And so thats a secondary analysis on an existing experiment that someone else ran. -0dq_C b'1@bh1xoFUm|>?6vo-qh;MSWwO!mvy #[_ iC:GtVBrNvB,(^H6k$F2h| oD)^#*?p-#|F1Aa]*~qqOfBE^F+} 0M%AQoc2o |B:uY;TraF"A4eJ@5FJp,Con/fR0$@H"2yHSe_jZ,mo5W_ a8jhRm$Bs$4#"J#Pq8>xgg@Ve}Bh*)10$^O {N_;a8W2@VxkD+aU1C^p_?TAn|B3D`( wQ]]lA%mnON'a)Q{9B2D`6o^. Chris Walters UC Berkeley Economics 244 Applied Econometrics 3277 Introduction from ECON 244 at University of California, Berkeley Berkeley Opportunity Lab, University of California, Berkeley , Berkeley, CA, U.S.A. I was interested in history and philosophy as an undergrad. Good instruments typically come from institutional knowledge combined with plausible assumptions about behavioral relationships Well-known example: Angrist and Krueger (1991) study of the returns to education Chris Walters (UC Berkeley) Economics 244: Applied Econometrics 13/164 Chris Walters' research on the longterm effects of universal pre-school was recently featured in the New York Times. I went into college thinking I was going to do more humanities-related disciplines. Associate Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley. Editors Note: If youre interested in learning more about labor economics, we had a graduate student interview that touched on similar topics, linked here. in the Production of Early Childhood In my graduate classes, readings, and recent work in top journals in this area, I got interested in the combination of choices and experiments that were on the frontier of the education literature. Theres certainly a lot of evidence that highly effective preschool programs have very large social returns. Could you begin by telling me about your background and how it helped shape your academic focus, and what experiences helped you find your passion for economics? 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Department of Economics University of California, Berkeley 530 Evans Hall #3880 Berkeley, CA 94720-3880 Tel: (510) 643-8596 View Lecture Slides - slides_4 from ECON 244 at University of California, Berkeley. Les articles suivants sont fusionns dans GoogleScholar. Privacy Statement. : Sure! University of California, Berkeley | College of Letters & Science, School choice; school effectiveness; early childhood interventions, Economics of education; human capital; discrete choice modeling; program evaluation, 530 Evans Hall #3880, Berkeley, California 94720-3880. Berkeley, CA 94720, Office: 631E Evans Hall Berkeley Economic Review is the University of California, Berkeleys premier undergraduate, peer-reviewed, academic economics journal. In that strand of my work, Im reanalyzing a large-scale experiment that the Department of Health and Human Services ran on the Head Start program, where people were randomly admitted or not admitted to Head Start. Stand and deliver: Effects of Bostons charter high schools on college preparation, entry, and choice, Inputs and impacts in charter schools: KIPP Lynn, Leveraging lotteries for school value-added: Testing and estimation, Inputs in the production of early childhood human capital: Evidence from Head Start, The impact of price caps and spending cuts on US postsecondary attainment, Systemic discrimination among large US employers, The long-term effects of universal preschool in Boston, The causal interpretation of two-stage least squares with multiple instrumental variables, Student achievement in Massachusetts charter schools, Can successful schools replicate? PD: So what made the question of Industry or Grad School clear to you? 94720-3880, University of June 14, 2021 Chris Walters' research on the longterm effects of universal pre-school was recently featured in the New York Times. Research brief summarizing work by O-Lab affiliate Christopher Walters (UC Berkeley), Guthrie Gray-Lobe (University of Chicago), and Parag Pathak (MIT). Charter School Effectiveness. Science, Augmenting State Capacity for Child Development: Experimental Evidence from India, Race and the Mismeasure of School Quality, Methods for Measuring School Effectiveness, Simple and Credible Value-Added Estimation Using Centralized School Assignment, Policy Evaluation with Multiple Instrumental Variables, The Long-Term Effects of Universal Preschool in Boston, Systemic Discrimination Among Large U.S. Celles qui sont suivies d'un astrisque (, Sur la base des exigences lies au financement, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 5 (4), JD Angrist, SM Dynarski, TJ Kane, PA Pathak, CR Walters, Journal of policy Analysis and Management 31 (4), 837-860, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 10 (1), 175-206, JD Angrist, SR Cohodes, SM Dynarski, PA Pathak, CR Walters, Journal of Labor Economics 34 (2), 275-318, A Abdulkadirolu, PA Pathak, J Schellenberg, CR Walters, American Economic Review 110 (5), 1502-39, American Economic Review P&P 100 (2), 239-243, Journal of Political Economy 126 (6), 2179-2223, JD Angrist, PD Hull, PA Pathak, CR Walters, The Quarterly Journal of Economics 132 (2), 871-919, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 7 (4), The Quarterly Journal of Economics 137 (4), 1963-2036, The Quarterly Journal of Economics 138 (1), 363-411, American Economic Review 111 (11), 3663-98. Articles Cited by Public access Co-authors. : So what made the choice of subfield in economics clear for you? A video recording of the two-part lecture series may be found above. Im not sure all economists would agree with me, but I think our best evidence suggests theres actually pretty large returns to human capital investment at all different stages of the educational career, including the college attendance decision. I have a few different projects but most of them have that feature, in one way or another. Editors Note: If youre interested in learning more about labor economics, we had a graduate student interview that touched on similar topics, linked. Christopher Walters joined the economics department as an assistant professor after receiving his PhD in economics from MIT in 2013. Christopher Walters Asim Khwaja Campos, Christopher B.A., B.S. Time and place: Mar. Tagged: Chris Walters, Education & Child Development, Child and Family Economic Security, University of California, Berkeley207 Giannini HallBerkeley, CA 94720, Email: info.olab@berkeley.eduPhone: 510-642-4361Support O-LabSubscribe to our newsletter, Hilary Hoynes featured in Ezra Klein column: What the Rich Don't Want to Admit About the Poor, Hilary Hoynes and Reed Walker on the Future of Family. : Id like to begin by speaking to you about how your personal journey led you to economics and then delve deeper into your research interests. 3 0 obj Mailing Address: Berkeley Opportunity Lab, University of California, Berkeley , Berkeley, CA, U.S.A. Voting Rights Equal Economic Progress: The What Caused Racial Disparities in Pollution Is the Safety Net a Long-Term Investment? JD Angrist, SR Cohodes, S Dynarski, JB Fullerton, TJ Kane, PA Pathak, Cambridge, MA: Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 13 (1), 138-67, JD Angrist, SR Cohodes, SM Dynarski, PA Pathak, CD Walters, American Economic Review 106 (5), 388-392, Nouvelles citations des articles de cet auteur, Nouveaux articles lis aux travaux de recherche de cet auteur, Professor of Education, Harvard University, Adresse e-mail valide de tc.columbia.edu, Evaluating public programs with close substitutes: The case of Head start. Check out the article or read the full paper here. UC Berkeley Economics 244: Applied Econometrics, Ph.D. level (Fall 2015, 2017-2019, 2021, Spring 2021, 2023) I was kind of attracted to that set of questions; answering questions about real sources of well-being or lack thereof in peoples lives. I always kind of knew I liked school, so I knew I was probably going to go to grad school or something, but I didnt know exactly what. That appealed to me as someone who had a little bit more math that I felt like I wasnt able to use in my history classes, so I just started taking more and went from there. Entry and Choice, Inputs Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. California, Berkeley, College of Letters and Research brief summarizing work by Conrad Miller. Interpreting tests of school VAM validity. What made you decide on labor economics as your focus? (Economics, Statistics), University of California, San Diego M.A. I have a couple projects on the Head Start program, which is a public preschool program for underprivileged kids in the United States. : Thats a good question too. 28, 2019 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM, Room ES 1047, Eilert Sundts hus Christopher Walters Abstract Tagged: Education & Child Development, Racial Equity & Economic Opportunity, University of California, Berkeley207 Giannini HallBerkeley, CA 94720, Email: info.olab@berkeley.eduPhone: 510-642-4361Support O-LabSubscribe to our newsletter. Chris Walters Berkeley Opportunity LabResearch & Resources Research Brief The Power of Pre-K August 31, 2022 Research brief summarizing work by O-Lab affiliate Christopher Walters (UC Berkeley), Guthrie Gray-Lobe (University of Chicago), and Parag Pathak (MIT). The birth date was listed as June 15, 1980. (925) 876-3294 is the phone number for Chris. Thats like an experimentalist view of research. Office hours: Sign up here, 530 Evans Hall #3880, Berkeley, California stream BER Staff Writer Parmita Das sat down with Professor Walters on 11 April, 2019 for . I never had a real job and I felt like I was pretty good at school, and I decided I was gonna keep doing it. I was interested in modeling exactly who is selected into the opportunity to attend a different school than your default neighborhood option, and how that decision is linked to the benefit for the kids or for their family. This work includes quasi-experimental studies of the effects of charter schools on test scores and post-secondary outcomes, a study documenting and explaining variation in effectiveness across Head Start childcare centers, and an analysis of differences in the demand for school quality across demographic groups. PD: What inspired you to research into school choice and charter schools? Title. Department of Economics Human Capital: Evidence from Head Start, Explaining The 2022 Methods Lectures, presented by Jiayang Gu of the University of Toronto and Christopher Walters of the University of California, Berkeley, provide an introduction to the theory and application of these methods. I didnt take any math my first couple of years, but then I sort of happened to take an economics class by chance and I realized it was a way of answering a lot of the same social questions I was interested in studying in a more quantitative way. Im not sure all economists would agree with me, but I think our best evidence suggests theres actually pretty large returns to human capital investment at all different stages of the educational career, including the college attendance decision. The study showed that winners of the pre-school lottery in Boston had lower incarceration rates and higher rates of college enrollment, although evidence for better test scores was mixed. Source:https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/10/briefing/universal-pre-k-biden-agenda.html, Tagged: Chris Walters, Education & Child Development, Child and Family Economic Security, University of California, Berkeley207 Giannini HallBerkeley, CA 94720, Email: info.olab@berkeley.eduPhone: 510-642-4361Support O-LabSubscribe to our newsletter, Hilary Hoynes featured in Ezra Klein column: What the Rich Don't Want to Admit About the Poor, Emmanuel Saez: California Should Pass a Small Tax on Big Wealth. Les, Le dcompte "Cite par" inclut les citations des articles suivants dans GoogleScholar. Source: http://www.olab.berkeley.edu/symposium-on-labor-science-in-healthcare-and-education-research, Tagged: Chris Walters, Ben Handel, Ziad Obermeyer, Labor Science, Education & Child Development, Child and Family Economic Security, Health & Healthcare, University of California, Berkeley207 Giannini HallBerkeley, CA 94720, Email: info.olab@berkeley.eduPhone: 510-642-4361Support O-LabSubscribe to our newsletter. Distinguished Professor of Economics and Professor of Business Administration Teaching DeLong, J.Bradford Professor Teaching Echenique , Federico Professor Teaching Privacy| Accessibility | Nondiscrimination. Homepage: http://emlab.berkeley.edu/~crwalters By that I mean a setting where you have something that looks like a well-controlled or randomized comparison where some group of people get access to some program or opportunity and another set of people randomly dont. A part of that was opportunity. : Im not sure. University of California It was a pleasure to interview you. Christopher Walters is an Associate Professor of Economics at UC Berkeley and a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). His research focuses on the topics in labor economics and the economics of education, including early childhood programs, school effectiveness, and labor market discrimination. University of California, Berkeley 207 . Charter Schools and the Road to College Readiness: The Effects on College Preparation, Attendance and Choice. Posted On : March 6, 2019 Posted By : Posted On : November 26, 2019 Posted By : Posted On : March 23, 2018 Posted By : Copyright 2022 Berkeley Economic Review. Christopher Walters Professor in the Economics department at University of California Berkeley 100% Would take again 2.7 Level of Difficulty Rate Professor Walters I'm Professor Walters Submit a Correction Professor Walters 's Top Tags Clear grading criteria Amazing lectures Lecture heavy So many papers Caring I didnt take any math my first couple of years, but then I sort of happened to take an economics class by chance and I realized it was a way of answering a lot of the same social questions I was interested in studying in a more quantitative way. PD: So what made the choice of subfield in economics clear for you? Free to Choose: Can School Choice Reduce Student Achievement? | View Presentation. In my work on school choice and school assignment mechanisms, Im using administrative data on peoples educational decisions and school enrollments thats generated as part of the natural process of managing a large, urban school district and figuring out whos going to what school and what their outcomes look like.