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Catherine Mata

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Senior Research Associate at the Annenberg Institute at Brown University | Economist studying the economics of education, labor markets & development | catherinemata.com

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AEFP Live Handbook @aefplivehandbook.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Online postsecondary education can expand access, but its effects on student outcomes vary. In this chapter, Joshua Goodman examines research on online postsecondary education and its effects on student learning, degree completion, and access. Learn more: livehandbook.org/higher-educa...
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Annenberg Institute @annenberginstitute.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Congrats to @linzpage.bsky.social, catherinematah.bsky.social, and co-authors on their published article “Let’s Chat: Leveraging Chatbot Outreach for Improved Course Performance.” The study shows AI-enabled outreach can boost student engagement, learning, and course performance. 🔗 : buff.ly/eU5S6UL
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NBER @nber.org · 10/08/2026
Open call for proposals, Grants to Support Data for Economic Measurement Research Projects. Submit proposals by 11:59pm EDT on September 30, 2026. More information: www.nber.org/calls-papers...
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NBER @nber.org · 13/07/2026
Course-embedded, AI-enabled chatbots can improve course performance and support take-up, from @katharinemeyer.bsky.social, Page, Mata, Smith, Tyler Walsh, Fifield, Tyson, Eremionkhale, Evans, Frost, and Eoun Jung www.nber.org/papers/w35397
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Catherine Mata @catherinematah.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
@annenberginstitute.bsky.social's Postsecondary Research team will be presenting at @aefpweb.bsky.social this week! Don't miss @aizatnurshat.bsky.social's presentations on Thursday and @annaliesep.bsky.social's on Saturday.
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Annenberg Institute @annenberginstitute.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
The Annenberg Institute is at the @aefpweb.bsky.social conference March 19-21! Our faculty, staff, and postdocs will share research connecting evidence with effective education policies. Stay tuned this week as we feature AIB community presenters.
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Annenberg Institute @annenberginstitute.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Summer isn’t just vacation; it’s a critical moment for college-intending students. Our new #EdResearch4Action brief explains how schools can stop summer melt in its tracks. bit.ly/4pxmEiU
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Annenberg Institute @annenberginstitute.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
🚨 New report! “The Road to SUCCESS” documents how Massachusetts built a statewide student support initiative across all 15 public community colleges. Comprehensive support services. Local flexibility. Rapid scale-up. Report 👉: annenberg.brown.edu/publications...
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Catherine Mata @catherinematah.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
I highly recommend this postdoc at the @annenberginstitute.bsky.social! If anyone is considering applying, I’m happy to chat about what the postdoc was like for me and what it’s been like living in Providence. Feel free to reach out!
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Catherine Mata @catherinematah.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
🎓 Heading to #APPAM2025? Catch @ellenbryer.bsky.social talk: Behind the Scenes: Faculty–Staff Collaboration in a Student Success Effort. 📅 Thurs, Nov 13 | 1:45–3:15 PM (PST) 📍 Hyatt Regency Seattle, Rm 505 🔗 edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1314 @annenberginstitute.bsky.social
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Catherine Mata @catherinematah.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Come join us!
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Catherine Mata @catherinematah.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Excited to see our new paper out exploring the dynamics of faculty–staff collaboration in implementing low-touch, technology-based student support interventions. 📄 Read the full EdWorkingPaper here: edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1314
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Catherine Mata @catherinematah.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Are you attending #SREE? #EduSky Join @ellenbryer.bsky.social for her presentation on 10/10 at 2:15 PM. We’re excited to see this work coming out! Ellen will share valuable insights on how faculty & staff collaborate to support student success @katharinemeyer.bsky.social @linzpage.bsky.social
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Annenberg Institute @annenberginstitute.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Headed to #SREE2025 this week? Be sure to catch the presentations from our Annenberg team! For more details on the schedule and sessions, check out the guide here: buff.ly/0AGQrj1
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Annenberg Institute @annenberginstitute.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
📢 #EdWorkingPapers: Do RCTs in higher ed risk contamination? From a large in-person college course intervention, @catherinematah.bsky.social, @katharinemeyer.bsky.social & @linzpage.bsky.social show when individual-level randomization is preferred 📄 Full paper here: edworkingpapers.com/ai24-1083
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Shaun M. Dougherty @doughesm.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
🚨Interested in a PhD focusing on quant methods and education & social policy? I'm recruiting this year at @bclynchschool in the Measurement, Evaluation, Statistics, and Assessment program www.bc.edu/bc-web/schoo...
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Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Measurement, Evaluation, Statistics, and Assessment - Lynch School of Education and Human Development - Boston College
MESA has been training students to examine educational programs, design quantitative research studies, develop assessment instruments, and analyze educational data to help inform policy-making for ove...
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Education Finance and Policy Journal @efpjournal.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
#TakeawayTuesday: “A Bridge to Graduation: Post-Secondary Effects of an Alternative Pathway for Students Who Fail High School Exit Exams," by Jane Arnold Lincove, Catherine Mata, and Kalena E. Cortes. 🔗: doi.org/10.1162/edfp... #EFP
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Ericka (Wiggins) Weathers @erickaweathers.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Hi! I’m looking for a few more doctorate holding reviewers for AERA Division L - Section 1 (governance and politics). Reviewing will take place later this summer. If you’re interested, drop a comment here or message me. Thanks for considering.
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APPAM @appam.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Mentorship is critical to guiding the next generation of public policy researchers. Apply to participate in our Mentor Matching program today: ow.ly/spKx50W7WCI
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Annenberg Institute @annenberginstitute.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Reporting directly to the Principal Investigators, Drs. Lindsay Page, John Papay and Nate Schwartz, the Senior Research Associate drives all aspects of project planning for research projects in a dynamic, layered team setting. Learn more and apply: buff.ly/x8XVKd6
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Catherine Mata @catherinematah.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Come join us—Annenberg is an amazing place to be! #EduSky
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Catherine Mata @catherinematah.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Congrats, @andrewmcamp.com!!! @annenberginstitute.bsky.social
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Catherine Mata @catherinematah.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Terrific session indeed! All great papers, presenters, and conversations with everyone in the room. #AEFP2025 We have a working paper available now, but stay tuned for the updated version coming soon! @katharinemeyer.bsky.social @linzpage.bsky.social edworkingpapers.com/ai24-1083
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Examining the Relationship Between Randomization Strategies and Control Group Crossover in Higher Education Interventions
This article examines the risk of crossover contamination in individual-level randomization, a common concern in experimental research, in the context of a large-enrollment college course. While indiv...
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Greer Mellon @greermellon.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
I'm looking forward to attending #ESS this week. I'm presenting research on the role of partisan affiliation in local public sector hiring - focusing on the case of school district superintendents - in the "From Polarization to Solidarity" mini-conference. DM me if you want to chat or grab coffee!
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Catherine Mata @catherinematah.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Honored to be one of the recipients of the 2025 Brown Postdoctoral Excellence Awards! Huge thanks to Brown Postdoctoral Affairs for this recognition and to @linzpage.bsky.social and the Annenberg Institute for their support in advancing my research! ¡Seguimos! postdocs.brown.edu/news/2025-02...
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2025 Brown Postdoctoral Excellence Awards
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Katharine Meyer @katharinemeyer.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
I've been working (w/Lindsay Page and @catherinematah.bsky.social) on projects using chatbots in higher education for the past few years. There are many promising uses for AI in supporting students through complicated college processes - and many important guardrails to include when you do that!
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David Evans @daveevansphd.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
The Inter-American Development Bank is forming a poverty group, with multiple staff positions. Lead Specialist jobs.iadb.org/job/Economic... Specialist jobs.iadb.org/job/Economic... Great opportunity to help shape the organization's operational & analytical work around poverty reduction.
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Lucy Sorensen @lucy-sorensen.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Please message below or email me if you're headed to 2025 AEFP and interested in being a MENTOR for the Early Career Mentorship Program. Happy to answer any questions -- and thank you in advance!!
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Prof Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Researchers typically assume that student-level randomization in college classrooms will bias treatment effects toward zero, due to spillovers Randomizing across classrooms minimizes spillovers but hugely reduces power V cool study provides guidance on tradeoff edworkingpapers.com/sites/defaul...
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Paul Bruno @paul-bruno.com · 16/12/2024
Conditions Under Which College Students Can be Responsive to Text-based Nudging www.nber.org/papers/w3325...
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Conditions Under Which College Students Can be Responsive to Text-based Nudging
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
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Ericka (Wiggins) Weathers @erickaweathers.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
I’m interrupting your break to remind you that you have one more day to submit nominations for AEFP awards! Nominate yourself or someone you know. Plus it’s AEFP’s 50th so the celebration will be grand (whatever that means in academic language lol).
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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Just re-upping this #econsky: I currently have more mentors than mentees/students (can probably match another 10-11 students from LMICs who would like feedback on a research paper from a senior scholar.) Fill out the form here if interested! forms.gle/ekvvoEKBLYQM...
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Catherine Mata @catherinematah.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Attending #APPAM2024 and curious about low-cost, large-scale nudge interventions in #education? Join an incredible session I’m honored to chair this morning! Panel - Engagement in Nudge Interventions When: Today (11/22), 10:15 AM - 11:45 AM Where: Chesapeake 3 (Ballroom Level)
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Catherine Mata @catherinematah.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Excited to be at #APPAM2024 and #SEA2024 this weekend! Hope to see many of you around—please say hi if I don’t spot you! ;)
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Catherine Mata @catherinematah.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Thank you @leightjessica.bsky.social for highlighting my work! Read the full publication here: doi.org/10.1093/wber...
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Public Child Care Provision: Unraveling the Consequences of Implementation Variations for Women's Time Allocation
Abstract. From analysis of the effects of a national childcare policy on women's time allocation in Costa Rica, it is found that childcare services are ass
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Catherine Mata @catherinematah.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
🚨New Working Paper🚨 Testing two randomization strategies in a large-enrollment, in-person college course we found minimal crossover contamination risk with individual-level randomization @katharinemeyer.bsky.social Check out the full report available here: edworkingpapers.com/ai24-1083
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Examining the Relationship Between Randomization Strategies and Control Group Crossover in Higher Education Interventions
This article examines the risk of crossover contamination in individual-level randomization, a common concern in experimental research, in the context of a large-enrollment college course. While indiv...
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Paul Bruno @paul-bruno.com · 28/10/2024
The Effects of a Statewide Ban on School Suspensions www.nber.org/papers/w3308...
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The Effects of a Statewide Ban on School Suspensions
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Catherine Mata @catherinematah.bsky.social · 23/10/2024
Check out my piece on what we have found about the potential impact of school suspension bans via the Brookings Brown Center Chalkboard, drawing from our recent Annenberg working paper. Full paper: edworkingpapers.com/ai24-1004 Blog: www.brookings.edu/articles/wha...
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What are we learning from school suspension bans?
Exclusionary school discipline—i.e., suspension and expulsion—remains a controversial practice in U.S. schools.
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Catherine Mata @catherinematah.bsky.social · 02/10/2024
In our recent study using Costa Rica’s time use data, we explore how household income and poverty intersect with gender differences in unpaid housework and caregiving The article is open-access 👉 jtur.iatur.org/home/article... Here’s what we found! ⬇️ (1/4)
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JTUR: Time Dedicated to Unpaid Housework and Caregiving in Costa Rica: Does Greater Household Income Imply a More Equal Gender Distribution?
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Catherine Mata @catherinematah.bsky.social · 15/04/2024
Join us this Thursday (04/18) at 1pm for an engaging discussion with @lucy-sorensen.bsky.social at Annenberg's Education Policy Seminar! Attend in person or via Zoom. Sign up here: events.brown.edu/event/284203...
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Annenberg Education Policy Seminar: Lucy Sorensen - On the Margin: Who Receives a Juvenile Referral from School and What Effect Does It Have?
Seminar Title - On the Margin: Who Receives a Juvenile Referral from School and What Effect Does It Have? We’re excited to host Dr. Lucy Sore...
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Jo R. King @jo-r-king.bsky.social · 15/02/2024
Glad to see this out! ➡️ In the context of suspension restrictions, funding for RPs did not provide differential reductions in suspension rates. ➡️ Importantly, this does *not* mean RPs are ineffective! We have credible evidence that they are beneficial for other key outcomes. 1/4
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Catherine Mata @catherinematah.bsky.social · 07/02/2024
🚨New publication! Analysis of a national childcare policy in Costa Rica reveals important insights into women's time allocation and the challenges governments face when scaling up interventions: 1/6
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