Dora Gicheva
Biographic Data
| ID | 1203201 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dora Gicheva |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dora |
| FAMILY NAME | Gicheva |
| SIGNATURE | GICHEVA D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of North Carolina at Greensboro |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7180-6595 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Postsecondary Gaps in Recovery From the Covid-19 Pandemic: Evidence From Public Colleges and Universities
We study changes in postsecondary student performance during and after the COVID-19 pandemic using administrative data on all 2015–2022 high school graduates in North Carolina who enrolled in an in-state public institution. Successful course completion rates increased briefly at 4-year institutions at the start of the pandemic, but at both 2- and 4-year institutions, success rates and credit earning decreased for later cohorts. These declines hav…
Effects of state funding cuts on program offerings at public universities
This paper examines how public four-year institutions adjust their program offerings in different fields in response to changes in state appropriations for higher education. Using a shift-share identification approach that interacts state-level fluctuations in funding for higher education with baseline institutional reliance on appropriations, I show that public institutions offer fewer programs in the natural sciences, social sciences, and educa…
Public sector entrepreneurship, politics, and innovation
Teachers’ Working Hours During the Covid-19 Pandemic
This study uses nationally representative data for the United States from the Basic Monthly Current Population Survey to document how teachers’ hours of work have changed in 2020 and 2021 relative to typical labor supply levels and to the hours worked by other college-educated professional workers. Controlling for demographics, teachers’ hours decreased early in the pandemic, but throughout the 2020–2021 school year teachers have been working mor…
Altruism and Burnout: Long Hours in the Teaching Profession
This article explores why many public school teachers work substantially more hours than required by contract, given that the elasticity of their earnings with respect to their hours is close to zero. The author introduces a theoretical framework for public-sector employees in which high levels of effort can indicate either altruism (for intrinsically motivated employees) or low productivity (for low-ability employees). Because intrinsically moti…
High tech, high touch: The impact of an online course intervention on academic performance and persistence in higher education
Innovative activity and gender dynamics
Using Mixed Methods to Explore Variations in Impact Within RCTs: The Case of Project Compass
Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in education are common as the design allows for an unbiased estimate of the overall impact of a program. As more RCTs are completed, researchers are also noting that an overall average impact may mask substantial variation across sites or groups of individuals. Mixed methods can provide insight and help in unpacking some of the reasons for these variations in impact. This article contributes to the field of mi…
Occupational Social Value and Returns to Long Hours
This paper examines the phenomenon of uncompensated long hours in jobs with pro‐social characteristics and presents evidence that long‐hour wage premiums and occupational social value are substitutes in compensating salaried workers who supply hours exceeding the standard working week. I show that the social value of an occupation—in particular the degree to which jobs involve helping or providing service to others—is inversely related to long‐ho…
Career Implications of Having a Female-Friendly Supervisor
The authors study how variations in supervisors' attitudes toward working with females generate gender differences in workers' observed career outcomes. The employment records of athletic directors and head coaches in a set of NCAA Division I programs provide longitudinal matched employer-worker data. Supervisors are observed at multiple establishments, which allows the authors to construct a measure of revealed type and to examine its role for t…
Occupational Social Value and Returns to Long Hours
This paper examines the phenomenon of uncompensated long hours in jobs with pro‐social characteristics and presents evidence that long‐hour wage premiums and occupational social value are substitutes in compensating salaried workers who supply hours exceeding the standard working week. I show that the social value of an occupation—in particular the degree to which jobs involve helping or providing service to others—is inversely related to long‐ho…
Teachers’ Working Hours During the Covid-19 Pandemic
This study uses nationally representative data for the United States from the Basic Monthly Current Population Survey to document how teachers’ hours of work have changed in 2020 and 2021 relative to typical labor supply levels and to the hours worked by other college-educated professional workers. Controlling for demographics, teachers’ hours decreased early in the pandemic, but throughout the 2020–2021 school year teachers have been working mor…
Altruism and Burnout: Long Hours in the Teaching Profession
This article explores why many public school teachers work substantially more hours than required by contract, given that the elasticity of their earnings with respect to their hours is close to zero. The author introduces a theoretical framework for public-sector employees in which high levels of effort can indicate either altruism (for intrinsically motivated employees) or low productivity (for low-ability employees). Because intrinsically moti…
Using Mixed Methods to Explore Variations in Impact Within RCTs: The Case of Project Compass
Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in education are common as the design allows for an unbiased estimate of the overall impact of a program. As more RCTs are completed, researchers are also noting that an overall average impact may mask substantial variation across sites or groups of individuals. Mixed methods can provide insight and help in unpacking some of the reasons for these variations in impact. This article contributes to the field of mi…
Career Implications of Having a Female-Friendly Supervisor
The authors study how variations in supervisors' attitudes toward working with females generate gender differences in workers' observed career outcomes. The employment records of athletic directors and head coaches in a set of NCAA Division I programs provide longitudinal matched employer-worker data. Supervisors are observed at multiple establishments, which allows the authors to construct a measure of revealed type and to examine its role for t…
Occupational Social Value and Returns to Long Hours
This paper examines the phenomenon of uncompensated long hours in jobs with pro‐social characteristics and presents evidence that long‐hour wage premiums and occupational social value are substitutes in compensating salaried workers who supply hours exceeding the standard working week. I show that the social value of an occupation—in particular the degree to which jobs involve helping or providing service to others—is inversely related to long‐ho…
High tech, high touch: The impact of an online course intervention on academic performance and persistence in higher education
Innovative activity and gender dynamics
Using Mixed Methods to Explore Variations in Impact Within RCTs: The Case of Project Compass
Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in education are common as the design allows for an unbiased estimate of the overall impact of a program. As more RCTs are completed, researchers are also noting that an overall average impact may mask substantial variation across sites or groups of individuals. Mixed methods can provide insight and help in unpacking some of the reasons for these variations in impact. This article contributes to the field of mi…
Public sector entrepreneurship, politics, and innovation
Teachers’ Working Hours During the Covid-19 Pandemic
This study uses nationally representative data for the United States from the Basic Monthly Current Population Survey to document how teachers’ hours of work have changed in 2020 and 2021 relative to typical labor supply levels and to the hours worked by other college-educated professional workers. Controlling for demographics, teachers’ hours decreased early in the pandemic, but throughout the 2020–2021 school year teachers have been working mor…
Altruism and Burnout: Long Hours in the Teaching Profession
This article explores why many public school teachers work substantially more hours than required by contract, given that the elasticity of their earnings with respect to their hours is close to zero. The author introduces a theoretical framework for public-sector employees in which high levels of effort can indicate either altruism (for intrinsically motivated employees) or low productivity (for low-ability employees). Because intrinsically moti…
Effects of state funding cuts on program offerings at public universities
This paper examines how public four-year institutions adjust their program offerings in different fields in response to changes in state appropriations for higher education. Using a shift-share identification approach that interacts state-level fluctuations in funding for higher education with baseline institutional reliance on appropriations, I show that public institutions offer fewer programs in the natural sciences, social sciences, and educa…
Postsecondary Gaps in Recovery From the Covid-19 Pandemic: Evidence From Public Colleges and Universities
We study changes in postsecondary student performance during and after the COVID-19 pandemic using administrative data on all 2015–2022 high school graduates in North Carolina who enrolled in an in-state public institution. Successful course completion rates increased briefly at 4-year institutions at the start of the pandemic, but at both 2- and 4-year institutions, success rates and credit earning decreased for later cohorts. These declines hav…
Psychology (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Higher Education Research Studies (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Demographic economics (3 works) · Engineering (3 works) · Higher education (3 works) · Medicine (3 works)