Scott E. Carrell
Assistant Professor
Department of Economics

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Contact Information
Teaching
Publications
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Brief Biography

Scott Carrell joined the faculty at UC Davis in 2007. Professor Carrell received his BA from the US Air Force Academy in 1995, an M.A. in Economics and an M.S. in Management from the University of Florida in 2002, and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Florida in 2003. He previously taught at Dartmouth College and the U.S. Air Force Academy and served as the Senior Economist for Public Finance and Labor Economics on the staff of the President's Council of Economic Advisers during the summer of 2004. He is a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research in the Economics of Education group. He spent ten years as an active duty officer in the U.S. Air Force and is currently a Major in the Air Force Reserves. He specializes in the fields of labor economics, economics of education, and public economics.

Contact Information

Department of Economics
University of California
One Shields Ave
Davis, CA 95616

Office: 1148 SSH
Phone: (530) 302-1038
Fax: (530) 752-9382
Email: secarrell@ucdavis.edu

Teaching

  • Principles of Microeconomics (Winter 2008)

  • Economics of Education (Spring 2008)

Publications

  • "Peer Effects in Academic Cheating,"Journal of Human Resources (JHR). Volume XLIII, Number 1, Winter 2008, 173-207. (with J. West and F. Malmstrom) (with J. West and F. Malmstrom)
    (PDF copy of Jan 2007 pre-publication version)

  • "The National Internal Labor Market Encounters the Local Labor Market: Effects on Employee Retention," Labour Economics, Volume 14, Issue 5, October 2007, Pages 774-787.
    (Available at ScienceDirect)

  • "A Sequential Equilibrium for the Army's Targeted Selective Reenlistment Program," Human Resource Management (HRM), Vol 46, No 1, Spring 2007, 21-34. (with Jim West)
    (Available at Wiley InterScience)

  • "Do Lower Student to Counselor Ratios Reduce School Disciplinary Problems?," Contributions to Economic Analysis & Policy: Vol. 5: No. 1, Article 11, 2006. (with Susan Carrell)
    (Available at BE Press)

  • "Optimal Compensating Wages for Military Personnel," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (JPAM), Fall 2005. (with Jim West)
    (Available at Wiley InterScience)

Papers

  • "Politics and the Implementation of Public Policy: The Case of the Military Housing Allowance Program," Revised and Resubmitted, Public Choice. (with Janice Hauge)
    (PDF copy of April 2008 version)

  • "Does Your Cohort Matter? Measuring Peer Effects in College Achievement," Working Paper. (with R. Fullerton and J. West)
    (PDF copy of April 2008 version)
    NOTE: this is a substantially revised version of a paper which was previously circulated under the title "Peer and Leadership Effects in Academic and Athletic Performance".

  • "Does Professor Quality Matter? Evidence from Random Assignment of Students to Professors," Working Paper. (with Jim West)
    (PDF copy of April 2008 version)

  • "Externalities in the Classroom: How Domestic Violence Harms Everyone's Kids," Working Paper. (with M. Hoekstra)

Research in Progress

  • "Getting Qualified High School Seniors to Enroll in College: An Experimental Study in Vermont," (with B. Sacerdote)

  • "Raising College Students' Grades: An Experimental Analysis in Peer Effects," (with R. Fullerton and J. West)

  • "The Effects of Payday Borrowing and Financial Distress on Military Personnel" (with J. Zinman)