Jane Arnold Lincove, PhD.
​School of Public Policy
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Current Projects and Working Papers

Do Charter Schools Keep their Best Teachers and Improve Quality: Retention and Rewards for Teachers in New Orleans 
with Nathan Barrett, Deven Carlson, and Douglas N. Harris​
Forthcoming in ​EEPA

A Bridge to Graduation: Testing the Effects of An Alternative Pathway for Students Who Fail Exit Exams

with Kalena Cortes and Catherine Mata

The Effects of School Closure on the Teacher Labor Market: Evidence from Portfolio Management in New Orleans
with Nathan Barrett and Deven Carlson

The Effects of Public Quality Ratings on Parents' Early Childhood Program Preference
with Lindsay Bell-Weixler, Matt Larsen, and Cathy Balfe

New Orleans Student Commute Times by Car, Public Transit, and School Bus
with Jon Valant

School Choice and Charter Schools

The Provision of Pre-K in the Absence of Centralized School Management
with Lindsay Weixler and Alica Gerry
American Education Research Journal

You Can't Always Get What you Want: Capacity Constraints in a Choice-Based School System
with Jon Valant and Joshua Cowen
Education Finance and Policy

What’s in Your Portfolio? How Parents Rank Traditional Public, Private, and Charter Schools in Post-Katrina New Orleans’ Citywide System of School Choice.
with Joshua Cowen and Jason Imbrogno
Education Finance and Policy

Lessons from Hurricane Katrina: The Employment Effects of the Mass Dismissal of New Orleans Teachers
with Nathan Barrett and Katharine O. Strunk
Educational Researcher

New Orleans Student Commute Times by Car, Public Transit, and School Bus
with Jon Valant
Urban Institute

The Road to School: How Students Travel to School in the Choice-rich Cities of Denver, Detroit, New Orleans, New York City, and Washington DC
with Kristin Blagg, Matthew Chingos, Sean P. Corcoran, Sarah A. Cordes, Joshua Cowen, Patrick Denice, Betheny Gross, Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj, Amy Ellen Schwartz, and Jon Valant
Urban Institute 

Many Options in New Orleans Choice System
with Paula Arce-Trigatti, Douglas N. Harris, and Huriya Jabbar
​Education Next, 15(4)

​Does the Age that Children Start Kindergarten Matter? 
with Gary Painter
Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 28(2)​
College Access
Apply Yourself: Racial and Ethnic Differences in College Application Behavior
with Sandra E. Black and Kalena Cortes
Education Finance and Policy

Efficacy vs. Equity: What Happens When States Tinker with College Admissions in a Race-Blind Era?
with Sandra E. Black and Kalena Cortes
Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Can Admissions Percent Plans Lead to Better Collegiate Fit for Minority Students?
with Kalena Cortes
American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings

Academic Undermatching of High-Achieving Minority Students: Evidence from “Race-Neutral” and Holistic Admissions Policies
with Sandra E. Black and Kalena Cortes
American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings

Can You Leave High School Behind?
with Sandra Black, Jennifer Cullinane, and Rachel Veron
Economics of Education Review

Teacher Quality and Preparation
When Tenure Ends: The Short-run Effects of the Elimination of Louisiana's Teacher Retirement Protections on Teacher Exit and Retirement
with Nathan Barrett and Katharine O. Strunk
Education Economics

Lessons from Hurricane Katrina: The Employment Effects of the Mass Dismissal of New Orleans Teachers
with Nathan Barrett and Katharine O. Strunk
Education Researcher

Evaluating Teachers in the Big Easy: How Organizational Context Shapes Policy Responses in New Orleans
with Julie A. Marsh, Susan Bush-Mecenas, Katharine O. Strunk, and Alice Huguet
Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Teacher Quality Difference between Teacher Preparation Programs: How Big? How Reliable? Which Programs are Different?
with Paul von Hippel, Cynthia Osborne, Nicholas Mills, and Laura Bellow
Economics of Education Review

Teacher Preparation for Profit or Prestige: Analysis of a Diverse Market
with Cynthia Osborne, Nick Mills, and Laura Bellows
Journal of Teacher Education

The Politics and Statistics of Value-Added Modeling for Accountability of Teacher Preparation Programs
with Cynthia Osborne, Nick Mills, and Amanda Dillon
Journal of Teacher Education
International Education
The Influence of Conditional Cash Transfers on Eligible Children and Their Siblings
with Adam Parker
Education Economics
Link to PDF
Improving Identification of Demand-side Obstacles to Schooling: Findings from Revealed and Stated Preference Models in Two SSA Countries
World Development
Link to PDF
The Influence of Price on School Enrollment under Uganda’s Policy of Free Primary Education
Economics of Education Review
Link to PDF
Access to Education & Demand for Education
In Encyclopedia of Education Economics and Finance.  Dominic Brewer and Lawrence Picus (Eds.) Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE Publications.
Link to book.
Determinants of School for Boys and Girls in Nigeria Under a Policy of Free Primary Education
Economics Education Review
Link to PDF
Are Markets Good for Girls? The World Bank and Neo-liberal Education Reforms in Developing Countries
Whitehead Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations
Link to PDF
Do Private Markets Improve the Quality or Quantity of Primary Schooling in Sub-Saharan Africa?
National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education Occasional Paper #136
USAID EdData Working Paper
Link to PDF
The Effect of Costs on Primary Schooling for Boys and Girls in Nigeria
USAID EdData Working Paper.
Link to web location
Growth, Girls’ Education, and Female Labor: A Longitudinal Analysis
Journal of Developing Areas, 41(2), 45-68.
Link to PDF
Equity, Efficiency, and Girls’ Education
Public Administration and Development
Link to PDF
Other Market-Based Reforms
Cash and Counseling: A Model for Self-directed Care Programs to Empower Individuals with Serious Mental Illnesses
with Amanda Barczyk
Social Work in Mental Health

Links to Research Projects

Education Research Alliance for New Orleans
Tulane University


National Center for Research on Education Access and Choice
Tulane University


Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center
University of Maryland, Baltimore


Baltimore Education Research Consortium
Johns Hopkins University
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