Blake Heller
A5046940880- School Choice and Performance
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Higher Education Research Studies
- Media Influence and Health
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Economic Policies and Impacts
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
- Global Educational Reforms and Inequalities
- Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare
- Educational Assessment and Improvement
- COVID-19 diagnosis using AI
- Retirement, Disability, and Employment
- Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies
- Economic Growth and Development
- Migration, Refugees, and Integration
- Diaspora, migration, transnational identity
- Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
- Mental Health via Writing
- Innovations in Educational Methods
- Mentoring and Academic Development
- Migration and Labor Dynamics
- Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
- Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
University of Houston
2023
Harvard University Press
2015-2022
John F. Kennedy University
2017
Harvard University
2017
The ability to speak and understand a host country’s primary language is strongly associated with measures of immigrant integration. We estimate the causal effects English training for adult immigrants on participants’ civic economic outcomes using randomized enrollment lotteries from public education program in Massachusetts. Participation doubles voter participation increases annual earnings by $2,400 (56 percent). Increased tax revenue gains cover costs over time, generating 6 percent...
Although it is well known that certain charter schools dramatically increase students' standardized test scores, there considerably less evidence these human capital gains persist into adulthood. To address this matter, we match three years of lottery data from a high-performing high school to administrative college enrollment records and estimate the effect winning an admissions on matriculation, quality, persistence. Seven nine after lottery, find winners are 10.0 percentage points more...
A large interdisciplinary body of research on human judgment and decision making documents systematic deviations between prescriptive models (i.e., how individuals should behave) descriptive actually behave). One canonical example is the loss-gain framing effect risk preferences: robust tendency for preferences to shift depending whether outcomes are described as losses or gains. Traditionally, researchers argue that makers always be immune effects. We present three preregistered experiments...
Abstract In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Psychological Science Accelerator coordinated three large-scale psychological studies examine effects of loss-gain framing, cognitive reappraisals, and autonomy framing manipulations on behavioral intentions affective measures. The data collected (April October 2020) included specific measures for each experimental study, a general questionnaire examining health prevention behaviors experience, geographical cultural context characterization,...
Abstract Can a school or district improve student achievement simply by switching to higher‐quality textbook curriculum? We conducted the first multi‐textbook, multi‐state effort estimate efficacy following widespread adoption of Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and associated changes in market. Pooling test score data across six geographically demographically diverse U.S. states, we found little evidence differences average gains for schools using different math textbooks. some greater...
The COVID-19 pandemic (and its aftermath) highlights a critical need to communicate health information effectively the global public. Given that subtle differences in framing can have meaningful effects on behavior, behavioral science research pressing question: Is it more effective frame messages terms of potential losses (e.g., “If you do not practice these steps, endanger yourself and others”) or gains protect others”)? Collecting data 48 languages from 15,929 participants 84 countries,...
While it is well-known that certain charter schools dramatically increase students’ standardized test scores, there considerably less evidence these human capital gains persist into adulthood. To address this matter, we match three years of lottery data from a high-performing high school to administrative college enrollment records and estimate the effect winning an admissions on matriculation, quality, persistence. Seven nine after lottery, find winners are 10.0 percentage points more...
A mature body of research has examined the labor market returns to passing GED, typically finding modest (or negligible) benefits for individual. In this study, we use a regression discontinuity design estimate impact obtaining GED on postsecondary outcomes two self-selected groups test-takers in Massachusetts: high school dropouts who do and not enroll publicly funded adult basic education (ABE) classes. contrast with previous work, find that earning credential substantially increases...
Objective: In assessing episodic memory, inferences about encoding are often based on effortful retrieval through immediate recall (IR).However, recognition may provide unique insights into fronto-temporal interactions supporting memory formation.We examined the contribution of discriminability (IRD), measured in original Hopkins Verbal Learning Test (HVLT-O), by characterizing its relationship to other and cognitive indices.Method: A within-subjects design was employed using a heterogeneous...
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Psychological Science Accelerator coordinated three large-scale psychological studies examine effects of loss-gain framing, cognitive reappraisals, and autonomy framing manipulations on behavioral intentions affective measures. The data collected (April October 2020) included specific measures for each experimental study, a general questionnaire examining health prevention behaviors experience, geographical cultural context characterization, demographic...
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Psychological Science Accelerator coordinated three large-scale psychological studies examine effects of loss-gain framing, cognitive reappraisals, and autonomy framing manipulations on behavioral intentions affective measures. The data collected (April October 2020) included specific measures for each experimental study, a general questionnaire examining health prevention behaviors experience, geographical cultural context characterization, demographic...