Christopher Neilson

Biographic Data

ID1220193
NAMEChristopher Neilson
GIVEN NAMESChristopher
FAMILY NAMENeilson
SIGNATURENEILSON C
AFFILIATIONSPrinceton University
ORCID0000-0001-6180-2451
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS13
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2008
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX3

  • Lights, camera, school

    Open AccessFrancisco Gallego, Francisco A Gallego et al.ARTICLEJournal of Development Economics2025References: 4

  • Report cards

    Open AccessMichael A Borger, Michael Borger et al.ARTICLEEconomics of Education Review2024

    This paper studies school choice and information frictions in Haiti. Through a randomized control trial, we assess the impact of disclosing school-level test score information on learning outcomes, prices, and market shares. We find evidence that in markets where information was disclosed, students attending private schools increased test scores. The results also suggest private schools with higher baseline test scores increased their market shar…

  • Aftermarket Frictions and the Cost of Off-Platform Options in Centralized Assignment Mechanisms

    Adam Kapor, Mohit Karnani et al.ARTICLEJournal of Political Economy2024Cited by: 1References: 2

  • Small firms and the pandemic

    Open AccessMaria Elena Guerrero-Amezaga, John Eric Humphries et al.ARTICLEJournal of Development Economics2021Cited by: 4

  • The Gender Gap in Mathematics

    Prashant Bharadwaj, Giacomo De Giorgi et al.ARTICLEEconomic Development and Cultural…2016Cited by: 3References: 22

    Using a large administrative data set from Chile, we find that on average boys perform better than girls in math. In this article, we document several features of boys versus girls’ relative performance in math. First, we note that the gender gap appears to increase with age (doubles between fourth grade and eighth grade). Second, we test whether commonly proposed explanations such as parental background and investments, unobserved ability, and c…

  • The Dynamics of Poverty in Chile

    Open AccessChristopher Neilson, Dante Contreras et al.ARTICLEJournal of Latin American Studies2008Cited by: 5References: 8

    This paper uses the 1996-2001 National Socioeconomic Survey panel database to analyse poverty dynamics in Chile, drawing a distinction between chronic and transient poverty. We found that while 20 per cent of the population was living below the official poverty line both in 1996 and 2001, only 9 per cent of the population was poor at both dates. We also found that when the poverty line was raised, the amount of households which could be considere…