Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

• Smith, Jonathan, Joshua Goodman, & Michael Hurwitz. 2025. “The Economic Impacts of Access to Public Four-Year Colleges,” Journal of Human Resources, forthcoming.
  • Media Highlights: Inside Higher Ed, Education Dive
    
    
• Mabel, Zack, Michael Hurwitz, Matea Pender & Brooke White. 2023 .”Delivering Personalized Course Recommendations at Scale on Advanced Placement Participation and Performance“, Education Finance and Policy, 18(1): 74-96.
  
  
• Mabel, Zack, Jessica Howell, Michael Hurwitz & Greg Perfetto. 2022. “Diversifying Selective Colleges: The Effects of Standardizing Applicant High School and Neighborhood Information on College Admissions and Enrollment,” Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 44(3): 505-531.
  • Media Highlights: Brookings, Inside Higher Ed, The New York Times
    
    
• Smith, Jonathan, Jessica Howell & Michael Hurwitz. 2022. “The Impact of College Outreach on High Schoolers’ College Choices-Results from Over 1,000 Natural Experiments,” Education Finance and Policy, 17(1), 105-128.
  
  
• Bastedo, Michael N., D’Wayne Bell, Jessica Howell, Julian Hsu, Michael Hurwitz, Greg Perfetto & Meredith Welch. 2022. “Admitting Students in Context: Field Experiments on Information Dashboards in College Admissions,” Journal of Higher Education, 93(3): 327-374.
  
  
• Avery, Christopher, Benjamin L. Castleman, Michael Hurwitz, Bridget T. Long & Lindsay C. Page. 2021. “Digital Messaging to Improve College Enrollment and Success,” Economics of Education Review, 84: 102170.
  
  
• Altmejd, Adam, Andres Barrios-Fernandez, Marin Drlje, Joshua Goodman, Michael Hurwitz, Dejan Kovac, Christine Mulhern, Christopher Neilson & Jonathan Smith. 2021. “O Brother, Where Start Thou? Sibling Spillovers on College and Major Choice in Four Countries,” Quarterly Journal of Economics, 136(3): 1831-1886.
  • Media Highlights: The New York Times, Inside Higher Ed
    
    
• Gurantz, Oded, Jessica Howell, Michael Hurwitz, Cassandra Larson, Matea Pender & Brooke White. 2021. “A National-Level Informational Experiment to Promote Enrollment in Selective Colleges,” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 40(2): 453-479.
  • Media Highlights: Chalkbeat, Education Dive, Inside Higher Ed
    
    
• Gurantz, Oded. Michael Hurwitz & Jonathan Smith. 2020. “Sibling Effects on High School Exam Taking and Performance,” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 178: 534-549.
  
  
• Mabel, Zack, C.J. Libassi & Michael Hurwitz. 2020. “The Value of Using Early-Career Earnings Data in the College Scorecard to Guide College Choices,” Economics of Education Review, 75: 1-16.
  
  
• Park, Jisung, Joshua Goodman, Michael Hurwitz & Jonathan Smith. 2020. “Heat and Learning,” American Economic Journal- Policy, 12(2): 306-339.
  • Media Highlights: The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Hechinger Report, Slate
    
    
• Boatman, Angela, Michael Hurwitz, Jason Lee & Jonathan Smith. 2020. “The Impact of Prior Learning Assessments on College Completion and Financial Outcomes,” The Journal of Human Resources, 55(4): 1161-1193.
  • Media Highlights: Military Times
    
    
• Hurwitz, Michael & Jonathan Smith. 2018. “Student Responsiveness to Earnings Data in the College Scorecard,” Economic Inquiry, 56(2): 1220-1243.
  • Media Highlights: The Chronicle of Higher Education
    
    
• Avery, Christopher, Oded Gurantz, Michael Hurwitz & Jonathan Smith. 2018. “Shifting College Majors in Response to Advanced Placement Exam Scores,” Journal of Human Resources, 53(4): 918-956.
  • Media Highlights: Quartz
    
    
• Gurantz, Oded, Michael Hurwitz & Jonathan Smith. 2017. “College Enrollment and Completion Among Nationally Recognized High-Achieving Hispanic Students,” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 36(1): 126-153.
  • Media Highlights: Education Next, JPAM Featured Article
    
    
• Goodman, Joshua, Michael Hurwitz & Jonathan Smith. 2017 “Access to Four-Year Public Colleges and Degree Completion,” Journal of Labor Economics, 35(3): 829-867.
  • Media Highlights: The New York Times, The Washington Post, Bloomberg, FiveThirtyEight, The Atlantic, Inside Higher Ed, Education Week
    
    
• Smith, Jonathan, Michael Hurwitz & Christopher Avery. 2017. “Giving College Credit Where it is Due: Advanced Placement Exam Scores and College Outcomes,” Journal of Labor Economics, 35(1): 67-147.
  • Media Highlights: Education Week
    
    
• Hurwitz, Michael, Preeya P. Mbekeani, Margaret M. Nipson & Lindsay C. Page. 2017. “Surprising Ripple Effects: How Changing the SAT Score-Sending Policy for Low-Income Students Impacts College Access and Success,” Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 39(1): 77-103.
  • Media Highlights: Pacific Standard
    
    
• Smith, Jonathan, Michael Hurwitz & Jessica Howell. 2015. “Screening Mechanisms and Student Responses in the College Market,” Economics of Education Review, 44: 17-28.
  
  
• Goodman, Joshua, Michael Hurwitz, Jonathan Smith & Julia Fox. 2015. “The Relationship Between Siblings’ College Choices: Evidence from One Million SAT-Taking Families,” Economics of Education Review, 48: 75-85.
  
  
• Hurwitz, Michael, Jonathan Smith, Sunny Niu & Jessica Howell. 2015. “The Maine Question: How is Four-Year College Enrollment Affected by Mandatory College Entrance Exams?” Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 37: 138-159.
  • Media Highlights: The New York Times, Education Week, Inside Higher Ed
    
    
• Hurwitz, Michael, Jonathan Smith & Jessica Howell. 2015. “Student Age and the Collegiate Pathway,” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 34(1): 59-84.
  • Media Highlights: Education Week
    
    
• Hurwitz, Michael & Jessica Howell. 2014. “Estimating Causal Impacts of School Counselors Using Regression Discontinuity Designs,” Journal of Counseling and Development, 92(3): 316-327.
  • Spotlight: Increasing College Opportunity for Low-Income Students: The Executive Office of the President
    
    
• Hurwitz, Michael. 2012. “The Impact of Institutional Grant Aid on College Choice,” Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 34(4): 344-363.
  
  
• Weiland, Christina, Christopher Wolfe, Michael Hurwitz, Douglas Clements, Julie Sarama & Hirokazu Yoshikawa. 2012. “Early Mathematics Assessment: Validation of the Short Form of a Prekindergarten and Kindergarten Mathematics Measure,” Educational Psychology, 32(3): 311-333.
  
  
• Hurwitz, Michael. 2011. “The Impact of Legacy Status on Undergraduate Admissions at Elite Colleges and Universities,” Economics of Education Review, 30(3): 480-492.
  • Media Highlights: The New York Times, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Huffington Post
    
    
• Hurwitz, Michael, Daniel Ricciuto, Peter Bakwin, Kenneth Davis, Weiguo Wang, Chiuxiang Yi & Martha Butler. 2004 “Transport of Carbon Dioxide in the Presence of Storm Systems over a Northern Wisconsin Forest,” Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 61(5): 607-618. 
  

Book Chapters

• Howell, Jessica, Michael Hurwitz, Samuel Imlay & Greg Perfetto. 2023. “Educational Context Matters: The Importance of Environmental Information in College Admissions,” In College Admissions and Admissions Testing in a Time of Transformational Change, Edited by Kurt F. Geisinger, Routledge Press: New York, NY. 
  
  
• Hurwitz, Michael & Jason Lee. 2018. “Grade Inflation and the Role of Standardized Testing,” In Measuring Success: Testing, Grades, and the Future of College Admissions, Edited by Buckley, Jack, Lynn Letukas, & Ben Wildavsky, Johns Hopkins Press: Baltimore, MD.
  • Media Highlights: USA Today (Front Page), The Hechinger Report
    
    
• Hurwitz, Michael & Meredith Welch. 2018. “Crossing the Finish Line Decade Follow Up: The Influence of the SAT and High School Grades on College Completion,” In Measuring Success: Testing, Grades, and the Future of College Admissions, Edited by Buckley, Jack, Lynn Letukas, & Ben Wildavsky, Johns Hopkins Press: Baltimore, MD.
  
  
• Goodman, Joshua, Michael Hurwitz & Jonathan Smith. 2016. “The Effect of State Policy on College Choice and Match,” In Matching Students to Opportunity, Edited by Kelly, Andrew, Jessica Howell, and Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj, Harvard University Press: Cambridge, MA.
  
  

Select Works in Progress

• “Strategic Disclosure of Test Scores: Evidence from US College Admissions” (with Brian McManus & Jessica Howell). Available as an Annenberg working paper. Strategic Disclosure of Test Scores: Evidence from US College Admissions. Revise and Resubmit at The Review of Economics and Statistics
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• “Understanding Variation in Post-College Earnings: Evidence from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard” (with Michael Bloem & Xiaowen Hu). Revise and Resubmit at Education Finance and Policy
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• “College Admissions Under Test-Optional Policies: Evidence from the Admissions Research Consortium” (with Michael Bastedo, Ashley Edwards, Parker Goyer, Jessica Howell, Sam Imlay).
  
  
• “Shifting Policies and Access: How the SCOTUS Affirmative Action Ban and FAFSA Disruption Impacted the College Enrollment Choices of the 2024 High School Graduates” (with Michael Bloem, Ashley Edwards, Parker Goyer, Jessica Howell, Xiaowen Hu, Samuel Imlay, Jennifer Ma, Matea Pender)