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Jeffrey T. Denning
Jeffrey T. Denning
Research Fellow
University of Texas at Austin
jeffdenning@utexas.edu External Homepage CV

Jeff Denning is an Associate Professor of Public Affairs and Education at the University of Texas at Austin.

His research focuses on the economics of education. He is interested in individual and institutional factors affecting human capital investment in college. To date, he has worked on college access, college completion, financial aid, effects of peers, STEM education, wage returns to college, and other topics.

He earned his PhD in Economics from the University of Texas at Austin. His research has appeared or is forthcoming in peer reviewed journals such as the American Economic Review, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, Review of Economics and statistics American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, and Journal of Human Resources among others. His work has been supported by the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, the Spencer Foundation, and Arnold Ventures.

Jeff joined IZA as a Research Affiliate in May 2017 and became a Research Fellow in December 2023.


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. 14338
Decreasing Time to Baccalaureate Degree in the United States
Jeffrey T. Denning, Eric R. Eide, Kevin J. Mumford, Daniel Sabey
published in: Economics of Education Review, 2022, 90, 102287
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14325
The Return to Hours Worked within and across Occupations: Implications for the Gender Wage Gap
Jeffrey T. Denning, Brian A. Jacob, Lars Lefgren, Christian vom Lehn
published in: ILR Review, 2022, 75 (5), 1321 - 1347
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12411
Why Have College Completion Rates Increased?
Jeffrey T. Denning, Eric R. Eide, Merrill Warnick
published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2022, 14 (3), 1 - 29
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12239
Maxed Out? The Effect of Larger Student Loan Limits on Borrowing and Education Outcomes
Jeffrey T. Denning, Todd R. Jones
published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2021, 56 (4), 1113-1140
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11808
Class Rank and Long-Run Outcomes
Jeffrey T. Denning, Richard J. Murphy, Felix Weinhardt
published in: Review of Economics and Statistics 2023, 105 (6), 1426–1441.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11792
ProPelled: The Effects of Grants on Graduation, Earnings, and Welfare
Jeffrey T. Denning, Benjamin M. Marx, Lesley J. Turner
published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2019, 11 (3), 193-224
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10997
Broken Tax Breaks? Evidence from a Tax Credit Information Experiment with 1,000,000 Students
Peter Bergman, Jeffrey T. Denning, Dayanand Manoli
published in: Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2019, 38 (3), 706-731
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10913
Born Under a Lucky Star: Financial Aid, College Completion, Labor Supply, and Credit Constraints
Jeffrey T. Denning
published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2019, 54 (3), 760-784
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