Lois Miller
@loismiller.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Economics at University of South Carolina, graduate of UW-Madison and DePauw University. Research focused on the economics of higher ed. Website: loismiller.info
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Lois Miller
@loismiller.bsky.social
· Nov 5
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#Econsky job market paper thread!
Using an RD design and admin TX data, I estimate the effects of college transfers. I find negative earnings returns for marginal students who transfer from 2-yr to 4-yr colleges or 4-yr nonflagship to flagship college.
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Using an RD design and admin TX data, I estimate the effects of college transfers. I find negative earnings returns for marginal students who transfer from 2-yr to 4-yr colleges or 4-yr nonflagship to flagship college.
users.ssc.wisc.edu/~lmmiller22/...
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Happy to have this paper with @loismiller.bsky.social @camilantmorales.bsky.social and Kalena Cortes accepted at Econ of Ed Review!
And honored it will be in the special issue in memory of Rodney Andrews. ❤️
And honored it will be in the special issue in memory of Rodney Andrews. ❤️
Distance to degrees: How college proximity shapes students’ enrollment choices and attainment across race-ethnicity and socioeconomic status www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Distance to degrees: How college proximity shapes students’ enrollment choices and attainment across race-ethnicity and socioeconomic status
Leveraging rich data on the universe of Texas high school graduates, we estimate how the relationship between geographic access to public two- and fou…
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October 12, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Happy to have this paper with @loismiller.bsky.social @camilantmorales.bsky.social and Kalena Cortes accepted at Econ of Ed Review!
And honored it will be in the special issue in memory of Rodney Andrews. ❤️
And honored it will be in the special issue in memory of Rodney Andrews. ❤️
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To Attend a College Aligned With Their Politics, Students Would Pay Higher Price
The study also explores the changing politics of student bodies over the past four decades, showing that liberal campuses have grown more liberal and conservative campuses more conservative. https://bit.ly/4nbiPPh
The study also explores the changing politics of student bodies over the past four decades, showing that liberal campuses have grown more liberal and conservative campuses more conservative. https://bit.ly/4nbiPPh
September 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
To Attend a College Aligned With Their Politics, Students Would Pay Higher Price
The study also explores the changing politics of student bodies over the past four decades, showing that liberal campuses have grown more liberal and conservative campuses more conservative. https://bit.ly/4nbiPPh
The study also explores the changing politics of student bodies over the past four decades, showing that liberal campuses have grown more liberal and conservative campuses more conservative. https://bit.ly/4nbiPPh
Haven't been on Bluesky in awhile, but popping in to say I wrote a policy piece based on my transfer paper for @brookings.edu Chalkboard! Many thanks to @econsarahreber.bsky.social, @katharinemeyer.bsky.social, & Michael Hansen for the opportunity and the editing.
www.brookings.edu/articles/com...
www.brookings.edu/articles/com...
Community college students don’t always benefit from transferring to a 4-year college | Brookings
Lois Miller examines community college transfer, finding it boosts degree completion but can reduce earnings afterward.
www.brookings.edu
September 17, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Haven't been on Bluesky in awhile, but popping in to say I wrote a policy piece based on my transfer paper for @brookings.edu Chalkboard! Many thanks to @econsarahreber.bsky.social, @katharinemeyer.bsky.social, & Michael Hansen for the opportunity and the editing.
www.brookings.edu/articles/com...
www.brookings.edu/articles/com...
Check out my @peerresearch.bsky.social policy brief with Minseon Park about tuition caps and freezes!
Out today from @peerresearch.bsky.social: 22 states froze college tuition (or capped growth in tuition) at least once between 1990 to 2019. Here’s what happened. www.american.edu/spa/peer/upl... 1/
April 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Check out my @peerresearch.bsky.social policy brief with Minseon Park about tuition caps and freezes!
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Happy to have our paper on distance to college & educational disparities covered in the @nber.org digest today! @loismiller.bsky.social @camilantmorales.bsky.social (& @ need to get Kalena Cortes on here!)
www.nber.org/digest/20250...
www.nber.org/digest/20250...
Distance to College Contributes to Educational Disparities
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April 1, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Happy to have our paper on distance to college & educational disparities covered in the @nber.org digest today! @loismiller.bsky.social @camilantmorales.bsky.social (& @ need to get Kalena Cortes on here!)
www.nber.org/digest/20250...
www.nber.org/digest/20250...
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Mississippi State Univ. is hiring a tenure-track Econ Assistant Prof w/ August start!
Open field; pref. for applied micro & teaching PhD Micro I & II (Micro II this fall).
Apply: MSU site & www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing.php?JOE_ID=2025-01_111475768
Please repost—it's an off-cycle search. Thanks!
Open field; pref. for applied micro & teaching PhD Micro I & II (Micro II this fall).
Apply: MSU site & www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing.php?JOE_ID=2025-01_111475768
Please repost—it's an off-cycle search. Thanks!
March 21, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Mississippi State Univ. is hiring a tenure-track Econ Assistant Prof w/ August start!
Open field; pref. for applied micro & teaching PhD Micro I & II (Micro II this fall).
Apply: MSU site & www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing.php?JOE_ID=2025-01_111475768
Please repost—it's an off-cycle search. Thanks!
Open field; pref. for applied micro & teaching PhD Micro I & II (Micro II this fall).
Apply: MSU site & www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing.php?JOE_ID=2025-01_111475768
Please repost—it's an off-cycle search. Thanks!
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A special thank you to Michal Kurlaender and the program committee for all of their work on an excellent conference program this year! We appreciate your time and service. #AEFP2025
March 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
A special thank you to Michal Kurlaender and the program committee for all of their work on an excellent conference program this year! We appreciate your time and service. #AEFP2025
Join us bright and early tomorrow for the annual @aefpweb.bsky.social 5K! Meet in the Mayflower hotel lobby at 6:15 or at Lafayette Square at 6:30 #AEFP2025
This Saturday, let's run circles around this administration.
#AEFP2025 5k starts at 6:30 am in Lafayette Square @aefpweb.bsky.social
#AEFP2025 5k starts at 6:30 am in Lafayette Square @aefpweb.bsky.social
March 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Join us bright and early tomorrow for the annual @aefpweb.bsky.social 5K! Meet in the Mayflower hotel lobby at 6:15 or at Lafayette Square at 6:30 #AEFP2025
It’s hard times for education research but I have been heartened connecting with so many people at my favorite conference/organization @aefpweb.bsky.social & am beyond honored to receive their dissertation award 🥲
March 14, 2025 at 7:43 PM
It’s hard times for education research but I have been heartened connecting with so many people at my favorite conference/organization @aefpweb.bsky.social & am beyond honored to receive their dissertation award 🥲
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Starting bright & early Thursday AM, my coauthor @loismiller.bsky.social will present our joint work with @camilantmorales.bsky.social & Kalena Cortes on distance to college and postsecondary outcomes. And @bakerdphd.bsky.social will chair! What more do you need to kick off your conferencing!?
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March 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Starting bright & early Thursday AM, my coauthor @loismiller.bsky.social will present our joint work with @camilantmorales.bsky.social & Kalena Cortes on distance to college and postsecondary outcomes. And @bakerdphd.bsky.social will chair! What more do you need to kick off your conferencing!?
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Fascinating study from Texas on the effect of distance to community colleges on enrollment and degree completion: www.nber.org/papers/w3333...
Distance to Degrees: How College Proximity Shapes Students’ Enrollment Choices and Attainment Across Race-Ethnicity and Socioeconomic Status
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
www.nber.org
January 6, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Fascinating study from Texas on the effect of distance to community colleges on enrollment and degree completion: www.nber.org/papers/w3333...
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TLDR: White, Asian, and rich students who don't live near community colleges are more likely to go to 4-year colleges and are more likely to graduate from college while the exact opposite is true for Black, Hispanic, and poor students.
#highered #education #econsky
#highered #education #econsky
January 6, 2025 at 2:05 PM
TLDR: White, Asian, and rich students who don't live near community colleges are more likely to go to 4-year colleges and are more likely to graduate from college while the exact opposite is true for Black, Hispanic, and poor students.
#highered #education #econsky
#highered #education #econsky
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Happy to have this paper (coauthored with an amazing team: Kalena Cortes, @loismiller.bsky.social, & @camilantmorales.bsky.social!) out on NBER this morning! Take a look 👇
Important new research by @riacton.bsky.social and colleagues uses Texas data to look at how sensitive students are to distance to the nearest colleges, with important differences by race/ethnicity.
www.nber.org/papers/w33337
www.nber.org/papers/w33337
Distance to Degrees: How College Proximity Shapes Students’ Enrollment Choices and Attainment Across Race-Ethnicity and Socioeconomic Status
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
www.nber.org
January 6, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Happy to have this paper (coauthored with an amazing team: Kalena Cortes, @loismiller.bsky.social, & @camilantmorales.bsky.social!) out on NBER this morning! Take a look 👇
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Academically entitled students have stronger expectations that a female (vs male) professor will grant their special favor requests
These expectations increased students’ likelihood of making these requests and exhibiting negative emotional and behavioral reactions to having these requests denied
These expectations increased students’ likelihood of making these requests and exhibiting negative emotional and behavioral reactions to having these requests denied
December 30, 2024 at 6:47 PM
Academically entitled students have stronger expectations that a female (vs male) professor will grant their special favor requests
These expectations increased students’ likelihood of making these requests and exhibiting negative emotional and behavioral reactions to having these requests denied
These expectations increased students’ likelihood of making these requests and exhibiting negative emotional and behavioral reactions to having these requests denied
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"We Wish You A Merry Christmas" #QuarantineHobby 🎄 🎄🎄
December 25, 2024 at 2:53 PM
"We Wish You A Merry Christmas" #QuarantineHobby 🎄 🎄🎄
Thanks @iza.org for including us on this fun Advent Calendar! ☺️ See below for a short non-technical summary of our paper 👇
✨ #IZAdventCalendar 1️⃣9️⃣
🎁 Today's insight: Living in a 'community college desert' hinders enrollment and degree completion among Black, Hispanic, and lower-income students.
@riacton.bsky.social, K. Cortes, @loismiller.bsky.social & @camilantmorales.bsky.social
newsroom.iza.org/en/archive/r...
🎁 Today's insight: Living in a 'community college desert' hinders enrollment and degree completion among Black, Hispanic, and lower-income students.
@riacton.bsky.social, K. Cortes, @loismiller.bsky.social & @camilantmorales.bsky.social
newsroom.iza.org/en/archive/r...
How college proximity shapes enrollment and degree attainment
The role of geographic access in addressing higher education disparities
newsroom.iza.org
December 19, 2024 at 6:48 PM
Thanks @iza.org for including us on this fun Advent Calendar! ☺️ See below for a short non-technical summary of our paper 👇
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A new paper from the Journal of Political Economy investigates how PhD program ranking, department status, and other author connections impact peer review decisions. Read the full findings here: ow.ly/sfLx50UiGII #EconSky
December 12, 2024 at 2:18 PM
A new paper from the Journal of Political Economy investigates how PhD program ranking, department status, and other author connections impact peer review decisions. Read the full findings here: ow.ly/sfLx50UiGII #EconSky
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Here's my higher ed fact of the day for you (courtesy of Nick Hillman & the NPSAS)! Many academics are used to moving all over for education and work, but most students go to college VERY close to home.
Looking forward to doing more work on this topic with a great team of coauthors 👀
Looking forward to doing more work on this topic with a great team of coauthors 👀
Very large home bias, especially for less selective schools & underrepresented groups. The median student (across 2-years & 4-years) goes to college 17 miles from home! Even at private research universities, about half of students come from within 50 miles.
See: ticas.org/wp-content/u...
See: ticas.org/wp-content/u...
December 11, 2024 at 9:48 PM
Here's my higher ed fact of the day for you (courtesy of Nick Hillman & the NPSAS)! Many academics are used to moving all over for education and work, but most students go to college VERY close to home.
Looking forward to doing more work on this topic with a great team of coauthors 👀
Looking forward to doing more work on this topic with a great team of coauthors 👀
First time talking to a reporter about my research ✅
Thanks so much to Lexi Lonas Cochran for the coverage, and to my coauthor @riacton.bsky.social for passing this one off to me to talk about our work with Kalena Cortes and Camila Morales 😊
thehill.com/homenews/edu...
Thanks so much to Lexi Lonas Cochran for the coverage, and to my coauthor @riacton.bsky.social for passing this one off to me to talk about our work with Kalena Cortes and Camila Morales 😊
thehill.com/homenews/edu...
Community ‘college deserts’ leave students stranded from higher education
Experts are increasingly sounding the alarm on community “college deserts” that leave students without readily accessible higher education options. The deserts, locations where h…
thehill.com
December 6, 2024 at 2:56 AM
First time talking to a reporter about my research ✅
Thanks so much to Lexi Lonas Cochran for the coverage, and to my coauthor @riacton.bsky.social for passing this one off to me to talk about our work with Kalena Cortes and Camila Morales 😊
thehill.com/homenews/edu...
Thanks so much to Lexi Lonas Cochran for the coverage, and to my coauthor @riacton.bsky.social for passing this one off to me to talk about our work with Kalena Cortes and Camila Morales 😊
thehill.com/homenews/edu...
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Shoutout to my friend & coauthor @loismiller.bsky.social who is presenting her cool paper on college transfers at NBER this afternoon! Tune in to hear about it 👀
First snow ❄️ of the season just in time for @nberpubs.bsky.social Ed meetings today! Come watch on YouTube to avoid the slippery commute I just endured www.youtube.com/nbervideos
December 5, 2024 at 2:57 PM
Shoutout to my friend & coauthor @loismiller.bsky.social who is presenting her cool paper on college transfers at NBER this afternoon! Tune in to hear about it 👀
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There are many layers here, but I want to comment on one aspect of these findings for now--the editorial board representation. Some will see this and immediately think: we need to get more POC on our boards! I understand that impulse, but encourage you to think a few steps down the game tree 1/n.
"Non-White scientists appear on fewer editorial boards, spend more time under review, and receive fewer citations"
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Non-White scientists appear on fewer editorial boards, spend more time under review, and receive fewer citations | PNAS
Disparities continue to pose major challenges in various aspects of science. One such
aspect is editorial board composition, which has been shown t...
www.pnas.org
November 27, 2024 at 1:55 AM
There are many layers here, but I want to comment on one aspect of these findings for now--the editorial board representation. Some will see this and immediately think: we need to get more POC on our boards! I understand that impulse, but encourage you to think a few steps down the game tree 1/n.
6 days, 3 conferences, 4 presentations, 3 discussant pres, and a poster later, I am done conferencing 😅 wouldn’t necessarily recommend doing that much in one go but I loved connecting with so many of you at ED, #APPAM2024, and #SEA2024! Now time for some rest 😴
November 25, 2024 at 11:34 PM
6 days, 3 conferences, 4 presentations, 3 discussant pres, and a poster later, I am done conferencing 😅 wouldn’t necessarily recommend doing that much in one go but I loved connecting with so many of you at ED, #APPAM2024, and #SEA2024! Now time for some rest 😴
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Fantastic session on Pathways & Outcomes in Higher Ed at #SEA2024 today! Kudos to @loismiller.bsky.social, Lauren Russell, and others for sharing their work! Special thanks to Xiaozhou Ding for organizing! Check out Lois Miller’s paper on opening community colleges in Texas (see photo). #econsky
November 24, 2024 at 9:44 PM
Fantastic session on Pathways & Outcomes in Higher Ed at #SEA2024 today! Kudos to @loismiller.bsky.social, Lauren Russell, and others for sharing their work! Special thanks to Xiaozhou Ding for organizing! Check out Lois Miller’s paper on opening community colleges in Texas (see photo). #econsky