Evan Riehl
Biographic Data
| ID | 6369309 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Evan Riehl |
| GIVEN NAMES | Evan |
| FAMILY NAME | Riehl |
| SIGNATURE | RIEHL E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cornell University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4868-2787 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Direct and Spillover Effects of Large-Scale Affirmative Action at an Elite Brazilian University
We examine the effects of an affirmative action policy at an elite Brazilian university that reserved 45% of admission slots for Black and low-income students. We find that marginally admitted students who enrolled through the affirmative action tracks experienced a 14% increase in early-career earnings. But the adoption of affirmative action also caused a large decrease in earnings for the university’s most highly ranked students. We present evi…
Do Less Informative College Admission Exams Reduce Earnings Inequality? Evidence from Colombia
This paper asks whether reducing the informativeness of college admission exams reduces inequality in postcollege earnings. I examine a 2000 reform of the Colombian college admission exam that sought to reduce bias in scores. The reform reduced test score gaps between high- and low-income students by nearly 50% in some subjects, but it also decreased the exam’s predictive power for abilities that matter in college. I find that the reform caused s…
Disrupted academic careers
Accountability, Test Prep Incentives, and the Design of Math and English Exams
We examine how incentives for test prep varied between math and English language arts (ELA) on U.S. state accountability exams. We collected data on exam structure for grade 3 to 8 tests in six states that are the setting for most U.S. research in literatures where accountability matters. We show that math exams typically measured ability more precisely for students on the margin of achieving proficiency. This gave educators an incentive to spend…
Accountability, Test Prep Incentives, and the Design of Math and English Exams
We examine how incentives for test prep varied between math and English language arts (ELA) on U.S. state accountability exams. We collected data on exam structure for grade 3 to 8 tests in six states that are the setting for most U.S. research in literatures where accountability matters. We show that math exams typically measured ability more precisely for students on the margin of achieving proficiency. This gave educators an incentive to spend…
Disrupted academic careers
Accountability, Test Prep Incentives, and the Design of Math and English Exams
We examine how incentives for test prep varied between math and English language arts (ELA) on U.S. state accountability exams. We collected data on exam structure for grade 3 to 8 tests in six states that are the setting for most U.S. research in literatures where accountability matters. We show that math exams typically measured ability more precisely for students on the margin of achieving proficiency. This gave educators an incentive to spend…
Do Less Informative College Admission Exams Reduce Earnings Inequality? Evidence from Colombia
This paper asks whether reducing the informativeness of college admission exams reduces inequality in postcollege earnings. I examine a 2000 reform of the Colombian college admission exam that sought to reduce bias in scores. The reform reduced test score gaps between high- and low-income students by nearly 50% in some subjects, but it also decreased the exam’s predictive power for abilities that matter in college. I find that the reform caused s…
The Direct and Spillover Effects of Large-Scale Affirmative Action at an Elite Brazilian University
We examine the effects of an affirmative action policy at an elite Brazilian university that reserved 45% of admission slots for Black and low-income students. We find that marginally admitted students who enrolled through the affirmative action tracks experienced a 14% increase in early-career earnings. But the adoption of affirmative action also caused a large decrease in earnings for the university’s most highly ranked students. We present evi…
Economics (4 works) · School Choice and Performance (3 works) · Accounting (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Demographic economics (2 works) · Download (2 works) · Earnings (2 works) · Higher Education Research Studies (2 works) · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (2 works) · Labour economics (2 works)