Seth Gershenson

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American University

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Seth Gershenson is Professor of Public Policy in American University’s School of Public Affairs.

He earned his Ph.D. in Economics from Michigan State University in 2011 and a B.S. in Economics from Drexel University in 2005.

His primary research interests are in the economics of education, specifically issues relating to teacher labor markets, parents’ and students’ time use, summer learning loss, the development of character skills, and the role of expectations in the education production function.

Dr. Gershenson’s research has been supported by the W.E. Upjohn Institute, the Spencer Foundation, and the Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES). His work has been published in peer-reviewed journals such as the Review of Economics and Statistics, AEJ: Economic Policy, Journal of Public Economics, Economics of Education Review, and Journal of Policy Analysis and Management.

He joined IZA as a Research Fellow in July 2015.

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IZA Discussion Paper No. 16258
Spillover Effects of Black Teachers on White Teachers' Racial Competency: Mixed Methods Evidence from North Carolina
Seth Gershenson, Constance A. Lindsay, Nicholas W. Papageorge, Romaine Campbell, Jessica H. Rendon
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15663
Who Refers Whom? The Effects of Teacher Characteristics on Disciplinary Office Referrals
Michael S. Hayes, Jing Liu, Seth Gershenson
published in: Economics of Education Review, 2023, 93, 102376
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15556
Making the Grade: The Effect of Teacher Grading Standards on Student Outcomes
Seth Gershenson, Stephen B. Holt, Adam Tyner
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15548
Blurred Boundaries: A Day in the Life of a Teacher
Victoria Hunter Gibney, Kristine L. West, Seth Gershenson
forthcoming in: Research in Labor Economics, 2023, 51.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15089
The Pro Bono Penalty: Extracurricular Activities and Demographic Disparities in Bar Exam Success
Christopher Birdsall, Seth Gershenson
published in: Tennessee Journal of Race, Gender & Social Justice, 2022, 12 (1), Article 4
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14619
From Referrals to Suspensions: New Evidence on Racial Disparities in Exclusionary Discipline
Jing Liu, Michael S. Hayes, Seth Gershenson
published online in: Journal of Urban Economics, 3 April 2022, 103453
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14096
Identifying and Producing Effective Teachers
Seth Gershenson
published in: Economic Foundations of Education (Educational Foundations, 5), Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023, 135-158.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13361
Stress Test: Examining the Evolution of Teachers' Mental Health Over Time
Stephen B. Holt, Rui Wang, Seth Gershenson
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13291
Conceptualizing Grade Inflation
Adam Tyner, Seth Gershenson
published in: Economics of Education Review, 2020, 78, 102037
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12613
The Short- and Long-Run Impacts of Secondary School Absences
Jing Liu, Monica Lee, Seth Gershenson
published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2021, 199, 104441
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