1/ 🚨 New publication in Educational Researcher
"Who Lives in a STEM Desert?"
🔗: https://t.co/BdJmVaVQX8
We introduce student-level measures of “STEM deserts”—areas where students have limited nearby access to STEM courses and curricular pathways.
#STEM#EdPolicy#Equity
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1/ 📢 New paper recently published in AEA Papers and Proceedings with @KalenaCortes, @MelissaDGentry, & @mirandainez:
“Digital Incentives in Surveys: Response Rates and Sociodemographic Effects in a Large-Scale Parental Nudge Intervention”
🔗 https://t.co/PR94p9TUdH
3/ 📈 Overall, incentives increased engagement, while Spanish-speaking parents showed distinct patterns, including higher survey participation but lower gift card redemption rates. Larger incentives and advance information about vendor options also improved engagement.
New work in @JournalTax by @JeffreyPClemens, @MelissaDGentry, and Jonathan Meer:
“Divergent Paths: Differential Impacts of Minimum-Wage Increases on Individuals with Disabilities”
Do minimum wages affect disabled adults more?
9/ ⚠️ Access note
This article was supposed to be open access, but Sage did not post it that way. If you want a copy, message or email me and I’ll send it.
1/ 🚨 New publication in Educational Researcher
"Who Lives in a STEM Desert?"
🔗: https://t.co/BdJmVaVQX8
We introduce student-level measures of “STEM deserts”—areas where students have limited nearby access to STEM courses and curricular pathways.
#STEM#EdPolicy#Equity
8/ 🙏 Thanks
Grateful to Erin Baumgartner for early input as the broader STEM project developed, and to Houston ISD staff who encouraged research on the geography of educational opportunity.