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Sarah Turner
University Professor of Economics & Education
Email: set5h@virginia.eduPhone: 434-982-2383
Office Location
Monroe Hall, Room 244
Office Hours
By Appointment
Education
- Bachelor of Arts (BA), Princeton University
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Michigan System : Ann Arbor
Working Papers
"Back to School: Federal Student Aid Policy and Adult College Enrollment," (with N. Seftor), Journal of Human Resources, 2002;
Going to War and Going to College: Did the G.I. Bill Increase Educational Attainment," (with J. Bound), Journal of Labor Economics (4), 2002
"Trade in University Training: Cross State Variation in the Production and Use of College Educated Labor," (with Bound, Groen, & Kezdi), Journal of Econometrics, Vol. 121 , 2004
"Closing the Gap or Widening the Divide: The Effects of the G.I. Bill and World War II on the Educational Outcomes of Black Americans",(with John Bound), Journal of Economic History, Vol. 63, No. 1 (March) [NBER Working Paper No. 9044], 2003.
"Race, Income and College in 25 Years: Evaluating Justice O'Connor's Conjecture" (with Alan Krueger and Jesse Rothstein), American Law and Economics Review, 2006.
"Opportunities for Low Income Students at Top Colleges and Universities: Policy Initiatives and the Distribution of Students" (with Amanda Pallais), National Tax Journal, LIX (2): 357-386, 2006.
"Cohort Crowding: How Resources Affect Collegiate Attainment" (with John Bound), Journal of Public Economics [NBER Working Paper No. 12424], forthcoming.
Research Papers
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Federal Stimulus Funding for Research: An Assessment of Employment Responses
- Project Sponsored By: U.S. Nsf - Directorate Soc., Behav. & Eco. Science
- 06/15/2009 - 12/31/2011
- Award Amount: $199,951.00
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CU-Expanding College Opportunities/Stanford
- Project Sponsored By: Stanford University
- 03/01/2010 - 02/28/2012
- Award Amount: $303,931.00
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Expanding College Opportunities/Spencer Foundation
- Project Sponsored By: Stanford University
- 06/01/2010 - 05/31/2012
- Award Amount: $50,240.00