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Journal article
The Review of Economics and Statistics:
The importance of student-teacher matching: a multidimensional value-added approach

We propose a framework for value-added models that flexibly characterizes heterogeneous teacher productivity based on multidimensional student characteristics. We show that teacher effectiveness heavily depends on the sp...Read more...

Tom Ahn, Esteban M. Aucejo and Jonathan James

27 October 2025

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Journal of Political Economy:
The path to college education: the role of math and verbal skills

This paper studies the formation of math and verbal skills during compulsory education and their impact on educational attainment. Using longitudinal data that follow students in England from elementary school to univers...Read more...

Esteban M. Aucejo and Jonathan James

1 October 2021

Journal article
Journal of Applied Econometrics:
Catching up to girls: understanding the gender imbalance in educational attainment within race

We estimate a sequential model of schooling to assess the major contributing factors to the large gender imbalance in educational attainment within racial groups. First, we find that differences between males and females...Read more...

Esteban M. Aucejo and Jonathan James

1 June 2019