Katharine M Conn
Biographic Data
| ID | 1143229 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Katharine M Conn |
| GIVEN NAMES | Katharine M |
| FAMILY NAME | Conn |
| SIGNATURE | CONN K M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Consortium for Policy Research in Education, Teachers College, Columbia University senior research scientist at the , New York, NY, USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 38 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
How Teaching in Underserved Schools Affects Beliefs about Education Inequality and Reform
What effect does experience as a teacher—the street-level bureaucrat of the education system—have on one’s education policy opinions and beliefs? We consider the case of Teach For America (TFA), a prominent alternative teacher preparation provider with an admissions process that generates quasi-random variation in applicants’ likelihood of being a teacher. We leverage this variation using a regression discontinuity design and collect outcome data…
When Less Is More in Boosting Survey Response Rates
Objectives Previous general population survey research has found that, relative to monetary incentives, altruistic appeals are ineffective in increasing survey response and that offering additional monetary incentives is always desirable. We consider an alternative population—a pro‐social population—and ask whether these same conclusions apply. Methods To evaluate the relative effectiveness of different incentive strategies, we randomly assign in…
When Do the Advantaged See the Disadvantages of Others? A Quasi-Experimental Study of National Service
Are there mechanisms by which the advantaged can see the perspectives of the disadvantaged? If advantaged individuals have prolonged engagement with disadvantaged populations and confront issues of inequality through national service, do they see the world more through the lens of the poor? We explore this question by examining Teach For America (TFA), as TFA is a prominent national service program that integrates top college graduates into low-i…
When Do the Advantaged See the Disadvantages of Others? A Quasi-Experimental Study of National Service
Are there mechanisms by which the advantaged can see the perspectives of the disadvantaged? If advantaged individuals have prolonged engagement with disadvantaged populations and confront issues of inequality through national service, do they see the world more through the lens of the poor? We explore this question by examining Teach For America (TFA), as TFA is a prominent national service program that integrates top college graduates into low-i…
When Less Is More in Boosting Survey Response Rates
Objectives Previous general population survey research has found that, relative to monetary incentives, altruistic appeals are ineffective in increasing survey response and that offering additional monetary incentives is always desirable. We consider an alternative population—a pro‐social population—and ask whether these same conclusions apply. Methods To evaluate the relative effectiveness of different incentive strategies, we randomly assign in…
When Do the Advantaged See the Disadvantages of Others? A Quasi-Experimental Study of National Service
Are there mechanisms by which the advantaged can see the perspectives of the disadvantaged? If advantaged individuals have prolonged engagement with disadvantaged populations and confront issues of inequality through national service, do they see the world more through the lens of the poor? We explore this question by examining Teach For America (TFA), as TFA is a prominent national service program that integrates top college graduates into low-i…
When Less Is More in Boosting Survey Response Rates
Objectives Previous general population survey research has found that, relative to monetary incentives, altruistic appeals are ineffective in increasing survey response and that offering additional monetary incentives is always desirable. We consider an alternative population—a pro‐social population—and ask whether these same conclusions apply. Methods To evaluate the relative effectiveness of different incentive strategies, we randomly assign in…
How Teaching in Underserved Schools Affects Beliefs about Education Inequality and Reform
What effect does experience as a teacher—the street-level bureaucrat of the education system—have on one’s education policy opinions and beliefs? We consider the case of Teach For America (TFA), a prominent alternative teacher preparation provider with an admissions process that generates quasi-random variation in applicants’ likelihood of being a teacher. We leverage this variation using a regression discontinuity design and collect outcome data…
Psychology (3 works) · Economics (2 works) · Inequality (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Altruism (biology) (1 work) · Census and Population Estimation (1 work) · Contact hypothesis (1 work) · Context (archaeology (1 work)