Todd R. Jones PhD
Title:
- Assistant Professor of Economics
Contacts:
trj234@msstate.edu
Office: (662) 325-2341
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Overview
Summary:
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I am an Assistant Professor of Economics at Mississippi State University. I am also a CESifo Research Network Affiliate, an IZA Research Affiliate, and an Annenberg EdWorkingPapers Invited Contributor. Prior to my time at Mississippi State, I was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Georgia State University, where I worked on economics of education research at the Georgia Policy Labs. I received a PhD of Economics from Cornell University in 2018, and hold a BA of Economics and an MS of Statistics from Utah State University. My research interests are in the economics of education as well as other applied microeconomic topics, with papers published in journals including Journal of Human Resources, Journal of Public Economics, Economics of Education Review, and Education Finance & Policy. In addition to research, I enjoy creating data visualizations and sharing Stata and R tips.
Education:
- Ph D, Economics, Cornell University, 2018
- MA, Economics, Cornell University, 2016
- MS, Statistics, Utah State University, 2012
- BA, Economics, Utah State University, 2011
Research interests:
Economics of Education, Applied Microeconomics, Labor Economics, Economic History, Economics of Crime
Publications
Journal Article
- The Effects of Financial Aid Loss on Persistence and Graduation: A Multi-Dimensional Regression Discontinuity Approach. The Effects of Financial Aid Loss on Persistence and Graduation: A Multi-Dimensional Regression Discontinuity Approach. 2022
- College Credit on the Table? Advanced Placement Course and Exam Taking. Economics of Education Review. 2021
- Maxed Out: The Human Capital Effects of Larger Student Loan Limits. Journal of Human Resources. 2021
- Do Peers Influence Occupational Preferences? Evidence from Randomly-Assigned Peer Groups at West Point. Journal of Public Economics. Volume 184, Page 17. 2020
- Are High-Quality PhD Programs at Universities Associated with More Undergraduate Students Pursuing PhD Study?. Education Economics. 2019
- Information and the Beauty Premium in Political Elections. Contemporary Economic Policy. 2017
- SigTree: A Microbial Community Analysis Tool to Identify and Visualize Significantly Responsive Branches in a Phylogenetic Tree. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal. 2017
Presentations
Lecture
- "Data Visualization." Mississippi State University Agricultural Economics, , . 2021
Paper
- "School and Crime." Mississippi State University Department of Finance and Economics, , . 2022
- "School and Crime." NBER Spring Childrens Meeting, , . 2022
- "School and Crime." NBER Spring Education Meeting, , . 2022
- "School and Crime." Southeastern Micro Labor Workshop, , . 2022
- "School and Crime." University of Connecticut, , Digital. 2022
- "Does Education Reduce Mortality? Evidence from College Establishments." Association for Education Finance and Policy, Annual Conference, , . 2022
- "Staying at the Top: The Graduate School Origins of Economics Faculty." Southern Economic Association, Annual Meeting, Southern Economic Association, . 2021
- "First Generation Students and Peer Effects." Association for Education Finance and Policy, Annual Conference, , Digital. 2021
- "Staying at the Top: The Graduate School Origins of Economics Faculty." Southern Economic Association, Annual Meeting, Southern Economic Association, Digital. 2020
- "College Credit on the Table? Advanced Placement Course and Exam Taking ." Association for Education Finance and Policy, Annual Conference (presented by coauthor), , Digital. 2020
Poster
- "Staying at the Top: The Graduate School Origins of Economics Faculty." Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Fall Research Conference, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Virtual. 2020