Scott E. Carrell
Assistant Professor
Department of Economics

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Biography
Contact Information
Teaching
Publications
Working Papers
Research in Progress
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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

Working Papers

Research in Progress

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

  • "Can the Number of Female Scientists and Engineers be Engineered? A Controlled Experiment in Professor Gender," (with M. Page and J. West)

  • "Network Formation and Peer Effects in the US Air Force Academy" (with N. Christakis, G. Imbens, and J. West)

  • "Does Making the "A" Matter? Self-Perception, Ability, and Student Outcomes," (with M. Page and J. West)

  • "School Start Time and Student Achievement: Evidence from Randomization," (with T. Maghakian and J. West)