Sarah E. Turner

Ph.D., University of Michigan

Dr. Turner specializes in research on the economics of education in the United States. She has written extensively on the economics of higher education, including the behavioral effects of financial aid policies and the entry of new providers. She is currently collaborating with John Bound on a Russell Sage Foundation-supported project analyzing mobility of college-educated workers using U.S. census data.

Recent Publications

Journal Articles

Pallais, Amanda, and Sarah E. Turner. Forthcoming. "Access to Elites: The Growth of Programs to Increase Opportunities for Low-Income Students at Selective Universities." Economic Inequality and Higher Education: Access, Persistence, and Success.New York: Russell Sage Foundation.

Bound, John, and Sarah E. Turner. 2007. "Cohort crowding: How resources affect collegiate attainment." Journal of Public Economics, 91(5-6): 877-899. DOI:10.1016/j.jpubeco.2006.07.006. Licensed Access.

Pallais, A., and Sarah E. Turner. 2006. "Opportunities for low-income students at top colleges and universities: Policy initiatives and the distribution of students." National Tax Journal, 59(2): 357-386.

Krueger, Alan, Jesse Rothstein, and Sarah E. Turner. 2006. "Race, Income and College in 25 Years: Evaluating Justice O'Connor's Conjecture." American Law and Economics Review, 8(2): 282-311. DOI:10.1093/aler/ahl004. Licensed Access.

Howell, C., and Sarah E. Turner. 2004. "Legacies in Black and White: the Racial Composition of the Legacy Pool." Research in Higher Education, 45(4): 325-351. DOI: 10.1023/B:RIHE.0000027390.19997.f4. Licensed Access.

Bound, John, J. Groen, G. Kezdi, and Sarah E. Turner. 2004. "Trade in University Training: Cross-State Variation in the Production and Stock of College-Educated Labor." Journal of Econometrics, 121(1-2): 143-173. DOI:10.1016/j.jeconom.2003.10.012. Licensed Access.

Chapters

Fitzpatrick, Maria, and Sarah E. Turner. Forthcoming. "Blurring the Boundary: Changes in the Transition from College Participation to Adulthood." In The Economics of the Transition to Adulthood. edited by Danziger, Danziger and Cecilia Rouse . New York: Russell Sage Foundation.

Blanchard, E., Bound, John, and Sarah E. Turner. 2009. "Opening (and Closing) Doors: Country-Specific Shocks in U.S. Doctoral Education." In Doctoral education and the faculty of the future edited by Ehrenberg, Ronald G., Kuh, Charlotte V.. :224-248. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.

Turner, Sarah E. 2007. "Higher Education: Policies Generating the 21st Century Workforce." In Workforce Policies for a Changing Economy edited by Holzer, H. and D. Nightingale . Washington DC. Urban Institute Press.

Turner, Sarah E. 2006. "Higher Tuition, Higher Aid and the Quest to Improve Opportunities for Low Income Students in Selective, Public Higher Education." In What's Happening to Public Higher Education edited by Ehrenberg, Ronald. 251-274. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press for the American Council on Education.

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