Daniel Firoozi
@danielfiroozi.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Economics at @claremontmckenna.bsky.social | Education, Political Economy, and Labor Markets | www.DanielFiroozi.com | 🏳️🌈
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Daniel Firoozi
@danielfiroozi.bsky.social
· Jun 10
I use compulsory schooling laws (CSL) that bind on date of birth to identify the impact of high school education in Florida and California on partisanship. People born before the cutoff start school younger and must remain in HS longer before they can legally drop out. For them, GOP affiliation ⬇️.
I’m a professor teaching econ 101 this semester and today we covered externalities. I used the smallpox vaccine as an example of a positive consumption externality
In BOTH classes students asked if I was smallpox vaccinated because I’m “old”.
I’m 29. 😭
In BOTH classes students asked if I was smallpox vaccinated because I’m “old”.
I’m 29. 😭
November 21, 2025 at 12:56 AM
I’m a professor teaching econ 101 this semester and today we covered externalities. I used the smallpox vaccine as an example of a positive consumption externality
In BOTH classes students asked if I was smallpox vaccinated because I’m “old”.
I’m 29. 😭
In BOTH classes students asked if I was smallpox vaccinated because I’m “old”.
I’m 29. 😭
Before the 2024 election, I put out a simple forecast that accounted for the within-state, across time polling errors that have persisted since at least 2000.
As it turns out, simple adjusted polling average outperforms the two best election forecasters from 2024.
x.com/danielfirooz...
As it turns out, simple adjusted polling average outperforms the two best election forecasters from 2024.
x.com/danielfirooz...
August 22, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Before the 2024 election, I put out a simple forecast that accounted for the within-state, across time polling errors that have persisted since at least 2000.
As it turns out, simple adjusted polling average outperforms the two best election forecasters from 2024.
x.com/danielfirooz...
As it turns out, simple adjusted polling average outperforms the two best election forecasters from 2024.
x.com/danielfirooz...
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Super exciting paper showing that high schools vary in their impacts on civic engagement. Schools that are better at improving academic outcomes are also better at creating voters.
Kirsten was a @wheelockpolicybu.bsky.social postdoc when she began this work, so it's thrilling to see the result.
Kirsten was a @wheelockpolicybu.bsky.social postdoc when she began this work, so it's thrilling to see the result.
Does where you go to high school affect whether you vote as an adult? My working paper estimating high school effects on civic engagement is now posted on Annenberg: edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1260.
High School Effects on Civic Engagement
Preparing young people for the rights and responsibilities of citizenship is cited as a fundamental purpose of public education, yet little is known about whether or how K-12 schools impact civic enga...
edworkingpapers.com
August 19, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Super exciting paper showing that high schools vary in their impacts on civic engagement. Schools that are better at improving academic outcomes are also better at creating voters.
Kirsten was a @wheelockpolicybu.bsky.social postdoc when she began this work, so it's thrilling to see the result.
Kirsten was a @wheelockpolicybu.bsky.social postdoc when she began this work, so it's thrilling to see the result.
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Amazingly, this student-level data is publicly available (anonymized, of course), due to a public records request.
This means any of us (i.e. you) can explore these patterns in any way you like.
Good potential resource for those of us hunting for data sets students can get their hands on easily!
This means any of us (i.e. you) can explore these patterns in any way you like.
Good potential resource for those of us hunting for data sets students can get their hands on easily!
July 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Amazingly, this student-level data is publicly available (anonymized, of course), due to a public records request.
This means any of us (i.e. you) can explore these patterns in any way you like.
Good potential resource for those of us hunting for data sets students can get their hands on easily!
This means any of us (i.e. you) can explore these patterns in any way you like.
Good potential resource for those of us hunting for data sets students can get their hands on easily!
There are many complaints about peer review process out there, but most of referee comments on my papers have substantially improved them.
I thinks one understated benefit of detailed robustness checks from refs is that they help mitigate the fact that non-experimental work is rarely pre-specified.
I thinks one understated benefit of detailed robustness checks from refs is that they help mitigate the fact that non-experimental work is rarely pre-specified.
July 22, 2025 at 10:20 PM
There are many complaints about peer review process out there, but most of referee comments on my papers have substantially improved them.
I thinks one understated benefit of detailed robustness checks from refs is that they help mitigate the fact that non-experimental work is rarely pre-specified.
I thinks one understated benefit of detailed robustness checks from refs is that they help mitigate the fact that non-experimental work is rarely pre-specified.
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Did you know that your siblings can influence whether you vote?
Well, because of our new working paper you do!
@mike-bloem.bsky.social, @jonisaacsmith.bsky.social, sam imlay
Well, because of our new working paper you do!
@mike-bloem.bsky.social, @jonisaacsmith.bsky.social, sam imlay
June 12, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Did you know that your siblings can influence whether you vote?
Well, because of our new working paper you do!
@mike-bloem.bsky.social, @jonisaacsmith.bsky.social, sam imlay
Well, because of our new working paper you do!
@mike-bloem.bsky.social, @jonisaacsmith.bsky.social, sam imlay
Does educational attainment impact partisanship? Yes.
In my working paper “Education and Partisanship”, I use multiple RD designs and admin data on millions of voters to show that education reduces Republican affiliation across generations, settings, institutions, and demographics.
Results below!
In my working paper “Education and Partisanship”, I use multiple RD designs and admin data on millions of voters to show that education reduces Republican affiliation across generations, settings, institutions, and demographics.
Results below!
June 10, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Does educational attainment impact partisanship? Yes.
In my working paper “Education and Partisanship”, I use multiple RD designs and admin data on millions of voters to show that education reduces Republican affiliation across generations, settings, institutions, and demographics.
Results below!
In my working paper “Education and Partisanship”, I use multiple RD designs and admin data on millions of voters to show that education reduces Republican affiliation across generations, settings, institutions, and demographics.
Results below!
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New study: The relative wage premium for going to college has halved for low-income Americans since 1960.
What is to blame? Rising selectivity? Tuition hikes? State disinvestment? We decompose changes in the premium since 1900 to find out.
🧵#EconTwitter nber.org/papers/w33797
What is to blame? Rising selectivity? Tuition hikes? State disinvestment? We decompose changes in the premium since 1900 to find out.
🧵#EconTwitter nber.org/papers/w33797
May 19, 2025 at 11:24 AM
New study: The relative wage premium for going to college has halved for low-income Americans since 1960.
What is to blame? Rising selectivity? Tuition hikes? State disinvestment? We decompose changes in the premium since 1900 to find out.
🧵#EconTwitter nber.org/papers/w33797
What is to blame? Rising selectivity? Tuition hikes? State disinvestment? We decompose changes in the premium since 1900 to find out.
🧵#EconTwitter nber.org/papers/w33797
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Forthcoming in AEJ: Economic Policy: "Do Tuition Subsidies Raise Political Participation?" by Daniel Firoozi and Igor Geyn. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
Do Tuition Subsidies Raise Political Participation?
(Forthcoming Article) - Civic externalities motivate education expenditures, but estimates of the civic returns to large-scale education subsidies are scarce. We use 16 million financial aid applicati...
www.aeaweb.org
May 2, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Forthcoming in AEJ: Economic Policy: "Do Tuition Subsidies Raise Political Participation?" by Daniel Firoozi and Igor Geyn. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
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This is a great paper on a timely topic! Congrats @danielfiroozi.bsky.social!
Forthcoming in AEJ: Economic Policy: "Do Tuition Subsidies Raise Political Participation?" by Daniel Firoozi and Igor Geyn. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
Do Tuition Subsidies Raise Political Participation?
(Forthcoming Article) - Civic externalities motivate education expenditures, but estimates of the civic returns to large-scale education subsidies are scarce. We use 16 million financial aid applicati...
www.aeaweb.org
May 2, 2025 at 1:48 PM
This is a great paper on a timely topic! Congrats @danielfiroozi.bsky.social!
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I had a lot of fun talking to @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social on her Probable Causation podcast about the IGNITE program: an innovative jail-based rehabilitative program in Flint, Michigan
www.probablecausation.com/podcasts/epi...
www.probablecausation.com/podcasts/epi...
Episode 113: Peter Hull — Probable Causation
Date: March 11, 2025
www.probablecausation.com
March 11, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I had a lot of fun talking to @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social on her Probable Causation podcast about the IGNITE program: an innovative jail-based rehabilitative program in Flint, Michigan
www.probablecausation.com/podcasts/epi...
www.probablecausation.com/podcasts/epi...
Hi folks,
I’m looking for two education economists who would be interested in presenting their JMPs on May 6th virtually to my econ of ed students. If you have a PhD student going on the job market soon, this is a great opportunity for them to get feedback on their paper & practice their job talk.
I’m looking for two education economists who would be interested in presenting their JMPs on May 6th virtually to my econ of ed students. If you have a PhD student going on the job market soon, this is a great opportunity for them to get feedback on their paper & practice their job talk.
March 25, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Hi folks,
I’m looking for two education economists who would be interested in presenting their JMPs on May 6th virtually to my econ of ed students. If you have a PhD student going on the job market soon, this is a great opportunity for them to get feedback on their paper & practice their job talk.
I’m looking for two education economists who would be interested in presenting their JMPs on May 6th virtually to my econ of ed students. If you have a PhD student going on the job market soon, this is a great opportunity for them to get feedback on their paper & practice their job talk.
Really cool new working paper by @cohodes.bsky.social and @camarnzen.bsky.social ! Definitely worth checking out if you’re interested in the intersection of education and political economy.
“a significant portion of the gender gap in voting can be attributed to the rise in women’s education.”
@camarnzen.bsky.social @cohodes.bsky.social
@camarnzen.bsky.social @cohodes.bsky.social
📢 #EdWorkingPapers: Women outvote men in the U.S.—and over half of the gap is explained by women's higher levels of educational attainment.
🔍 Authors: Cameron J. Arnzen, Sarah R. Cohodes
📄 bit.ly/4hgORFJ
🔍 Authors: Cameron J. Arnzen, Sarah R. Cohodes
📄 bit.ly/4hgORFJ
March 20, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Really cool new working paper by @cohodes.bsky.social and @camarnzen.bsky.social ! Definitely worth checking out if you’re interested in the intersection of education and political economy.
I’ll be at the #ASSA2025 this week! Feel free to send me an email (address on my website) if you want to meet up and talk about research!
January 3, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I’ll be at the #ASSA2025 this week! Feel free to send me an email (address on my website) if you want to meet up and talk about research!
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My anecdata suggests that not tracking kids in math & foreign language in late middle / high school is likely hurting everyone.
For actual data, here's a nice paper by job market candidate @huihuangzhu.bsky.social, arguing that AP-induced tracking helps everyone.
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/00qud...
For actual data, here's a nice paper by job market candidate @huihuangzhu.bsky.social, arguing that AP-induced tracking helps everyone.
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/00qud...
December 20, 2024 at 4:17 PM
My anecdata suggests that not tracking kids in math & foreign language in late middle / high school is likely hurting everyone.
For actual data, here's a nice paper by job market candidate @huihuangzhu.bsky.social, arguing that AP-induced tracking helps everyone.
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/00qud...
For actual data, here's a nice paper by job market candidate @huihuangzhu.bsky.social, arguing that AP-induced tracking helps everyone.
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/00qud...
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Me too! And check out the session @danielfiroozi.bsky.social and I are both in on Politics, Polarization, and Higher Ed -- Thursday at 1:45pm.
I'll be presenting some (very) early-stage joint work with Emily Cook & Paola Ugalde on the changing distribution of political views across colleges.
I'll be presenting some (very) early-stage joint work with Emily Cook & Paola Ugalde on the changing distribution of political views across colleges.
November 18, 2024 at 10:06 PM
Me too! And check out the session @danielfiroozi.bsky.social and I are both in on Politics, Polarization, and Higher Ed -- Thursday at 1:45pm.
I'll be presenting some (very) early-stage joint work with Emily Cook & Paola Ugalde on the changing distribution of political views across colleges.
I'll be presenting some (very) early-stage joint work with Emily Cook & Paola Ugalde on the changing distribution of political views across colleges.
Hey everyone!
I’ll be attending (and presenting a paper) at APPAM in DC later this week! Feel free to send me an email at dfiroozi [at] cmc [dot] edu if you’re interested in meeting up!
#APPAM2024
I’ll be attending (and presenting a paper) at APPAM in DC later this week! Feel free to send me an email at dfiroozi [at] cmc [dot] edu if you’re interested in meeting up!
#APPAM2024
November 18, 2024 at 8:02 PM
Hey everyone!
I’ll be attending (and presenting a paper) at APPAM in DC later this week! Feel free to send me an email at dfiroozi [at] cmc [dot] edu if you’re interested in meeting up!
#APPAM2024
I’ll be attending (and presenting a paper) at APPAM in DC later this week! Feel free to send me an email at dfiroozi [at] cmc [dot] edu if you’re interested in meeting up!
#APPAM2024
Had to explain to my partner that the reason why I was excited after checking the mail today was because we were randomly selected into the ACS.
October 31, 2023 at 3:00 AM
Had to explain to my partner that the reason why I was excited after checking the mail today was because we were randomly selected into the ACS.