Yerin Yoon
@yerinyoon.bsky.social
Ph.D. Candidate at Boston College studying the impact of Ed Policy with an equity lens | School & Program Choice • Career and Technical Education | Transition into College & Workforce #FirstGen
https://www.yerinyoon.com/
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Yerin Yoon
@yerinyoon.bsky.social
· Sep 26
www.hks.harvard.edu
📢New working paper (a chapter from my dissertation), co-authored with @doughesm.bsky.social, is now posted at the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston!
Does Expanding Access to High Quality Technical Education Induce Participation and Improve Outcomes? (1/n)
www.hks.harvard.edu/sites/defaul...
Does Expanding Access to High Quality Technical Education Induce Participation and Improve Outcomes? (1/n)
www.hks.harvard.edu/sites/defaul...
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Hi folks attending #2025APPAM #APPAM2025! Excited to see many of you in Seattle this week.
As usual, I am organizing a very informal happy hour for education policy folks at the conference to get together: Fri 11/14 starting at 6pm at Seattle Beer Co on Western Ave (~15 min walk from conference).
As usual, I am organizing a very informal happy hour for education policy folks at the conference to get together: Fri 11/14 starting at 6pm at Seattle Beer Co on Western Ave (~15 min walk from conference).
November 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Hi folks attending #2025APPAM #APPAM2025! Excited to see many of you in Seattle this week.
As usual, I am organizing a very informal happy hour for education policy folks at the conference to get together: Fri 11/14 starting at 6pm at Seattle Beer Co on Western Ave (~15 min walk from conference).
As usual, I am organizing a very informal happy hour for education policy folks at the conference to get together: Fri 11/14 starting at 6pm at Seattle Beer Co on Western Ave (~15 min walk from conference).
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Policy researchers from @bostoncollege.bsky.social will be at #2025APPAM! I’ll be presenting in a session on Thursday from 3:30–5:00pm featuring a wonderful set of papers examining the impact of career and technical education (CTE). Looking forward to seeing everyone!👋
November 11, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Policy researchers from @bostoncollege.bsky.social will be at #2025APPAM! I’ll be presenting in a session on Thursday from 3:30–5:00pm featuring a wonderful set of papers examining the impact of career and technical education (CTE). Looking forward to seeing everyone!👋
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Popular discourse attributes falling college enrollments to the rising cost of four-year college.
That story is wrong in multiple ways, as @mattbarnum.bsky.social points out in his latest roundup of the evidence (citing a new working paper of ours):
www.chalkbeat.org/2025/11/11/i...
That story is wrong in multiple ways, as @mattbarnum.bsky.social points out in his latest roundup of the evidence (citing a new working paper of ours):
www.chalkbeat.org/2025/11/11/i...
Is college enrollment plummeting?
Reports of the death of the bachelor’s degree have been greatly exaggerated.
www.chalkbeat.org
November 12, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Popular discourse attributes falling college enrollments to the rising cost of four-year college.
That story is wrong in multiple ways, as @mattbarnum.bsky.social points out in his latest roundup of the evidence (citing a new working paper of ours):
www.chalkbeat.org/2025/11/11/i...
That story is wrong in multiple ways, as @mattbarnum.bsky.social points out in his latest roundup of the evidence (citing a new working paper of ours):
www.chalkbeat.org/2025/11/11/i...
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Joe Winkelmann & I have released a new @wheelockpolicybu.bsky.social working paper:
"Labor Market Strength and Declining Community College Enrollment"
We show stronger labor markets since 2009 explain most of the decline in community college enrollments.
wheelockpolicycenter.org/high-quality...
"Labor Market Strength and Declining Community College Enrollment"
We show stronger labor markets since 2009 explain most of the decline in community college enrollments.
wheelockpolicycenter.org/high-quality...
November 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Joe Winkelmann & I have released a new @wheelockpolicybu.bsky.social working paper:
"Labor Market Strength and Declining Community College Enrollment"
We show stronger labor markets since 2009 explain most of the decline in community college enrollments.
wheelockpolicycenter.org/high-quality...
"Labor Market Strength and Declining Community College Enrollment"
We show stronger labor markets since 2009 explain most of the decline in community college enrollments.
wheelockpolicycenter.org/high-quality...
Policy researchers from @bostoncollege.bsky.social will be at #2025APPAM! I’ll be presenting in a session on Thursday from 3:30–5:00pm featuring a wonderful set of papers examining the impact of career and technical education (CTE). Looking forward to seeing everyone!👋
November 11, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Policy researchers from @bostoncollege.bsky.social will be at #2025APPAM! I’ll be presenting in a session on Thursday from 3:30–5:00pm featuring a wonderful set of papers examining the impact of career and technical education (CTE). Looking forward to seeing everyone!👋
If you missed our Rappaport working paper last time, check this out! Thanks to @annenberginstitute.bsky.social for the shout-out 🙌 @doughesm.bsky.social
📢 #EdWorkingPapers: @yerinyoon.bsky.social and @doughesm.bsky.social show that in Massachusetts, CTE expansion increased participation by 11.5% and improved early employment for Black or Hispanic students and earnings for male students.
📄 edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1312
📄 edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1312
November 5, 2025 at 2:54 PM
If you missed our Rappaport working paper last time, check this out! Thanks to @annenberginstitute.bsky.social for the shout-out 🙌 @doughesm.bsky.social
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🚨There is a lot of policy movement to expand career & technical Ed but little evidence of what to expect from such expansion. Our WP provides evidence from MA on take up & ➕impacts in the first 5 yrs after HS. #cte
📢 #EdWorkingPapers: @yerinyoon.bsky.social and @doughesm.bsky.social show that in Massachusetts, CTE expansion increased participation by 11.5% and improved early employment for Black or Hispanic students and earnings for male students.
📄 edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1312
📄 edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1312
November 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
🚨There is a lot of policy movement to expand career & technical Ed but little evidence of what to expect from such expansion. Our WP provides evidence from MA on take up & ➕impacts in the first 5 yrs after HS. #cte
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I'd love to help make BlueSky one of the places where young scholars introduce themselves and their work to the world.
If you're a PhD student whose work at least partially focuses on economics of education or education policy, reply to this thread and I'll highlight your work.
If you're a PhD student whose work at least partially focuses on economics of education or education policy, reply to this thread and I'll highlight your work.
October 30, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I'd love to help make BlueSky one of the places where young scholars introduce themselves and their work to the world.
If you're a PhD student whose work at least partially focuses on economics of education or education policy, reply to this thread and I'll highlight your work.
If you're a PhD student whose work at least partially focuses on economics of education or education policy, reply to this thread and I'll highlight your work.
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Access to career and technical education programs in Washtenaw County is inequitable, according to a 2024 report from the Youth Policy Lab at the University of Michigan.
As CTE programs expand in Michigan, not all students are getting opportunities
Access to career and technical education programs in Washtenaw County is inequitable, according to a 2024 report from the Youth Policy Lab at the University of Michigan.
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October 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Access to career and technical education programs in Washtenaw County is inequitable, according to a 2024 report from the Youth Policy Lab at the University of Michigan.
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Published in Economics of Education Review! Building on @joshua-goodman.com's post, we find public school enrollment declines are concentrated in higher-income districts, middle grades, and among White and Asian students. I hope these findings support discussions on the shifting education landscape.
🚨New publication alert🚨
I'm thrilled Economics of Education Review has just published my work w/ @abbyfrancis.bsky.social:
"School enrollment shifts five years after the pandemic"
Abstract below, but read the next few posts for the story told via a handful of graphs.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...
I'm thrilled Economics of Education Review has just published my work w/ @abbyfrancis.bsky.social:
"School enrollment shifts five years after the pandemic"
Abstract below, but read the next few posts for the story told via a handful of graphs.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...
October 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Published in Economics of Education Review! Building on @joshua-goodman.com's post, we find public school enrollment declines are concentrated in higher-income districts, middle grades, and among White and Asian students. I hope these findings support discussions on the shifting education landscape.
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What Makes Some CTE Programs Great While Others Fall Short? by Hannah Kistler, @doughesm.bsky.social & @annenberginstitute.bsky.social's Christina Claiborne
www.the74million.org/article/what...
www.the74million.org/article/what...
What Makes Some CTE Programs Great While Others Fall Short?
Kistler, Dougherty and Claiborne: A new brief pinpoints the features of high-quality programs and the steps states and districts should take.
www.the74million.org
October 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
What Makes Some CTE Programs Great While Others Fall Short? by Hannah Kistler, @doughesm.bsky.social & @annenberginstitute.bsky.social's Christina Claiborne
www.the74million.org/article/what...
www.the74million.org/article/what...
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🚨New publication alert🚨
I'm thrilled Economics of Education Review has just published my work w/ @abbyfrancis.bsky.social:
"School enrollment shifts five years after the pandemic"
Abstract below, but read the next few posts for the story told via a handful of graphs.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...
I'm thrilled Economics of Education Review has just published my work w/ @abbyfrancis.bsky.social:
"School enrollment shifts five years after the pandemic"
Abstract below, but read the next few posts for the story told via a handful of graphs.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...
October 24, 2025 at 12:33 PM
🚨New publication alert🚨
I'm thrilled Economics of Education Review has just published my work w/ @abbyfrancis.bsky.social:
"School enrollment shifts five years after the pandemic"
Abstract below, but read the next few posts for the story told via a handful of graphs.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...
I'm thrilled Economics of Education Review has just published my work w/ @abbyfrancis.bsky.social:
"School enrollment shifts five years after the pandemic"
Abstract below, but read the next few posts for the story told via a handful of graphs.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...
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I finally wrote up my advice to PhD applicants in FAQ format. It's only my unofficial, personal perspective for folks interested in working with me at Harvard @harvardeducation.bsky.social. I also plug other measurement programs at @ncme38.bsky.social! andrewho.scholars.harvard.edu/sites/g/file...
October 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I finally wrote up my advice to PhD applicants in FAQ format. It's only my unofficial, personal perspective for folks interested in working with me at Harvard @harvardeducation.bsky.social. I also plug other measurement programs at @ncme38.bsky.social! andrewho.scholars.harvard.edu/sites/g/file...
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Does anyone know of any good references for post-pandemic trends in public school enrollment in countries other than the US?
Have other countries seen a turn away from public schools and toward private/independent schools?
Trying to add some international evidence to a paper on our local context.
Have other countries seen a turn away from public schools and toward private/independent schools?
Trying to add some international evidence to a paper on our local context.
October 1, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Does anyone know of any good references for post-pandemic trends in public school enrollment in countries other than the US?
Have other countries seen a turn away from public schools and toward private/independent schools?
Trying to add some international evidence to a paper on our local context.
Have other countries seen a turn away from public schools and toward private/independent schools?
Trying to add some international evidence to a paper on our local context.
Wonderful summary and resource by Hannah C. Kistler and @doughesm.bsky.social —for policymakers and researchers interested in Career & Technical Education (CTE)!
What makes a Career & Technical Education program more than a set of electives?
New research synthesizes decades of studies to highlight what works—and what doesn’t—in CTE → buff.ly/luCPS7F
New research synthesizes decades of studies to highlight what works—and what doesn’t—in CTE → buff.ly/luCPS7F
September 30, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Wonderful summary and resource by Hannah C. Kistler and @doughesm.bsky.social —for policymakers and researchers interested in Career & Technical Education (CTE)!
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I'm very proud to share a new, first-of-its-kind analysis and data tool from my team at @educationwork.newamerica.org.
Redrawing the Lines is a first-ever look at how, if states draw school district borders with equity as the goal, they can HUGELY reduce funding inequality and segregation. #edusky
Redrawing the Lines is a first-ever look at how, if states draw school district borders with equity as the goal, they can HUGELY reduce funding inequality and segregation. #edusky
Redistricting School Systems Can Increase Funding Fairness and Decrease Segregation
A new report and interactive data tool show how specific redistricting choices can create fairer school systems for our children.
www.newamerica.org
September 25, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I'm very proud to share a new, first-of-its-kind analysis and data tool from my team at @educationwork.newamerica.org.
Redrawing the Lines is a first-ever look at how, if states draw school district borders with equity as the goal, they can HUGELY reduce funding inequality and segregation. #edusky
Redrawing the Lines is a first-ever look at how, if states draw school district borders with equity as the goal, they can HUGELY reduce funding inequality and segregation. #edusky
📢New working paper (a chapter from my dissertation), co-authored with @doughesm.bsky.social, is now posted at the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston!
Does Expanding Access to High Quality Technical Education Induce Participation and Improve Outcomes? (1/n)
www.hks.harvard.edu/sites/defaul...
Does Expanding Access to High Quality Technical Education Induce Participation and Improve Outcomes? (1/n)
www.hks.harvard.edu/sites/defaul...
www.hks.harvard.edu
September 26, 2025 at 1:11 AM
📢New working paper (a chapter from my dissertation), co-authored with @doughesm.bsky.social, is now posted at the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston!
Does Expanding Access to High Quality Technical Education Induce Participation and Improve Outcomes? (1/n)
www.hks.harvard.edu/sites/defaul...
Does Expanding Access to High Quality Technical Education Induce Participation and Improve Outcomes? (1/n)
www.hks.harvard.edu/sites/defaul...
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We’re excited to launch the Secondary Transitions and Education Pathways in Career and Technical Education (STEP-CTE) website, featuring highlights and emerging research focused on Career and Technical Education!
Visit our page -> www.step-in-cte.soe.umich.edu
Visit our page -> www.step-in-cte.soe.umich.edu
September 4, 2025 at 6:33 PM
We’re excited to launch the Secondary Transitions and Education Pathways in Career and Technical Education (STEP-CTE) website, featuring highlights and emerging research focused on Career and Technical Education!
Visit our page -> www.step-in-cte.soe.umich.edu
Visit our page -> www.step-in-cte.soe.umich.edu
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New publication showing how high school #CTE can help smooth the transition to the workforce for students with #Disability - Joint w/ @UConn colleagues & @CTTechHS doi.org/10.3102/0013... Excited to see this in print!
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September 4, 2025 at 6:47 PM
New publication showing how high school #CTE can help smooth the transition to the workforce for students with #Disability - Joint w/ @UConn colleagues & @CTTechHS doi.org/10.3102/0013... Excited to see this in print!
📣Come join Boston College Lynch School and be our colleague!
I’ve really enjoyed studying and working here, and I’m always happy to share my experience as a PhD student in my department and in Boston.
I’ve really enjoyed studying and working here, and I’m always happy to share my experience as a PhD student in my department and in Boston.
🚨Interested in a PhD focusing on quant methods and education & social policy? I'm recruiting this year at @bclynchschool in the Measurement, Evaluation, Statistics, and Assessment program www.bc.edu/bc-web/schoo...
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Measurement, Evaluation, Statistics, and Assessment - Lynch School of Education and Human Development - Boston College
MESA has been training students to examine educational programs, design quantitative research studies, develop assessment instruments, and analyze educational data to help inform policy-making for ove...
www.bc.edu
August 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
📣Come join Boston College Lynch School and be our colleague!
I’ve really enjoyed studying and working here, and I’m always happy to share my experience as a PhD student in my department and in Boston.
I’ve really enjoyed studying and working here, and I’m always happy to share my experience as a PhD student in my department and in Boston.
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If we're heading into summer that means academic job market season is looming. As a reminder, my collected tips are here (along with my standing offer to set up time to chat with folks): www.paul-bruno.com/2021/07/tips...
Some Basic Tips About the Academic Job Market – Paul Bruno
www.paul-bruno.com
June 16, 2025 at 10:31 AM
If we're heading into summer that means academic job market season is looming. As a reminder, my collected tips are here (along with my standing offer to set up time to chat with folks): www.paul-bruno.com/2021/07/tips...
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Re-upping my advice about how to write a good title and abstract for an academic paper, appropriately called:
"How to Write a Title and Abstract"
Feel free to share this thread, which will focus on abstracts.
(The quoted thread focuses on titles.)
#EconSky #AcademicSky
"How to Write a Title and Abstract"
Feel free to share this thread, which will focus on abstracts.
(The quoted thread focuses on titles.)
#EconSky #AcademicSky
Re-upping my advice about how to write a good title and abstract for an academic paper, appropriately called:
"How to Write a Title and Abstract"
Feel free to share this thread, which will focus on titles.
#EconSky #AcademicSky
"How to Write a Title and Abstract"
Feel free to share this thread, which will focus on titles.
#EconSky #AcademicSky
June 12, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Re-upping my advice about how to write a good title and abstract for an academic paper, appropriately called:
"How to Write a Title and Abstract"
Feel free to share this thread, which will focus on abstracts.
(The quoted thread focuses on titles.)
#EconSky #AcademicSky
"How to Write a Title and Abstract"
Feel free to share this thread, which will focus on abstracts.
(The quoted thread focuses on titles.)
#EconSky #AcademicSky
Reposted by Yerin Yoon
Re-upping my advice about how to write a good title and abstract for an academic paper, appropriately called:
"How to Write a Title and Abstract"
Feel free to share this thread, which will focus on titles.
#EconSky #AcademicSky
"How to Write a Title and Abstract"
Feel free to share this thread, which will focus on titles.
#EconSky #AcademicSky
June 11, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Re-upping my advice about how to write a good title and abstract for an academic paper, appropriately called:
"How to Write a Title and Abstract"
Feel free to share this thread, which will focus on titles.
#EconSky #AcademicSky
"How to Write a Title and Abstract"
Feel free to share this thread, which will focus on titles.
#EconSky #AcademicSky
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By far my favorite part of South Korean elections: election night graphics. SBS television station kills it EVERY. TIME. They play these clips all night and they get more and more unhinged and creative as the night goes on.
June 3, 2025 at 11:26 AM
By far my favorite part of South Korean elections: election night graphics. SBS television station kills it EVERY. TIME. They play these clips all night and they get more and more unhinged and creative as the night goes on.
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Please share this position with your networks! You'll get to work with me, @harbatkat.bsky.social, Christine Mokher, Stacey Rutledge, & a great team at the U of Michigan, Florida State U, and the CTE Research Network. Please reach out w/questions - ecton@umich.edu!🧵 careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...
Research Area Specialist Associate | U-M Careers
careers.umich.edu
May 30, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Please share this position with your networks! You'll get to work with me, @harbatkat.bsky.social, Christine Mokher, Stacey Rutledge, & a great team at the U of Michigan, Florida State U, and the CTE Research Network. Please reach out w/questions - ecton@umich.edu!🧵 careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...