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 Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15663
Who Refers Whom? The Effects of Teacher Characteristics on Disciplinary Office Referrals
Michael S. Hayes, Jing Liu, Seth Gershenson
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
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
forthcoming in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2022
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14096
Identifying and Producing Effective Teachers
Seth Gershenson
forthcoming in: Economic Foundations of Education (Educational Foundations, 5), Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023.
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
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12201
The Intergenerational Transmission of Teaching
Alberto Jacinto, Seth Gershenson
published in: American Educational Research Journal, 2021, 58 (3), 635-672.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12158
When Paywall Goes AWOL: The Demand for Open Access Education Research
Seth Gershenson, Morgan S. Polikoff, Rui Wang
published in: Educational Researcher, 2020, 49(4): 254-261.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11912
Quantile Regression Estimates of the Effect of Student Absences on Academic Achievement
Seth Gershenson, Jessica Rae McBean, Long Tran
published in: M. Gottfried; E. Hutt (eds.): Addressing Absenteeism, Cambridge, MA, 2019, 67-82
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11911
Experimental Estimates of the Student Attendance Production Function
Long Tran, Seth Gershenson
published in: Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2021, 43 (2), 183-199.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10630
The Long-Run Impacts of Same-Race Teachers
Seth Gershenson, Cassandra M. D. Hart, Constance A. Lindsay, Nicholas W. Papageorge
published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2022, 14 (4), 300-342
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10459
Stereotype Threat, Role Models, and Demographic Mismatch in an Elite Professional School Setting
Christopher Birdsall, Seth Gershenson, Raymond Zuniga
published in: Education Finance and Policy, 2020, 15(3): 457-486.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10165
Teacher Expectations Matter
Nicholas W. Papageorge, Seth Gershenson, Kyungmin Kang
published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2020, 102(2): 234-251.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10091
Short-Run Externalities of Civic Unrest: Evidence from Ferguson, Missouri
Seth Gershenson, Michael S. Hayes
published in: Journal of Economic Geography, 2018, 18(3): 663-685.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9978
Should Value-Added Models Control for Student Absences?
Seth Gershenson
published in: Teachers College Record, 2016, ID No. 21629.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9956
LATE for the Meeting: Gender, Peer Advising, and College Success
Jimmy R. Ellis, Seth Gershenson
published in: Labour Economics, 2020, 62.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9887
High Times: The Effect of Medical Marijuana Laws on Student Time Use
Yu-Wei Luke Chu, Seth Gershenson
published in: Economics of Education Review, 2018, 66, 142-153.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9558
Are Student Absences Worth the Worry in U.S. Primary Schools?
Seth Gershenson, Alison Jacknowitz, Andrew Brannegan
published in: Education Finance and Policy, 2017, 12(2): 137-165.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9554
The Impact of Teacher Demographic Representation on Student Attendance and Suspensions
Stephen B. Holt, Seth Gershenson
published in: Policy Studies Journal, 2019, 47(4), 1063-1093.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9305
What Differences a Day Can Make: Quantile Regression Estimates of the Distribution of Daily Learning Gains
Michael S. Hayes, Seth Gershenson
published in: Economics Letters, 2016, 141, 48-51
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9203
Performance Standards and Employee Effort: Evidence from Teacher Absences
Seth Gershenson
published in: Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2016, 35(3), 615-638
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9202
Who Believes in Me? The Effect of Student-Teacher Demographic Match on Teacher Expectations
Seth Gershenson, Stephen B. Holt, Nicholas W. Papageorge
published in: Economics of Education Review, 2016, 52, 209-224
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8958
The Effect of Community Traumatic Events on Student Achievement: Evidence from the Beltway Sniper Attacks
Seth Gershenson, Erdal Tekin
published in: Education Finance and Policy, 2018, 13(4), 513-544.
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