Sandra E. Black

Research Fellow

Columbia University

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Sandra E. Black is Professor of Economics and International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. She received her B.A. from UC Berkeley and her Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University. Since that time, she worked as an Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and an Assistant, Associate, and ultimately Professor in the Department of Economics at UCLA, and held the Audre and Bernard Centennial Chair in Economics and Public Affairs in the Department of Economics at the University of Texas at Austin before arriving at Columbia University. She is currently an Editor of the Journal of Labor Economics and was previously a Co-Editor and Editor of the Journal of Human Resources. Dr. Black is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and a Nonresident Senior Fellow at Brookings Institution. She served as a Member of Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers from August 2015-January 2017. Her research focuses on the role of early life experiences on the long-run outcomes of children, as well as issues of gender and discrimination.

Sandra was an IZA Fellow from October 2002 until July 2015 and rejoined in February 2017.


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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15874
Taking It to the Limit: Effects of Increased Student Loan Availability on Attainment, Earnings, and Financial Well-Being
Sandra E. Black, Jeffrey T. Denning, Lisa J. Dettling, Sarena Goodman, Lesley J. Turner
published in: American Economic Review, 2024, 113 (12), 3357–3400
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15528
Patterns, Determinants, and Consequences of Ability Tracking: Evidence from Texas Public Schools
Kate Antonovics, Sandra E. Black, Julie Berry Cullen, Akiva Yonah Meiselman
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15034
The (Un)Importance of Inheritance
Sandra E. Black, Paul J. Devereux, Fanny Landaud, Kjell G. Salvanes
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10560
Born to Lead? The Effect of Birth Order on Non-Cognitive Abilities
Sandra E. Black, Erik Grönqvist, Björn Öckert
published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2018, 100 (2), 274 - 286
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9227
Poor Little Rich Kids? The Determinants of the Intergenerational Transmission of Wealth
Sandra E. Black, Paul J. Devereux, Petter Lundborg, Kaveh Majlesi
published in: Review of Economic Studies, 2020, 87 (4), 1683–1725.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9178
On the Origins of Risk-Taking
Sandra E. Black, Paul J. Devereux, Petter Lundborg, Kaveh Majlesi
published as 'On the Origins of Risk-Taking in Financial Markets' in: Journal of Finance, 2017, 72 (5), 2229 - 2278
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9172
Healthy(?), Wealthy, and Wise: Birth Order and Adult Health
Sandra E. Black, Paul J. Devereux, Kjell G. Salvanes
published in: Economics and Human Biology, 2016, 23, 27 - 45
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9169
Apply Yourself: Racial and Ethnic Differences in College Application
Sandra E. Black, Kalena E. Cortes, Jane Arnold Lincove
published in: Education Finance and Policy, 2020, 15 (2), 209-240
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8905
Learning to Take Risks? The Effect of Education on Risk-Taking in Financial Markets
Sandra E. Black, Paul J. Devereux, Petter Lundborg, Kaveh Majlesi
published in: Review of Finance, 2018, 22 (3), 951-975
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8733
Efficacy vs. Equity: What Happens When States Tinker with College Admissions in a Race-Blind Era?
Sandra E. Black, Kalena E. Cortes, Jane Arnold Lincove
published in: Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2016, 38 (2), 336-363
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8266
Breaking the Glass Ceiling? The Effect of Board Quotas on Female Labor Market Outcomes in Norway
Marianne Bertrand, Sandra E. Black, Sissel Jensen, Adriana Lleras-Muney
published in: Review of Economic Studies, 2019, 86 (1), 191-239
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8043
Does Grief Transfer across Generations? In-Utero Deaths and Child Outcomes
Sandra E. Black, Paul J. Devereux, Kjell G. Salvanes
revised version published as 'Does Grief Transfer across Generations? Bereavements during Pregnancy and Child Outcomes' in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2016, 8 (1), 193 - 223
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7899
Can You Leave High School Behind?
Sandra E. Black, Jane Arnold Lincove, Jenna Cullinane, Rachel Veron
revised version published in: Economics of Education Review, June 2015
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7117
Losing Heart? The Effect of Job Displacement on Health
Sandra E. Black, Paul J. Devereux, Kjell G. Salvanes
revised version published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2015, 68(4), 833-861
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6541
Care or Cash? The Effect of Child Care Subsidies on Student Performance
Sandra E. Black, Paul J. Devereux, Katrine Vellesen Loken, Kjell G. Salvanes
published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2014, 96 (5), 824-837
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4946
Under Pressure? The Effect of Peers on Outcomes of Young Adults
Sandra E. Black, Paul J. Devereux, Kjell G. Salvanes
published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 31 (1) 2013, 119-153
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4866
Recent Developments in Intergenerational Mobility
Sandra E. Black, Paul J. Devereux
published in: O. Ashenfelter and D. Card (eds.), Handbook of Labor Economics, Vol. 4B, Chapter 16, Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2011
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3651
Like Father, Like Son? A Note on the Intergenerational Transmission of IQ Scores
Sandra E. Black, Paul J. Devereux, Kjell G. Salvanes
published in: Economics Letters, 2009, 105 (1), 138-140
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3452
Too Young to Leave the Nest? The Effects of School Starting Age
Sandra E. Black, Paul J. Devereux, Kjell G. Salvanes
published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2011, 93 (2), 455-467.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3011
Small Family, Smart Family? Family Size and the IQ Scores of Young Men
Sandra E. Black, Paul J. Devereux, Kjell G. Salvanes
published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2010, 45 (1), 33-58
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3007
Older and Wiser? Birth Order and IQ of Young Men
Sandra E. Black, Paul J. Devereux, Kjell G. Salvanes
published in: CESifo Economic Studies, 2011, 57 (1), 103-120
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2803
Explaining Women’s Success: Technological Change and the Skill Content of Women’s Work
Sandra E. Black, Alexandra Spitz-Oener
published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2010, 92(1), 187-194
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1864
From the Cradle to the Labor Market? The Effect of Birth Weight on Adult Outcomes
Sandra E. Black, Paul J. Devereux, Kjell G. Salvanes
published in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2007, 122 (1), 409-439
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1524
Measuring Organizational Capital in the New Economy
Sandra E. Black, Lisa M. Lynch
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1416
Fast Times at Ridgemont High? The Effect of Compulsory Schooling Laws on Teenage Births
Sandra E. Black, Paul J. Devereux, Kjell G. Salvanes
published as 'Staying in the Classroom and out of the maternity ward? The effect of compulsory schooling laws on teenage births' in: Economic Journal, 2008, 118 (530), 1025–1054
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1269
The More the Merrier? The Effect of Family Composition on Children's Education
Sandra E. Black, Paul J. Devereux, Kjell G. Salvanes
published in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2005, 120 (2), 669-700
IZA Discussion Paper No. 926
Why the Apple Doesn't Fall Far: Understanding Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital
Sandra E. Black, Paul J. Devereux, Kjell G. Salvanes
published in: American Economic Review, 2005, 95 (1), 437-449
IZA Discussion Paper No. 556
Importing Equality? The Impact of Globalization on Gender Discrimination
Sandra E. Black, Elizabeth Brainerd
published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2004, 57 (4), 540-598
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