Working Papers

Direct and spillover effects of provider vaccination facilitation (with M. Humlum, A. Suziedelyte, and P. Thingholm)

Patterns, determinants, and consequences of tracking: evidence from Texas public schools (with K. Antonovics, S.E. Black, and A.Y. Meiselman) (Coverage: Econofact)

Implicit performance awards: an empirical analysis of the labor market for public school principals (with M. Mazzeo)

Deductibility of state and local taxes: is there a case for continuing this tax expenditure? (with R. Gordon)

Publications

Cullen, Julie Berry, Eric A. Hanushek, Gregory Phelan, and Steven G. Rivkin. 2024. Performance information and personnel decisions in the public sector: the case of school principals, Journal of Human Resources 59(1):109-40.

Cullen, Julie Berry, Nicholas Turner, and Ebonya Washington, 2021. Political alignment, attitudes toward government and tax evasion, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 13(3):135-66. (NBER WP) (CESifo WP) (Coverage: VOX AEA) (openICPSR Repository)

Cullen, Julie Berry, Cory Koedel, and Eric Parsons, 2021. The compositional effect of rigorous teacher evaluation on workforce quality, Education Finance and Policy 16(1):7-41. (NBER WP) (CESifo WP) (Coverage: Shankar Institute)

Cullen, Julie Berry, Steven D. Levitt, Erin Robertson, and Sally Sadoff, 2013. What can be done to improve struggling high schools?, Journal of Economic Perspectives 27(2):133-52.

Cullen, Julie Berry, Mark C. Long, and Randall Reback, 2013. Jockeying for position: strategic high school choice under Texas' top ten percent plan, Journal of Public Economics 97:32-48.

Gordon, Roger H. and Julie Berry Cullen, 2012. Income redistribution in a federal system of governments, Journal of Public Economics 96(11-12):1100-1109.

Cullen, Julie Berry and Brian A. Jacob, 2009. "Is gaining access to a selective elementary school gaining ground? Evidence from randomized lotteries" in J. Gruber, ed., An Economic Perspective on the Problems of Disadvantaged Youth (Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press). WP

Cullen, Julie Berry and Roger H. Gordon, 2007. Taxes and entrepreneurial risk-taking: theory and evidence for the U.S., Journal of Public Economics 91(7):1479-505.

Cullen, Julie Berry, Brian A. Jacob, and Steven D. Levitt, 2006. The effect of school choice on participants: evidence from randomized lotteries, Econometrica 74(5):1191-1230.

Cullen, Julie Berry and Randall Reback, 2006. "Tinkering toward accolades: school gaming under a performance accountability system" in T. Gronberg and D. Jansen, eds., Improving School Accountability: Check-Ups or Choice, Advances in Applied Microeconomics 14 (Amsterdam: Elsevier Science), pp.1-34.WP

Cullen, Julie Berry and Roger H. Gordon, 2006. "Tax reform and entrepreneurial activity" in J. Poterba, ed., Tax Policy and the Economy 20 (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press), pp.41-71.WP

Cullen, Julie Berry and Roger H. Gordon, 2006. "How do taxes affect entrepreneurial activity? A comparison of U.S. and Swedish law" (in Swedish) in P. Braunerhjelm and J. Wiklund, eds., Entreprenorskap och Tillvaxt: Kunskap, Kommersialisering och Ekonomisk Politik (Stockholm, Sweden: Forum For Smaeforetagsforskning), pp.71-93.WP

Cullen, Julie Berry, Brian A. Jacob, and Steven D. Levitt, 2005. The impact of school choice on student outcomes: an analysis of the Chicago Public Schools, Journal of Public Economics 89(5-6):729-60.

Bound, John, Julie Berry Cullen, Austin Nichols, and Lucie Schmidt, 2004. The welfare implications of increasing disability insurance benefit generosity, Journal of Public Economics 88(12):2487-2514.

Cullen, Julie Berry and Susanna Loeb, 2004. "School finance reform in Michigan: evaluating Proposal A" in J. Yinger, ed., Helping Children Left Behind: State Aid and the Pursuit of Educational Equity (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press), pp. 215-50.WP

Cullen, Julie Berry, 2003. The impact of fiscal incentives on student disability rates, Journal of Public Economics 87(7-8):1557-89.

Cullen, Julie Berry and Steven G. Rivkin, 2003. "The role of special education in school choice" in C. Hoxby, ed., The Economics of School Choice (Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press), pp. 67-106. WP

Cullen, Julie Berry and Susanna Loeb, 2003. K-12 education in Michigan, in C. Ballard, P. Courant, et al., eds., Michigan at the Millennium (East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University Press), pp. 299-321. (Reviewed by Dye, Richard. 2005. National Tax Journal 58:327-30.)

Cullen, Julie Berry and Jonathan Gruber, 2000. Does unemployment insurance crowd out spousal labor supply?, Journal of Labor Economics 18(3):546-572.

Cullen, Julie Berry and Steven D. Levitt, 1999. Crime, urban flight, and the consequences for cities, The Review of Economics and Statistics 81(2):159-169. [Data and programs]