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John N. Friedman
Researcher at Brown University
Publications - 66
Citations - 9346
John N. Friedman is an academic researcher from Brown University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Earnings & Taxable income. The author has an hindex of 30, co-authored 65 publications receiving 7703 citations. Previous affiliations of John N. Friedman include Northwestern University & Harvard University.
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Measuring the Impacts of Teachers I: Evaluating Bias in Teacher Value-Added Estimates
TL;DR: In this article, the authors test for bias in value-added measures using previously unobserved parent characteristics and a quasi-experimental design based on changes in teaching sta¤.
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How Does Your Kindergarten Classroom Affect Your Earnings? Evidence from Project Star
Raj Chetty,John N. Friedman,John N. Friedman,Nathaniel G. Hilger,Nathaniel G. Hilger,Emmanuel Saez,Emmanuel Saez,Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach,Danny Yagan,Danny Yagan +9 more
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that kindergarten test scores are highly correlated with outcomes such as earnings at age 27, college attendance, home ownership, and retirement savings, and it is documented that students in small classes are significantly more likely to attend college and exhibit improvements on other outcomes.
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How Does Your Kindergarten Classroom Affect Your Earnings? Evidence from Project Star
Raj Chetty,John N. Friedman,John N. Friedman,Nathaniel G. Hilger,Nathaniel G. Hilger,Emmanuel Saez,Emmanuel Saez,Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach,Danny Yagan,Danny Yagan +9 more
TL;DR: In Project STAR, 11,571 students in Tennessee and their teachers were randomly assigned to classrooms within their schools from kindergarten to third grade as discussed by the authors, and the experimental data was linked to administrative records.
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Measuring the Impacts of Teachers II: Teacher Value-Added and Student Outcomes in Adulthood
TL;DR: In this paper, a lack of evidence on whether teachers' impacts on students' test scores (value-added) is a good measure of their quality has been raised, and the question has sparked debate partly because of a lack-of-evidence on whether high value-ad...
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The Long-Term Impacts of Teachers: Teacher Value-Added and Student Outcomes in Adulthood
TL;DR: This paper found no evidence of bias in VA estimates using previously unobserved parent characteristics and a quasi-experimental research design based on changes in teaching staff, concluding that good teachers create substantial economic value and that test score impacts are helpful in identifying such teachers.