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### Working Paper

Fryer R, Devi T, Holden RT. [Vertical versus Horizontal Incentives in Education: Evidence from Randomized Trials](/publications/aligning-student-parent-and-teacher-incentives-evidence-houston-public-schools).



 

 

Fryer R, Devi T, Holden RT. [Vertical versus Horizontal Incentives in Education: Evidence from Randomized Trials](/publications/aligning-student-parent-and-teacher-incentives-evidence-houston-public-schools).



 

 

 

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This paper describes randomized ﬁeld experiments in eighty-four urban public schools in two cities designed to understand the impact of aligned incentives on student achievement. In Washington DC, incentives were “horizontal” – provided to one agent...



 

 

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Roland G. Fryer J, Levitt SD, List JA. [Parental Incentives and Early Childhood Achievement: A Field Experiment in Chicago Heights](/publications/parental-incentives-and-early-childhood-achievementa-field-experiment-chicago).



 

 

Roland G. Fryer J, Levitt SD, List JA. [Parental Incentives and Early Childhood Achievement: A Field Experiment in Chicago Heights](/publications/parental-incentives-and-early-childhood-achievementa-field-experiment-chicago).



 

 

 

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This article describes a randomized field experiment in which parents were provided financial incentives to engage in behaviors designed to increase early childhood cognitive and executive function skills through a parent academy. Parents were rewarded...



 

 

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Dobbie W, Fryer RG. [Charter Schools and Labor Market Outcomes](/publications/charter-schools-and-labor-market-outcomes).



 

 

Dobbie W, Fryer RG. [Charter Schools and Labor Market Outcomes](/publications/charter-schools-and-labor-market-outcomes).



 

 

 

- add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract
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We estimate the impact of charter schools on early-life labor market outcomes using administrative data from Texas. We find that, at the mean, charter schools have no impact on test scores and a negative impact on earnings. No Excuses charter schools...



 

 

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Roland G. Fryer J. [Management and Student Achievement: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment](/publications/management-and-student-achievement-evidence-randomized-field-experiment).



 

 

Roland G. Fryer J. [Management and Student Achievement: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment](/publications/management-and-student-achievement-evidence-randomized-field-experiment).



 

 

 

- add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract
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This study examines the impact on student achievement of implementing management training for principals in traditional public schools in Houston, Texas, using a school-level randomized field experiment. Across two years, principals were provided 300...



 

 

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Craig AC, Roland G. Fryer J. [Complementary Bias: A Model of Two-Sided Statistical Discrimination](/publications/complementary-bias-model-two-sided-statistical-discrimination).



 

 

Craig AC, Roland G. Fryer J. [Complementary Bias: A Model of Two-Sided Statistical Discrimination](/publications/complementary-bias-model-two-sided-statistical-discrimination).



 

 

 

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- [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/ashley-craig/files/twosided.pdf)
 
 We introduce a model of two-sided statistical discrimination in which worker and firm beliefs are complementary. Firms try to infer whether workers have made investments required for them to be productive, and simultaneously, workers try to deduce whether... 

 

 

- [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/ashley-craig/files/twosided.pdf)
 
 

Roland G. Fryer J, Levitt SD, List J, Sadoff S. [Enhancing the Efficacy of Teacher Incentives through Framing: A Field Experiment](/publications/enhancing-efficacy-teacher-incentives-through-framing-field-experiment).



 

 

Roland G. Fryer J, Levitt SD, List J, Sadoff S. [Enhancing the Efficacy of Teacher Incentives through Framing: A Field Experiment](/publications/enhancing-efficacy-teacher-incentives-through-framing-field-experiment).



 

 

 

- add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract
- [ picture\_as\_pdfPDF](/sites/g/files/omnuum5986/files/fryer/files/teacher_incentives_framing_april_2018.pdf)
- [ picture\_as\_pdfOnline Appendix](/sites/g/files/omnuum5986/files/fryer/files/teacher_incentives_framing_april_2018_webappendix.pdf)
 
In a field experiment, we provide financial incentives to teachers framed either as gains, received at the end of the year, or as losses, in which teachers receive upfront bonuses that must be paid back if their students do not improve sufficiently...



 

 

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### Forthcoming

Cicala S, Roland G. Fryer J, Spenkuch JL. [Self-Selection and Comparative Advantage in Social Interactions](/publications/comparative-advantage-social-interactions). Journal of the European Economic Association.



 

 

Cicala S, Roland G. Fryer J, Spenkuch JL. [Self-Selection and Comparative Advantage in Social Interactions](/publications/comparative-advantage-social-interactions). Journal of the European Economic Association.



 

 

 

- add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract
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- [ picture\_as\_pdfOnline Appendix](/sites/g/files/omnuum5986/files/fryer/files/roy66_split.pdf)
 
We propose a theory of social interactions based on self-selection and comparative advantage. In our model, students choose peer groups based on their comparative advantage within a social environment. The eﬀect of moving a student into a diﬀerent...



 

 

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Roland G. Fryer J. [An Empirical Analysis of Racial Differences in Police Use of Force](/publications/empirical-analysis-racial-differences-police-use-force). Journal of Political Economy.



 

 

Roland G. Fryer J. [An Empirical Analysis of Racial Differences in Police Use of Force](/publications/empirical-analysis-racial-differences-police-use-force). Journal of Political Economy.



 

 

 

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This paper explores racial diﬀerences in police use of force. On non-lethal uses of force, blacks and Hispanics are more than ﬁfty percent more likely to experience some form of force in interactions with police. Adding controls that account for important...



 

 

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Roland G. Fryer J. [The ‘Pupil’ Factory: Specialization and the Production of Human Capital in Schools.](/publications/%E2%80%98pupil%E2%80%99-factory-specialization-and-production-human-capital-schools) American Economic Review.



 

 

Roland G. Fryer J. [The ‘Pupil’ Factory: Specialization and the Production of Human Capital in Schools.](/publications/%E2%80%98pupil%E2%80%99-factory-specialization-and-production-human-capital-schools) American Economic Review.



 

 

 

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 Starting in the 2013-2014 school year, I conducted a randomized field experiment in fortysix traditional public elementary schools in Houston, Texas designed to test the potential productivity benefits of teacher specialization in schools. Treatment... 

 

 

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Roland G Fryer J. [Reconciling Results on Racial Differences in Police Shootings](/publications/reconciling-results-racial-differences-police-shootings). American Economic Review (Papers and Proceedings).



 

 

Roland G Fryer J. [Reconciling Results on Racial Differences in Police Shootings](/publications/reconciling-results-racial-differences-police-shootings). American Economic Review (Papers and Proceedings).



 

 

 

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Roland G. Fryer J, Harms P, Jackson MO. [Updating Beliefs when Evidence is Open to Interpretation: Implications for Bias and Polarization](/publications/updating-beliefs-when-evidence-open-interpretation-implications-bias-and). Journal of the European Economic Association.



 

 

Roland G. Fryer J, Harms P, Jackson MO. [Updating Beliefs when Evidence is Open to Interpretation: Implications for Bias and Polarization](/publications/updating-beliefs-when-evidence-open-interpretation-implications-bias-and). Journal of the European Economic Association.



 

 

 

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We introduce a model in which agents observe signals about the state of the world, some of which are open to interpretation. Our decision makers first interpret each signal and then form a posterior on the sequence of interpreted signals. This ‘double...



 

 

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Roland G. Fryer J, Howard-Noveck M. [High-Dosage Tutoring and Reading Achievement: Evidence from New York City∗](/publications/high-dosage-tutoring-and-reading-achievement-evidence-new-york-city%E2%88%97). Journal of Labor Economics.



 

 

Roland G. Fryer J, Howard-Noveck M. [High-Dosage Tutoring and Reading Achievement: Evidence from New York City∗](/publications/high-dosage-tutoring-and-reading-achievement-evidence-new-york-city%E2%88%97). Journal of Labor Economics.



 

 

 

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This study examines the impact on student achievement of high-dosage reading tutoring for middle school students in New York City public schools, using a school-level randomized field experiment. Across three years, schools offered at least 130 hours of 4...



 

 

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