Ben Ost, PhD
Associate Professor
Economics
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718 UH
Address:
601 S Morgan St.
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Selected Publications
OK Boomer: Generational Differences in Teacher Quality. Journal of Public Economics, 2025. (with Nhu Nguyen and Javaeria Qureshi)
College Networks: The Importance of Employer Connections. Journal of Labor Economics, 2024. (with Weixiang Pan and Doug Webber)
Omitted variable bias in interacted models: A cautionary tale. Review of Economics and Statistics, 2023. (with Ben Feigenberg and Javaeria Qureshi)
“The Returns to College for Marginal Students: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from University Dismissal Policies” Journal of Labor Economics 2018, 36(3), 779-805. (with Weixiang Pan and Doug Webber)
“How do Teachers Improve? The Relative Importance of General and Specific Human Capital” American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2014, 6(2): 127-151.
Education
PhD, Cornell University, 2011
Research Currently in Progress
Economics of Education, Labor Economics, Applied Econmetrics