Working Papers and Recent and Forthcoming Publications

• "The Determinants of Teacher Attrition in Upstate New York," 2008. (with J. Ondrich and E. Pas), Public Finance Review, 36(1) (January): 112-144.
  
  

• "Do Lenders Discriminate Against Minority and Women Entrepreneurs?" 2008.  (with L. Blanchard and B. Zhao), Journal of Urban Economics, 63(2) (March): 467-497.
  

• "Measurement of Cost Differentials," 2007. (with W. Duncombe) In Handbook of Education Finance and Policy, edited by E. Fiske and H.F. Ladd, (Laurence Erlbaum Publishers): 238-256.
  

• "Does School District Consolidation Cut Costs?" 2007. (with W. Duncombe), Educational Finance and Policy 2(4) (Fall): 341-375. 
  

• "The No Child Left Behind Act: Have Federal Funds Been Left Behind?" 2008.  (with W. Duncombe and A. Lukemeyer), Public Finance Review. 36(4): 381-407.
  
  

• "Changes in Rental Housing Discrimination since 1989," 2008. (with S.J. Choi and J. Ondrich), Cityscape: A Journal of Policy Development and Research, 10(2): 301-330.
  

• "Uncovering Discrimination: A Comparison of the Methods Used by Scholars and Civil Rights Enforcement Officials," 2006.  (with S. Ross), American Law and Economics Review, 8(3) (Fall): 562-614.
  
  

• "Why Do Real Estate Brokers Continue to Discriminate? Evidence from the 2000 Housing Discrimination Study," 2006.(with B. Zhao and J. Ondrich), Journal of Urban Economics, 59(3) (May): 394-419.
  
  

• "Do Rental Agents Discriminate Against Minority Customers?" Evidence from the 2000 Housing Discrimination Study," 2005.(with S.J. Choi and J. Ondrich), Journal of Housing Economics, 14(1) (March): 1-26.
  
  

• "How Much More Does a Disadvantaged Student Cost?" 2005.  (with W. Duncombe), Economics of Education Review, 24(5) (October): 513-532.
  
  

• "Do Credit Market Barriers Exist for Minority and Woman Entrepreneurs?"  2005. (with L. Blanchard and B. Zhao), December. Working Paper No. 74.
  
  

• "Unintended Consequences of Property Tax Relief: New York's STAR Program," 2005. (with W. Duncombe and T. Eom), October. Working Paper No. 71.
  
  

• "Does Whole-School Reform Boost Student Performance: The Case of  New York City," 2005. (with R. Bifulco and W. Duncombe), Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 24(1) (Winter): 47-72.  http://www.interscience.wiley.com
  
  
  

• "Now You See It, Now You Don't: Why do Real Estate Agents Withhold  Available Houses From Black Customers?" 2003. (with J. Ondrich and  S. Ross), In Review of Economics and Statistics, 85(4) (November): 854-873.  
  
  

• "The Geography of Housing Discrimination," 2001. (with J. Ondrich and S. Ross),  In Journal of Housing Research, 12(2): 217-238.
  
  

• "Alternative Paths to Property Tax Relief," 2001.  (with W. Duncombe), In Property Taxation  and Local Government Finance, edited by W. E. Oates (Cambridge, MA: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy).
  
  

• "Housing Discrimination and Residential Segregation as Causes of Poverty,"  2001. In Understanding Poverty in America, edited by S. Danziger and R. Haveman (Cambridge, MA:  Harvard University Press).