Counselors are a common school resource for students navigating complicated and
consequential education choices. I estimate counselors' causal effects using quasi-random …

To reduce the gender gap in science fields, policymakers often propose providing women
with mentoring by female scientists. However, there is no clear evidence on whether one-on …

This paper provides the first causal evidence on the impact of college adviser quality on
student outcomes. To do so, we exploit a unique setting where students are randomly …

Counselors are a common school resource for students navigating complicated and
consequential education choices. I estimate counselors' causal effects using quasi-random …

I examine how postsecondary education choices and educational attainment are impacted
by the personalized information students receive from their school counselors, siblings and …

Growing experimental evidence demonstrates that low-touch informational, nudge, and
virtual advising interventions are ineffective at improving postsecondary educational …

Human capital is viewed as a central driver of persistence in incomes across generations.
Socioeconomic differences (inequalities) in human capital translate into income inequalities …

This dissertation consists of three essays that use and develop econometric methods to
causally investigate topics in education and development economics. In the first chapter, I …

This chapter presents the characteristics and challenges that low-income students face
culturally, socially, and academically, and identifies services that have a positive impact on …

The assessment of college and university counselors and student management team has
been one of the important issues that colleges and universities are concerned about. This …