Christopher R Walters
Biographic Data
| ID | 5867446 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christopher R Walters |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christopher R |
| FAMILY NAME | Walters |
| SIGNATURE | WALTERS C R |
| AFFILIATIONS | New York University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Augmenting State Capacity for Child Development
The Demand for Effective Charter Schools
This paper studies the demand for charter schools in Boston, Massachusetts, with an emphasis on comparative advantage in school choice. I model charter school application and attendance decisions in a generalized Roy selection framework that links students’ preferences to the achievement gains generated by charter attendance. I estimate the model using instruments based on randomized admission lotteries and distance to charter schools. The estima…
Evaluating Public Programs with Close Substitutes
We use data from the Head Start Impact Study (HSIS) to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of Head Start, the largest early childhood education program in the United States. Head Start draws roughly a third of its participants from competing preschool programs, many of which receive public funds. We show that accounting for the fiscal impacts of such program substitution pushes estimates of Head Start’s benefit-cost ratio well above one under a wide …
Who Benefits from Kipp
The nation's largest charter management organization is the K nowledge is P ower P rogram ( KIPP ). KIPP schools are emblematic of the N o E xcuses approach to public education, a highly standardized and widely replicated charter model that features a long school day, an extended school year, selective teacher hiring, strict behavior norms, and emphasizes traditional reading and math skills. N o E xcuses charter schools are sometimes said to targ…
Who Benefits from Kipp
The nation's largest charter management organization is the K nowledge is P ower P rogram ( KIPP ). KIPP schools are emblematic of the N o E xcuses approach to public education, a highly standardized and widely replicated charter model that features a long school day, an extended school year, selective teacher hiring, strict behavior norms, and emphasizes traditional reading and math skills. N o E xcuses charter schools are sometimes said to targ…
The Demand for Effective Charter Schools
This paper studies the demand for charter schools in Boston, Massachusetts, with an emphasis on comparative advantage in school choice. I model charter school application and attendance decisions in a generalized Roy selection framework that links students’ preferences to the achievement gains generated by charter attendance. I estimate the model using instruments based on randomized admission lotteries and distance to charter schools. The estima…
Who Benefits from Kipp
The nation's largest charter management organization is the K nowledge is P ower P rogram ( KIPP ). KIPP schools are emblematic of the N o E xcuses approach to public education, a highly standardized and widely replicated charter model that features a long school day, an extended school year, selective teacher hiring, strict behavior norms, and emphasizes traditional reading and math skills. N o E xcuses charter schools are sometimes said to targ…
Evaluating Public Programs with Close Substitutes
We use data from the Head Start Impact Study (HSIS) to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of Head Start, the largest early childhood education program in the United States. Head Start draws roughly a third of its participants from competing preschool programs, many of which receive public funds. We show that accounting for the fiscal impacts of such program substitution pushes estimates of Head Start’s benefit-cost ratio well above one under a wide …
The Demand for Effective Charter Schools
This paper studies the demand for charter schools in Boston, Massachusetts, with an emphasis on comparative advantage in school choice. I model charter school application and attendance decisions in a generalized Roy selection framework that links students’ preferences to the achievement gains generated by charter attendance. I estimate the model using instruments based on randomized admission lotteries and distance to charter schools. The estima…
Augmenting State Capacity for Child Development
Economics (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Mathematics education (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · School Choice and Performance (3 works) · Charter (2 works) · Charter school (2 works) · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (2 works)