Julie Berry Cullen

Department of Economics, University of California, San Diego


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 Working Papers

Cullen, Julie Berry, Mark C. Long, and Randall Reback, 2010. Jockeying for position: strategic high school choice under Texas' top ten percent plan, NBER Working Paper No. 16663. (Updated version)

"Deductibility of state and local taxes: is there a case for continuing this tax expenditure?" (with R. Gordon).WP

"Implicit performance awards: an empirical analysis of the labor market for public school principals" (with M. Mazzeo).WP

 Publications

Gordon, Roger H. and Julie Berry Cullen, Forthcoming. Income redistribution in a federal system of governments, Journal of Public Economics. WP

Cullen, Julie Berry and Brian A. Jacob, 2009. "Is gaining access to a selective elementary school gaining ground? Evidence from randomized lotteries" in J. Gruber, ed., An Economic Perspective on the Problems of Disadvantaged Youth (Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press). WP

Cullen, Julie Berry and Roger H. Gordon, 2007. Taxes and entrepreneurial risk-taking: theory and evidence for the U.S., Journal of Public Economics 91(7):1479-505.

Cullen, Julie Berry, Brian A. Jacob, and Steven D. Levitt, 2006. The effect of school choice on participants: evidence from randomized lotteries, Econometrica 74(5):1191-1230.

Cullen, Julie Berry and Randall Reback, 2006. "Tinkering toward accolades: school gaming under a performance accountability system" in T. Gronberg and D. Jansen, eds., Improving School Accountability: Check-Ups or Choice, Advances in Applied Microeconomics 14 (Amsterdam: Elsevier Science), pp.1-34.WP

Cullen, Julie Berry and Roger H. Gordon, 2006. "Tax reform and entrepreneurial activity" in J. Poterba, ed., Tax Policy and the Economy 20 (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press), pp.41-71.WP

Cullen, Julie Berry and Roger H. Gordon, 2006. "How do taxes affect entrepreneurial activity? A comparison of U.S. and Swedish law" (in Swedish) in P. Braunerhjelm and J. Wiklund, eds., Entreprenorskap och Tillvaxt: Kunskap, Kommersialisering och Ekonomisk Politik (Stockholm, Sweden: Forum For Smaeforetagsforskning), pp.71-93.WP

Cullen, Julie Berry, Brian A. Jacob, and Steven D. Levitt, 2005. The impact of school choice on student outcomes: an analysis of the Chicago Public Schools, Journal of Public Economics 89(5-6):729-60.

Bound, John, Julie Berry Cullen, Austin Nichols, and Lucie Schmidt, 2004. The welfare implications of increasing disability insurance benefit generosity, Journal of Public Economics 88(12):2487-2514.

Cullen, Julie Berry and Susanna Loeb, 2004. "School finance reform in Michigan: evaluating Proposal A" in J. Yinger, ed., Helping Children Left Behind: State Aid and the Pursuit of Educational Equity (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press), pp. 215-50.WP

Cullen, Julie Berry, 2003. The impact of fiscal incentives on student disability rates, Journal of Public Economics 87(7-8):1557-89.

Cullen, Julie Berry and Steven G. Rivkin, 2003. "The role of special education in school choice" in C. Hoxby, ed., The Economics of School Choice (Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press), pp. 67-106. WP

Courant, Paul, Julie Berry Cullen, and Susanna Loeb, 2003. "K-12 education in Michigan" in C. Ballard, P. Courant, et al., eds., Michigan at the Millennium (East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University Press), pp. 299-321. WP

Cullen, Julie Berry and Jonathan Gruber, 2000. Does unemployment insurance crowd out spousal labor supply?, Journal of Labor Economics 18(3):546-572.

Cullen, Julie Berry and Steven D. Levitt, 1999. Crime, urban flight, and the consequences for cities, The Review of Economics and Statistics 81(2):159-169.