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Rene Crespin

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Assistant Professor of Economics at Michigan State University | Research on Schools, Housing, Neighborhoods, Immigration | Chicago born & raised renecrespin.com

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Rene Crespin @renecrespin.com · 07/01/2026

Thank you Trevon and @franciscaantman.bsky.social for organizing the AEA SMPC where I presented my first draft of this paper!

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Rene Crespin @renecrespin.com · 07/01/2026

My JMP is forthcoming at AEJ:EconPolicy! Grateful to my diss. cmttee and many who read drafts—@imbernomics.bsky.social @erzoluttmer.bsky.social @joshua-goodman.com @erickaweathers.bsky.social @asheassa.bsky.social @kirabojackson.bsky.social @stephenlross.bsky.social Excited for upcoming projects!

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Annenberg Institute @annenberginstitute.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

📢 #EdWorkingPapers: Do families value school climate? In Chicago, publishing school social climate ratings raised home prices near better-rated schools. Higher-income families continue to respond after 1st year, highlighting info access gaps. 🔍 @crespin.bsky.social 📄 edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1243

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Prof Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Holy crap this is an astounding piece of historical research Will post ungated link later today unless someone beats me to it www.nber.org/system/files...

The G.I. Bill, Standardized Testing, and Socioeconomic Origins of the U.S. Educational Elite Over a Century
Ran Abramitzky, Jennifer K. Kowalski, Santiago Pérez, and Joseph Price
NBER Working Paper No. 33164
November 2024
JEL No. 123, 124, N32
ABSTRACT
We compile, transcribe, and standardize historical records for 2.5 million students at 65 elite (private and public) U.S. colleges. By combining these data with more recent survey and administrative data, we assemble the largest dataset on the socioeconomic backgrounds of students at American colleges spanning the last 100 years. We document the following: First, despite a large increase in the share of lower-income students in the overall college-going population, the representation of these students at elite private or public colleges has remained at similarly low levels throughout the last century. Second, the representation of upper-income students at elite colleges decreased after World War II, but this group has regained its high representation since the 1980s. Third, while there has been no increase in the economic diversity of elite private and public colleges, these colleges have become more racially and geographically diverse. Fourth, two major policy changes in the history of American higher education, namely the G.I. Bill after World War II and the introduction of standardized tests for admissions, had little success in increasing the representation of lower- and middle-income students at elite colleges.

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Belinda Archibong @belindaarch.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

One more for the inequality researchers. Writing a book and looking to read research/work from scholars thinking deeply on the topic of socioeconomic inequality. Please reply if you'd like to be added. Viewing this as a really convenient bibliography (thanks @bsky.app): go.bsky.app/L6iReaW

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Economic Inequality

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Rene Crespin @renecrespin.com · 18/11/2024

Thank you for making this list! Could you add me too?

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Lukas Mergele @lukasmergele.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Italy brings back 'Grades for Conduct': Teachers in Italian middle-schools now have to grade the behavior of students in school. 🏫 Grades will show up on students' report cards. 📃 Whats the evidence this kind of policy? 📉📈 #Econsky #Edusky

Screenshot of Guardian Article: Italy revives policy of failing badly behaved pupils to bring back respect

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Paul Bruno @paul-bruno.com · 30/09/2024

"Parents underestimate school quality and overestimate peer quality....The experimental evidence shows parents value school effectiveness even conditional on peer quality and that social interactions strongly influence school choice." www.nber.org/papers/w3301...

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Social Interactions, Information, and Preferences for Schools: Experimental Evidence from Los Angeles

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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C. Kirabo Jackson @kirabojackson.bsky.social · 28/09/2024

The introduction of Universal Pre-K in various states and cities was linked to an increase in business applications and the overall number of business establishments. (also effects on enrollment and maternal labor supply, as in other studies)

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Rene Crespin @renecrespin.com · 05/09/2024

The American Society of Hispanic Economists (ASHE) is accepting applications for three awards (Due 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟱, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰, 𝟱:𝟬𝟬 𝗽.𝗺 PT) 1. the ASHE Dissertation Award 2. the ASHE Teaching Award 3. the ASHE Service Award More info here: t.co/ErEtzZNKEr

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Rene Crespin @renecrespin.com · 18/10/2023

Deeply honored and humbled to receive the 2023 American Society of Hispanic Economists Annual Dissertation Award. A huge thank you to @ASHE_ASSA and to all who have been part of this journey.

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