Tag: Education

• January 1, 2019

  Digitization and Divergence: School Ratings and Segregation in America

  Working Paper (November, 2018) (with Anuj Kumar) We analyze whether widespread online access to school quality information affected economic and social segregation in America. We leverage the staged roll-out of GreatSchools.org school ratings across America from 2006-2015 to answer this question. Across a range of outcomes and specifications, we find that the mass availability of…
• September 22, 2018

  Peers and network growth: Evidence from a natural experiment

  Management Science, 61(10), 2536-2547. (with Surendrakumar Bagde) Much research suggests that social networks affect individual and organizational success. However, a strong assumption underlying this research is that network structure is not reducible to the individual attributes of social actors. In this article, we test this assumption by examining whether interacting with random peers causes exogenous growth…
• September 22, 2018

  The mechanics of social capital and academic performance in an Indian college

  American Sociological Review, 78(6), 1009-1032. (with Surendrakumar Bagde) In this article we examine how social capital affects the creation of human capital. Specifically, we study how college students’ peers affect academic performance. Building on existing research, we consider the different types of peers in the academic context and the various mechanisms through which peers affect performance.…