Scott Andrew Imberman
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. (Economics), University of Maryland, 2007
Research - It's what I do. Click here to see the researcher who inspires me more than any other.
Publications
"Why are the DI Rolls Skyrocketing?" (with Mark Duggan), forthcoming in Health at Older Ages edited by David Cutler and David Wise, University of Chicago Press, 2008.
Working Papers
"Achievement and Behavior in Charter Schools: Drawing a More Complete Picture" (appendix) Updated! New as of Oct. 30, 2007. Revise and resubmit at The Review of Economics and Statistics.
"The Effect of Charter Schools on Achievement and Behavior of Public School Students" Updated! New as of May 20, 2008. Under review.
"Are There Returns to Attending a Private College or University?"
Works in Progress
"Dressed for Success: The Impact of School Uniforms on Student Achievement and Behavior"
"When the Saints Come Marching In: Peer Effects from Hurricane Katrina Evacuees" (with Adriana Kugler and Bruce Sacerdote)
"School District Behavior under Accountability and Charter Competition" (with Steve Craig and Adam Purdue)
My work has been featured in the popular press on washingtonpost.com (Oct 2, 2007) and in Education Week (Oct 9, 2007).
Courses - They're what I teach.
Econ3377 - Economics of Public Finance (U)
Econ3332 - Intermediate Microeconomics
Econ and Data Links
NBER - Check out working papers to see the latest in econ research.
ICPSR - Almost every dataset under the sun.
National Center for Education Statistics - Great place for education data.
Texas Academic Excellence Indicator System - Possibly the best publicly available education data set around.
Econ Blogs & Humor
Marginal Revolution - Viva la revolucion!
Mankiw Blog - Do you Pigou?
Econometrics Haiku by Keisuke Hirano (Hat tip: Marginal Revolution)
My favorite:
T-stat looks too good.
Use robust standard errors--
significance gone.So true... so true.
EconJeff - Jeff needs traffic. Give him a chance, you won't regret it!
General Humor
Journal of Obnoxious Statistics - Frankly, I think JASA is overrated. This is where real statistics are done.
Journal of Irreproducible Results - The godfather of the JObS.
Darwin Awards - In honor of those who should not be allowed to reproduce.
The IgNobels - Awards for research and other human activity that should never be reproduced. Check out the 2001 Econ awards. As odd as the subject may seem, it actually is very interesting and true! You can check out the paper abstract here. First law of economics - everybody responds to incentives.