Katharine Conn

Biographic Data

ID4396246
NAMEKatharine Conn
GIVEN NAMESKatharine
FAMILY NAMEConn
SIGNATURECONN K
AFFILIATIONSColumbia University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS43
WORKS AS AUTHOR5
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2018
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX3

  • Differential efficacy of survey incentives across contexts

    Open AccessKatharine Conn, Cecilia Hyunjung Mo et al.ARTICLEPolitical Science Research and…2025Cited by: 1References: 11

    Scholars often use monetary incentives to boost participation rates in online surveys. This technique follows existing literature from western countries, which suggests egoistic incentives effectively boost survey participation. Positing that incentives’ effectiveness vary by country context, we tested this proposition through an experiment in Australia, India, and the USA. We compared three types of monetary lotteries to narrative and altruistic…

  • How Teaching in Underserved Schools Affects Beliefs about Education Inequality and Reform

    Open AccessKatharine M Conn, Katharine Conn et al.ARTICLEPublic Opinion Quarterly2022References: 26

    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…

  • Youth national service and women's political ambition

    Cecilia Hyunjung Mo, Katharine Conn et al.ARTICLEPolitics Groups and Identities2019Cited by: 4References: 24

    Could a prior history of activism through national service engender political ambition in women? We explore this question by examining Teach For America (TFA), as TFA is a prominent national service program that exposes participants to important policy issues, namely education inequality, is an attractive program to high-achieving women, and employs a selection model that allows for causal inference. A fuzzy regression discontinuity approach util…

  • When Less Is More in Boosting Survey Response Rates

    Open AccessKatharine M Conn, Katharine Conn et al.ARTICLESocial Science Quarterly2019Cited by: 6References: 21

    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

    Open AccessCecilia Hyunjung Mo, Katharine M Conn et al.ARTICLEAmerican Political Science Review2018Cited by: 32References: 64

    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…