Christopher Jepsen

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• University College Dublin / School of Economics (weight: 99%)
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• University of Kentucky / Carol Martin Gatton College of Business and Economics / Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER) (weight: 1%)
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Research profile

author of:

• The Effects Of Statutory Rape Laws On Nonmarital Teenage Childbearing
  Contemporary Economic Policy, Western Economic Association International (2006)
  by Christopher A. Jepsen & Lisa K. Jepsen
  (ReDIF-article, bla:coecpo:v:24:y:2006:i:1:p:35-51)
• Labor-Market Specialization within Same-Sex and Difference-Sex Couples
  Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, Wiley Blackwell (2015)
  by Christopher Jepsen & Lisa K. Jepsen
  (ReDIF-article, bla:indres:v:54:y:2015:i:1:p:109-130)
• Estimating the social value of higher education: willingness to pay for community and technical colleges
  Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, De Gruyter (2014)
  by Blomquist Glenn C. & Troske Kenneth R. & Coomes Paul A. & Jepsen Christopher & Koford Brandon C.
  (ReDIF-article, bpj:jbcacn:v:5:y:2014:i:1:p:39:n:1)
• Estimates of Earnings Returns by Field of Study for For-Profit Schools and Community Colleges
  CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2023)
  by Christopher Jepsen & Peter Mueser & Kenneth Troske & Kyung-Seong Jeon
  (ReDIF-paper, ces:ceswps:_10754)
• Labor-Market Returns to Higher Vocational Schooling
  CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2018)
  by Petri Böckerman & Mika Haapanen & Christopher Jepsen
  (ReDIF-paper, ces:ceswps:_7197)
• School Tracking and Mental Health
  CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2019)
  by Petri Böckerman & Mika Haapanen & Christopher Jepsen & Alexandra Roulet
  (ReDIF-paper, ces:ceswps:_7927)
• Vocational Education: An International Perspective
  CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2020)
  by Celeste K. Carruthers & Christopher Jepsen
  (ReDIF-paper, ces:ceswps:_8718)
• Dark Passage: Mental Health Consequences of Parental Death
  CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2021)
  by Petri Böckerman & Mika Haapanen & Christopher Jepsen
  (ReDIF-paper, ces:ceswps:_9099)
• The Benefits of Alternatives to Conventional College: Comparing the Labor-Market Returns to For-Profit Schools and Community Colleges
  CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2021)
  by Christopher Jepsen & Peter Mueser & Kenneth Troske & Kyung-Seong Jeon
  (ReDIF-paper, ces:ceswps:_9272)
• School Tracking and Mental Health
  CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2019)
  by Roulet, Alexandra & Bôckerman, Rikhard Petri & Haapanen, Mika & Jepsen, Christopher
  (ReDIF-paper, cpr:ceprdp:14086)
• Estimating the social value of higher education: willingness to pay for community and technical colleges
  Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, Cambridge University Press (2014)
  by Blomquist, Glenn C. & Coomes, Paul A. & Jepsen, Christopher & Koford, Brandon C. & Troske, Kenneth R.
  (ReDIF-article, cup:jbcoan:v:5:y:2014:i:01:p:3-41_00)
• Positive outcomes from poor starts: Predictors of dropping back in
  Economics of Education Review, Elsevier (2007)
  by Hill, Laura E. & Jepsen, Christopher
  (ReDIF-article, eee:ecoedu:v:26:y:2007:i:5:p:588-603)
• Back to school: An application of human capital theory for mature workers
  Economics of Education Review, Elsevier (2012)
  by Jepsen, Christopher & Montgomery, Mark
  (ReDIF-article, eee:ecoedu:v:31:y:2012:i:1:p:168-178)
• Multinomial probit estimates of college completion at 2-year and 4-year schools
  Economics Letters, Elsevier (2008)
  by Jepsen, Christopher
  (ReDIF-article, eee:ecolet:v:98:y:2008:i:2:p:155-160)
• The role of aggregation in estimating the effects of private school competition on student achievement
  Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier (2002)
  by Jepsen, Christopher
  (ReDIF-article, eee:juecon:v:52:y:2002:i:3:p:477-500)
• Teacher characteristics and student achievement: evidence from teacher surveys
  Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier (2005)
  by Jepsen, Christopher
  (ReDIF-article, eee:juecon:v:57:y:2005:i:2:p:302-319)
• Miles to go before I learn: The effect of travel distance on the mature person's choice of a community college
  Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier (2009)
  by Jepsen, Christopher & Montgomery, Mark
  (ReDIF-article, eee:juecon:v:65:y:2009:i:1:p:64-73)
• Are Catholic primary schools more effective than public primary schools?
  Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier (2014)
  by Elder, Todd & Jepsen, Christopher
  (ReDIF-article, eee:juecon:v:80:y:2014:i:c:p:28-38)
• Back to school: Labor-market returns to higher vocational schooling
  Labour Economics, Elsevier (2019)
  by Böckerman, Petri & Haapanen, Mika & Jepsen, Christopher
  (ReDIF-article, eee:labeco:v:61:y:2019:i:c:s0927537119300843)
• Convergence over time or not? U.S. wages by sexual orientation, 2000–2019
  Labour Economics, Elsevier (2022)
  by Jepsen, Christopher & Jepsen, Lisa
  (ReDIF-article, eee:labeco:v:74:y:2022:i:c:s0927537121001214)
• Does home ownership vary by sexual orientation?
  Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier (2009)
  by Jepsen, Christopher & Jepsen, Lisa K.
  (ReDIF-article, eee:regeco:v:39:y:2009:i:3:p:307-315)
• The Sexual Division of Labor Within Households: Comparisons of Couples to Roommates
  Eastern Economic Journal, Eastern Economic Association (2006)
  by Christopher A. Jepsen & Lisa K. Jepsen
  (ReDIF-article, eej:eeconj:v:32:y:2006:i:2:p:299-312)
• Re-examining the Effects of Parental Characteristics on Educational Attainment for a Minor Child
  Journal of Forensic Economics, National Association of Forensic Economics (2001)
  by Christopher A. Jepsen & Lisa K. Jepsen
  (ReDIF-article, fek:papers:doi:10.5085/0898-5510-14.2.141)
• Business Incentives and Employment: What Incentives Work and Where?
  Working Papers, University of Kentucky, Institute for Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations (2009)
  by William Hoyt & Christopher Jepsen & Kenneth Troske
  (ReDIF-paper, ifr:wpaper:2009-02)
• The Benefits of Alternatives to Conventional College: Labor-Market Returns to Proprietary Schooling
  IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2016)
  by Jepsen, Christopher & Mueser, Peter R. & Jeon, Kyung-Seong
  (ReDIF-paper, iza:izadps:dp10007)
• Labor-Market Returns to Higher Vocational Schooling
  IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2018)
  by Böckerman, Petri & Haapanen, Mika & Jepsen, Christopher
  (ReDIF-paper, iza:izadps:dp11734)
• School Tracking and Mental Health
  IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2019)
  by Böckerman, Petri & Haapanen, Mika & Jepsen, Christopher & Roulet, Alexandra
  (ReDIF-paper, iza:izadps:dp12733)
• Convergence Over Time or Not? U.S. Wages by Sexual Orientation, 2001-2018
  IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2020)
  by Jepsen, Christopher & Jepsen, Lisa
  (ReDIF-paper, iza:izadps:dp13495)
• Dark Passage: Mental Health Consequences of Parental Death
  IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2021)
  by Böckerman, Petri & Haapanen, Mika & Jepsen, Christopher
  (ReDIF-paper, iza:izadps:dp14385)
• Estimates of Earnings Returns by Field of Study for For-Profit Schools and Community Colleges
  IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2023)
  by Jepsen, Christopher & Mueser, Peter R. & Troske, Kenneth & Jeon, Kyung-Seong
  (ReDIF-paper, iza:izadps:dp16568)
• Estimating the Social Value of Higher Education: Willingness to Pay for Community and Technical Colleges
  IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2009)
  by Blomquist, Glenn C. & Coomes, Paul A. & Jepsen, Christopher & Koford, Brandon C. & Troske, Kenneth
  (ReDIF-paper, iza:izadps:dp4086)
• Labor-Market Returns to the GED Using Regression Discontinuity Analysis
  IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2012)
  by Jepsen, Christopher & Mueser, Peter R. & Troske, Kenneth
  (ReDIF-paper, iza:izadps:dp6758)
• The Labor-Market Returns to Community College Degrees, Diplomas, and Certificates
  IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2012)
  by Jepsen, Christopher & Troske, Kenneth & Coomes, Paul A.
  (ReDIF-paper, iza:izadps:dp6902)
• Back to School? Labor-Market Returns to Vocational Postsecondary Education
  IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2015)
  by Böckerman, Petri & Haapanen, Mika & Jepsen, Christopher
  (ReDIF-paper, iza:izadps:dp9079)
• Class size: Does it matter for student achievement?
  IZA World of Labor, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2015)
  by Christopher Jepsen
  (ReDIF-article, iza:izawol:journl:y:2015:n:190)
• Self-employment, earnings, and sexual orientation
  Review of Economics of the Household, Springer (2017)
  by Christopher Jepsen & Lisa K. Jepsen
  (ReDIF-article, kap:reveho:v:15:y:2017:i:1:d:10.1007_s11150-016-9351-z)
• What is the Tradeoff Between Smaller Classes and Teacher Quality?
  NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2002)
  by Christopher Jepsen & Steven Rivkin
  (ReDIF-paper, nbr:nberwo:9205)
• More skilled, better paid: labour-market returns to postsecondary vocational education
  Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford University Press (2018)
  by Petri Böckerman & Mika Haapanen & Christopher Jepsen
  (ReDIF-article, oup:oxecpp:v:70:y:2018:i:2:p:485-508.)
• Labor-Market Returns to Higher Vocational Schooling
  Working Papers, Työn ja talouden tutkimus LABORE, The Labour Institute for Economic Research LABORE (2018)
  by Petri Böckerman & Mika Haapanen & Christopher Jepsen
  (ReDIF-paper, pst:wpaper:324)
• Race and National Football League Player Salaries After Controlling for Fantasy Statistics and Arrests
  Journal of Sports Economics, (2021)
  by Christopher Jepsen & Lisa Jepsen & Trevor Draisey & Josh Mahoney
  (ReDIF-article, sae:jospec:v:22:y:2021:i:4:p:359-386)
• Determinants of Career Exits and Career Breaks in Women's Professional Basketball
  Journal of Sports Economics, (2023)
  by Christopher Jepsen
  (ReDIF-article, sae:jospec:v:24:y:2023:i:8:p:1055-1075)
• An empirical analysis of the matching patterns of same-sex and opposite-sex couples
  Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA) (2002)
  by Lisa Jepsen & Christopher Jepsen
  (ReDIF-article, spr:demogr:v:39:y:2002:i:3:p:435-453)
• The effect of sharing a mother tongue with peers: evidence from North Carolina middle schools
  IZA Journal of Migration and Development, Springer;Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (IZA) (2015)
  by Thomas Ahn & Christopher Jepsen
  (ReDIF-article, spr:izamig:v:4:y:2015:i:1:p:1-21:10.1186/s40176-015-0030-2)
• Taking a Knee: Effect of NFL Player Protests on Subsequent Employment and Earnings
  Journal of Economics, Race, and Policy, Springer (2023)
  by Christopher Jepsen & Lisa K. Jepsen
  (ReDIF-article, spr:joerap:v:6:y:2023:i:3:d:10.1007_s41996-023-00116-0)
• Bilingual Education and English Proficiency
  Education Finance and Policy, MIT Press (2010)
  by Christopher Jepsen
  (ReDIF-article, tpr:edfpol:v:5:y:2010:i:2:p:200-227)
• Second Chance for High-School Dropouts? A Regression Discontinuity Analysis of Postsecondary Educational Returns to General Educational Development Certification
  Working Papers, Geary Institute, University College Dublin (2015)
  by Christopher Jepsen & Peter Mueser & Kenneth Troske
  (ReDIF-paper, ucd:wpaper:10197/6648)
• The labor-market returns to community college degrees, diplomas and certificates
  Working Papers, Geary Institute, University College Dublin (2012)
  by Christopher Jepsen & Kenneth Troske & Paul Coomes
  (ReDIF-paper, ucd:wpaper:201221)
• Second Chance for High-School Dropouts? A Regression Discontinuity Analysis of Postsecondary Educational Returns to General Educational Development Certification
  Working Papers, Geary Institute, University College Dublin (2015)
  by Christopher Jepsen & Peter Mueser & Kenneth Troske
  (ReDIF-paper, ucd:wpaper:201508)
• Hazard Model Analysis of Community College Outcomes
  Working Papers, Geary Institute, University College Dublin (2018)
  by Darshak Patel & Christopher Jepsen
  (ReDIF-paper, ucd:wpaper:201823)
• Dark Passage: Mental Health Consequences of Parental Death
  Working Papers, Geary Institute, University College Dublin (2021)
  by Petri Bockerman & Mika Haapanen & Christopher Jepsen
  (ReDIF-paper, ucd:wpaper:202107)
• The Effects of Statutory Rape Laws on Nonmarital Teenage Childbearing
  Open Access publications, School of Economics, University College Dublin (2006)
  by Christopher Jepsen & Lisa K. Jepsen
  (ReDIF-paper, ucn:oapubs:10197/4434)
• Back to school: An Application of human capital theory for mature workers
  Open Access publications, School of Economics, University College Dublin (2012)
  by Christopher Jepsen & Mark Montgomery
  (ReDIF-paper, ucn:oapubs:10197/4435)
• The role of aggregation in estimating the effects of private school competition on student achievement
  Open Access publications, School of Economics, University College Dublin (2002)
  by Christopher Jepsen
  (ReDIF-paper, ucn:oapubs:10197/4436)
• Does home ownership vary by sexual orientation?
  Open Access publications, School of Economics, University College Dublin (2009)
  by Christopher Jepsen & Lisa K. Jepsen
  (ReDIF-paper, ucn:oapubs:10197/4437)
• Miles to go before I learn: The effect of travel distance on the mature person's choice of a community college
  Open Access publications, School of Economics, University College Dublin (2009)
  by Christopher Jepsen & Mark Montgomery
  (ReDIF-paper, ucn:oapubs:10197/4443)
• Bilingual Education and English Proficiency
  Open Access publications, School of Economics, University College Dublin (2010)
  by Christopher Jepsen
  (ReDIF-paper, ucn:oapubs:10197/4444)
• Teacher characteristics and student achievement: evidence from teacher surveys
  Open Access publications, School of Economics, University College Dublin (2005)
  by Christopher Jepsen
  (ReDIF-paper, ucn:oapubs:10197/4445)
• Positive outcomes from poor starts: Predictors of dropping back in
  Open Access publications, School of Economics, University College Dublin (2007)
  by Laura E. Hill & Christopher Jepsen
  (ReDIF-paper, ucn:oapubs:10197/4446)
• Multinomial Probit Estimates of College Completion at Two-Year and Four-Year Schools
  Open Access publications, School of Economics, University College Dublin (2008)
  by Christopher Jepsen
  (ReDIF-paper, ucn:oapubs:10197/4447)
• The sexual division of labor within households revisited : comparisons of couples and roommates
  Open Access publications, School of Economics, University College Dublin (2006)
  by Christopher Jepsen & Lisa K. Jepsen
  (ReDIF-paper, ucn:oapubs:10197/4448)
• Are catholic primary schools more effective than public primary schools?
  Open Access publications, School of Economics, University College Dublin (2014)
  by Todd Elder & Christopher Jepsen
  (ReDIF-paper, ucn:oapubs:10197/5553)
• The labor-market returns to community college degrees, diplomas, and certificates
  Open Access publications, School of Economics, University College Dublin (2014)
  by Christopher Jepsen & Kenneth Troske & Paul Coomes
  (ReDIF-paper, ucn:oapubs:10197/5554)
• Second Chance for High-School Dropouts? A Regression Discontinuity Analysis of Postsecondary Educational Returns to General Educational Development Certification
  Open Access publications, School of Economics, University College Dublin (2015)
  by Christopher Jepsen & Peter Mueser & Kenneth Troske
  (ReDIF-paper, ucn:oapubs:10197/6648)
• Class Size: Does It Matter for Student Achievement?
  Open Access publications, School of Economics, University College Dublin (2015)
  by Christopher Jepsen
  (ReDIF-paper, ucn:oapubs:10197/7263)
• The Effect of Sharing a Mother Tongue with Peers: Evidence from North Carolina Middle Schools
  Open Access publications, School of Economics, University College Dublin (2015)
  by Thomas Ahn & Christopher Jepsen
  (ReDIF-paper, ucn:oapubs:10197/7264)
• Estimating the social value of higher education: willingness to pay for community and technical colleges
  Open Access publications, School of Economics, University College Dublin (2014)
  by Glenn C. Blomquist & Paul Coomes & Christopher Jepsen & et al.
  (ReDIF-paper, ucn:oapubs:10197/7459)
• Labor-Market Returns to the GED Using Regression Discontinuity Analysis
  Open Access publications, School of Economics, University College Dublin (2016)
  by Christopher Jepsen & Peter Mueser & Kenneth Troske
  (ReDIF-paper, ucn:oapubs:10197/7729)
• Labor-Market Specialization within Same-Sex and Different-Sex Couples
  Open Access publications, School of Economics, University College Dublin (2014)
  by Christopher Jepsen & Lisa K. Jepsen
  (ReDIF-paper, ucn:oapubs:10197/7884)
• Second Chance for High-school Dropouts? A Regression Discontinuity Analysis of Postsecondary Educational Returns to the GED
  Open Access publications, School of Economics, University College Dublin (2017)
  by Christopher Jepsen & Peter Mueser & Kenneth Troske
  (ReDIF-paper, ucn:oapubs:10197/9008)
• Self-Employment, Earnings, and Sexual Orientation
  Open Access publications, School of Economics, University College Dublin (2017)
  by Christopher Jepsen & Lisa K. Jepsen
  (ReDIF-paper, ucn:oapubs:10197/9009)
• The Labor-Market Returns to Community College Degrees, Diplomas, and Certificates
  Working Papers, School of Economics, University College Dublin (2012)
  by Christopher Jepsen & Kenneth Troske & Paul Coomes
  (ReDIF-paper, ucn:wpaper:201223)
• Dark Passage
  American Journal of Health Economics, University of Chicago Press (2023)
  by Petri Böckerman & Mika Haapanen & Christopher Jepsen
  (ReDIF-article, ucp:amjhec:doi:10.1086/723598)
• School Tracking and Mental Health
  Journal of Human Capital, University of Chicago Press (2021)
  by Petri Böckerman & Mika Haapanen & Christopher Jepsen & Alexandra Roulet
  (ReDIF-article, ucp:jhucap:doi:10.1086/712728)
• The Labor-Market Returns to Community College Degrees, Diplomas, and Certificates
  Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press (2014)
  by Christopher Jepsen & Kenneth Troske & Paul Coomes
  (ReDIF-article, ucp:jlabec:doi:10.1086/671809)
• Second Chance for High School Dropouts? A Regression Discontinuity Analysis of Postsecondary Educational Returns to the GED
  Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press (2017)
  by Christopher Jepsen & Peter Mueser & Kenneth Troske
  (ReDIF-article, ucp:jlabec:doi:10.1086/691391)
• Labor Market Returns to the GED Using Regression Discontinuity Analysis
  Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (2016)
  by Christopher Jepsen & Peter Mueser & Kenneth Troske
  (ReDIF-article, ucp:jpolec:doi:10.1086/686245)
• Labor-Market Returns to the GED Using Regression Discontinuity Analysis
  Working Papers, Department of Economics, University of Missouri (2010)
  by Peter R. Mueser & Christopher Jepsen & Kenneth Troske
  (ReDIF-paper, umc:wpaper:1014)
• The Benefits of Alternatives to Conventional College: Labor-Market Returns to Proprietary Schooling
  Working Papers, Department of Economics, University of Missouri (2016)
  by Christopher Jepsen & Peter Mueser & Kyung-Seong Jeon
  (ReDIF-paper, umc:wpaper:1607)
• Second Chance for High School Dropouts? A Regression Discontinuity Analysis of Postsecondary Educational Returns to the GED
  Working Papers, Department of Economics, University of Missouri (2017)
  by Christopher Jepsen & Peter Mueser & Kenneth Troske
  (ReDIF-paper, umc:wpaper:1704)
• The Benefits of Alternatives to Conventional College: Comparing the Labor-Market Returns to For-Profit Schools and Community Colleges
  Working Papers, Department of Economics, University of Missouri (2024)
  by Christopher Jepsen & Peter Mueser & Kenneth Troske & Kyung-Seong Jeon
  (ReDIF-paper, umc:wpaper:2407)
• The Effectiveness of Catholic Primary Schooling
  Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press (2003)
  by Christopher Jepsen
  (ReDIF-article, uwp:jhriss:v:38:y:2003:i:4:p928-941)
• Class Size Reduction and Student Achievement: The Potential Tradeoff between Teacher Quality and Class Size
  Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press (2009)
  by Christopher Jepsen & Steven Rivkin
  (ReDIF-article, uwp:jhriss:v:44:y:2009:i1:p223-250)
• An Empirical Analysis of Same-Sex and Opposite-Sex Couples: Do "Likes" Still Like "Likes" in the '90s?
  IPR working papers, Institute for Policy Resarch at Northwestern University ()
  by Lisa K. Jepsen & Christopher A. Jepsen
  (ReDIF-paper, wop:nwuipr:99-5)
• Second Chance for High School Dropouts? A Regression Discontinuity Analysis of Postsecondary Educational Returns to the GED
  GLO Discussion Paper Series, Global Labor Organization (GLO) (2017)
  by Jepsen, Christopher & Mueser, Peter & Troske, Kenneth
  (ReDIF-paper, zbw:glodps:6)