BFI Working Papers

Sharing research in progress—and refining it through rigorous discussion and debate—is a hallmark of scholarship at the Becker Friedman Institute for Economics.
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BFI Working Paper Sep 25, 2023

Education Gradients in Parental Time Investment and Subjective Well-being

Ariel Kalil, Susan Mayer, William Delgado, Lisa A. Gennetian
Topics:  Early Childhood Education
BFI Working Paper Jun 26, 2023

Scarcity and Inattention

Ariel Kalil, Susan Mayer, Rohen Shah
Topics:  Early Childhood Education
BFI Working Paper Mar 30, 2023

Boosting Parent-Child Math Engagement and Preschool Children’s Math Skills: Evidence from an RCT with Low-Income Families

Susan Mayer, Ariel Kalil, William Delgado, Haoxuan Liu, Derek Rury, Rohen Shah
Topics:  Early Childhood Education
BFI Working Paper Mar 21, 2023

Engaging Parents with Preschools: Evidence from a Field Experiment

Ariel Kalil, Susan Mayer, Rohen Shah
Topics:  Early Childhood Education
BFI Working Paper Jan 4, 2023

Nudging or Nagging? Conflicting Effects of Behavioral Tools

Ariel Kalil, Haoxuan Liu, Susan Mayer, Derek Rury, Rohen Shah
Topics:  Early Childhood Education
BFI Working Paper Aug 26, 2022

Welfare Reform and the Quality of Young Children’s Home Environments

Ariel Kalil, Hope Corman, Dhaval Dave, Ofira Schwarz-Soicher, Nancy E. Reichman
Topics:  Economic Mobility & Poverty
BFI Working Paper Aug 23, 2022

The Impact of Team Incentives on Performance in Graduate School: Evidence from Two Pilot RCTs

John List, Rohen Shah
Topics:  Higher Education & Workforce Training
BFI Working Paper May 2, 2022

Investing in Early Childhood Development in Preschool and at Home

Greg Duncan, Ariel Kalil, Magne Mogstad, Mari Rege
Topics:  Early Childhood Education