data to Understand Income Differences in Educational Outcomes

    Katherine Michelmore;Susan Dynarski

  • WHO BENEFITS FROM KIPP

    Joshua D. Angrist;Susan M. Dynarski;Thomas J. Kane;Parag A. Pathak

  • The Cost of Complexity in Federal Student Aid: Lessons from Optimal Tax Theory and Behavioral Economics. Faculty Research Working Papers Series. RWP06-013.

    Susan Dynarski;Judith Scott-Clayton

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas J. Kane
Thomas J. Kane Harvard University
Brian A. Jacob
Brian A. Jacob University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Lorraine Dearden
Lorraine Dearden University College London
Kenneth A. Frank
Kenneth A. Frank Michigan State University
Barbara Schneider
Barbara Schneider Michigan State University
James C. Cox
James C. Cox Georgia State University
Dale C. Farran
Dale C. Farran Vanderbilt University

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