Brian Jacob

Funded Research:

Why are Some Charter Schools More Effective than Others? Econometric Methods and Empirical Evidence from Massachusetts, Michigan, and Texas. (U.S. Department of Education)

Identifying Effective Teachers During the Hiring Process (Smith Richardson Foundation, Inc.)

IES Center Proposal National Research and Development Center on Postsecondary Education and Employment (U. S. Department of Health and Human Services - Agency for Health Care Research and Quality)

Measuring and Understanding the Effectiveness of Michigan Charter Schools, Ammended Y2-3 (Smith Richardson Foundation, Inc.)

Measuring and Understanding the Effectiveness of Michigan Charter Schools (Smith Richardson Foundation, Inc.)

University of Michigan Post-doctoral Training Program in Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Methods for Education Research (U.S. Department of Education)

Response to Market Threats: How Michigan Public Schools React to a Growing Charter School Movement (Spencer Foundation)

The Impact of the Michigan Merit Curriculum and Michigan Promise Scholarship on Student Outcomes (U.S. Department of Education)

Youth Violence and Housing Programs to Deconcentrate Poverty (CDC)

The Relationship Between Teacher Characteristics, Teacher Attitudes Towards Merit Pay, and Student Achievement (U.S. Department of Education)

Challenges and Opportunities in Economic and Workforce Development: A Survey of Michigan Officials (Kellogg)

Ph.D., University of Chicago

Brian Jacob is the Walter H. Annenberg Professor of Education Policy, Professor of Economics, and Director of the Center on Local, State and Urban Policy (CLOSUP) at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. He is also a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research and an Executive Committee Member of the National Poverty Center. He has previously served as a policy analyst in the NYC Mayor's Office and taught middle school in East Harlem. His primary fields of interest are labor economics, program evaluation, and the economics of education. His current research focuses on urban school reform and teacher labor markets. In recent work, he has examined school choice, education accountability programs, housing vouchers, and teacher labor markets.