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Laura Giuliano Professor of Economics 431 Engineering 2 University of California, Santa Cruz 1156 High Street Santa Cruz, CA 95064 831-459-4248 [email protected] |
Published PAPERS
"Can Gifted Education Help Higher-Ability Boys from Disadvantaged Backgrounds?" Journal of Political Economy, forthcoming, with David Card and Eric Chyn.
“A Comment on: ‘Goals and Gaps: Educational Careers of Immigrant Children’ by Michela Carlana, Eliana La Ferrara, Paolo Pinotti," Econometrica January 2022, 90(1): 39-42.
“Fairness and Frictions: The Impact of Unequal Raises on Quit Behavior," American Economic Review February 2019, 109(2): 620-663, with Arindrajit Dube and Jonathan Leonard.
Universal Screening Increases the Representation of Low Income and Minority Students in Gifted Education” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences November 2016, 113(48): 13678-13683, with David Card.
“Can Tracking Raise the Test Scores of High-Ability Minority Students?” American Economic Review October 2016, 106(10): 2783-2816, with David Card.
“Peer Effects and Multiple Equilibria in the Risky Behaviors of Friends," Review of Economics and Statistics October 2013, 95(4): 1130-1149, with David Card.
"Manager Ethnicity and Employment Segregation,” Industrial and Labor Relations Review April 2013, 66(2): 346-379, with Michael Ransom.
“Minimum Wage Effects on Employment, Substitution, and the Teenage Labor Supply: Evidence from Personnel Data,”, Journal of Labor Economics January 2013, 31(1): 155-194. (H. Gregg Lewis Prize)
“The Effects of Alcohol Use on Academic Achievement in High School,” Economics of Education Review February 2011, Vol. 30, No. 1: 1-15, with Ana Balsa and Michael French.
“Racial Bias in the Manager-Employee Relationship: An Analysis of Quits, Dismissals, and Promotions at a Large Retail Firm,” Journal of Human Resources Winter 2011, Vol. 46, No. 1: 26-52, with Jonathan Leonard and David I. Levine.
“Customer Discrimination,” The Review of Economics and Statistics August 2010, Vol. 92, No. 3: 657-669, with Jonathan Leonard and David I. Levine.
“Manager Race and the Race of New Hires,” Journal of Labor Economics October 2009, Vol. 27, No. 4: 589-631, with David I. Levine and Jonathan Leonard.
- Working paper version: NBER Working Paper No. 33282, December 2024.
- Online appendix
- NBER Digest summary
- AIBM blog
“A Comment on: ‘Goals and Gaps: Educational Careers of Immigrant Children’ by Michela Carlana, Eliana La Ferrara, Paolo Pinotti," Econometrica January 2022, 90(1): 39-42.
“Fairness and Frictions: The Impact of Unequal Raises on Quit Behavior," American Economic Review February 2019, 109(2): 620-663, with Arindrajit Dube and Jonathan Leonard.
- Working paper version: NBER Working Paper No. 24906, August 2018
- Online appendix
Universal Screening Increases the Representation of Low Income and Minority Students in Gifted Education” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences November 2016, 113(48): 13678-13683, with David Card.
- Editor's Choice summary in Science
- Working paper version: NBER Working Paper No. 21519, September 2015.
- NBER Digest summary
- Media coverage: New York Times, Washington Post (#1), Washington Post (#2), Vox, The Atlantic, New York Magazine, Education Week (#1), Education Week (#2)
“Can Tracking Raise the Test Scores of High-Ability Minority Students?” American Economic Review October 2016, 106(10): 2783-2816, with David Card.
- Online appendix
- NBER Digest summary
- Media coverage: New York Times, Washington Post, Vox, The Atlantic, PBS, Hechinger Report, US News, Brookings Institute, Fordham Institute
“Peer Effects and Multiple Equilibria in the Risky Behaviors of Friends," Review of Economics and Statistics October 2013, 95(4): 1130-1149, with David Card.
"Manager Ethnicity and Employment Segregation,” Industrial and Labor Relations Review April 2013, 66(2): 346-379, with Michael Ransom.
“Minimum Wage Effects on Employment, Substitution, and the Teenage Labor Supply: Evidence from Personnel Data,”, Journal of Labor Economics January 2013, 31(1): 155-194. (H. Gregg Lewis Prize)
“The Effects of Alcohol Use on Academic Achievement in High School,” Economics of Education Review February 2011, Vol. 30, No. 1: 1-15, with Ana Balsa and Michael French.
“Racial Bias in the Manager-Employee Relationship: An Analysis of Quits, Dismissals, and Promotions at a Large Retail Firm,” Journal of Human Resources Winter 2011, Vol. 46, No. 1: 26-52, with Jonathan Leonard and David I. Levine.
“Customer Discrimination,” The Review of Economics and Statistics August 2010, Vol. 92, No. 3: 657-669, with Jonathan Leonard and David I. Levine.
“Manager Race and the Race of New Hires,” Journal of Labor Economics October 2009, Vol. 27, No. 4: 589-631, with David I. Levine and Jonathan Leonard.
Grants
"A Generalized Analysis of the Direct and Spillover Effects of Test-based Retention Policies,” Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education; 2024-27; $1,681,417; PI (with David Card, Damon Clark, and Umut Özek).
National Center for Research on Gifted Education; Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education; 2020-2025; $5,000,000; Co-PI.
“Markets Pressures, Firm Wage Policies, and Inequality: Evidence Using Matched Employer-Employee Data,” Russell Sage Foundation, 2020-2022; $36,737, PI (with Arindrajit Dube).
"Test-Based Acceleration in Middle School Math: Impacts on College Entry and STEM Major Choice for High-achieving Students and Under-represented Groups,” Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education; 2019-22; $601,499; with David Card.
"Gifted Education Program Participation and Program Impacts,” Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education; 2011-14; $790,000; with David Card.
National Center for Research on Gifted Education; Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education; 2020-2025; $5,000,000; Co-PI.
“Markets Pressures, Firm Wage Policies, and Inequality: Evidence Using Matched Employer-Employee Data,” Russell Sage Foundation, 2020-2022; $36,737, PI (with Arindrajit Dube).
"Test-Based Acceleration in Middle School Math: Impacts on College Entry and STEM Major Choice for High-achieving Students and Under-represented Groups,” Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education; 2019-22; $601,499; with David Card.
"Gifted Education Program Participation and Program Impacts,” Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education; 2011-14; $790,000; with David Card.
Non-academic writing
"How Gifted Education Can be a Game Change for Disadvantaged Boys" David Card, Eric Chyn and Laura Giuliano. (American Institute for Boys and Men, October 3, 2025)
"Building a Wider, More Diverse Pipeline of Advanced Learners" The National Working Group on Advanced Education (Fordham Institute, June 21, 2023)
“Minimum wage increases by US states fuelled earnings growth in low-wage jobs” Sandra Black, Jason Furman, Laura Giuliano, Wilson Powell (Vox EU, December 2, 2016)
“Student loans and college quality: Effects on borrowers and the economy” Sandra Black, Amy Filipek, Jason Furman, Laura Giuliano, Ayushi Narayan (Vox EU, August 4, 2016)
“Civil Rights Data Show More Work is Needed to Reduce Inequities in K-12 Schools” Sandra Black, Laura Giuliano, Ayushi Narayan (CEA blog, December 9, 2016)
“New Data Show that Roughly One-Quarter of U.S. Workers Hold an Occupational License” Jason Furman and Laura Giuliano (CEA blog, June 17, 2016)
"Building a Wider, More Diverse Pipeline of Advanced Learners" The National Working Group on Advanced Education (Fordham Institute, June 21, 2023)
“Minimum wage increases by US states fuelled earnings growth in low-wage jobs” Sandra Black, Jason Furman, Laura Giuliano, Wilson Powell (Vox EU, December 2, 2016)
“Student loans and college quality: Effects on borrowers and the economy” Sandra Black, Amy Filipek, Jason Furman, Laura Giuliano, Ayushi Narayan (Vox EU, August 4, 2016)
“Civil Rights Data Show More Work is Needed to Reduce Inequities in K-12 Schools” Sandra Black, Laura Giuliano, Ayushi Narayan (CEA blog, December 9, 2016)
“New Data Show that Roughly One-Quarter of U.S. Workers Hold an Occupational License” Jason Furman and Laura Giuliano (CEA blog, June 17, 2016)
