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Professor Rockoff's interests center on local public finance and the economics of education. He has done research on the determinants of property taxation and expenditure in local public school districts, the relation between crime risk and local property values, the impact of teachers and teacher certification on student achievement, and measuring the educational quality of charter schools. His current work focuses on identifying preemployment indicators of effective teachers and how teacher induction programs and mentoring can improve outcomes for new teachers. Rockoff is also a faculty research fellow in the Public Economics and Education programs at the National Bureau of Economic Research.

• Fall 2009
  Managerial Economics
  
• Fall 2008
  Taxes & Business Strategy
  
• Fall 2006
  Taxes & Business Strategy
  

Estimates of the Impact of Crime Risk on Property Values from Megan's Laws In American Economic Review (2008) Coauthor(s): Jonah Rockoff, Leigh Linden

The Narrowing Gap in New York City Teacher Qualifications and Its Implications for Student Achievement in High-Poverty Schools In Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (2008) Coauthor(s): Donald Boyd, Hamilton Lankford, Susanna Loeb, Jonah Rockoff, James Wyckoff

What Does Certification Tell Us About Teacher Effectiveness? Evidence from New York City In Economics of Education Review (2008) Coauthor(s): Thomas Kane, Jonah Rockoff, Douglas Staiger

Work Disruption, Worker Health and Productivity: Evidence from Teaching In (2009) Coauthor(s): Mariesa Herrmann, Jonah Rockoff

Biological Gender Differences, Absenteeism, and the Earnings Gap: Comment In Working Paper (2009) Coauthor(s): Mariesa Herrmann, Jonah Rockoff

Stuck in the Middle: Impacts of Grade Configuration in Public Schools In (2009) Coauthor(s): Benjamin Lockwood, Jonah Rockoff

Does Mentoring Reduce Turnover and Improve Skills of New Employees? Evidence from Teachers in New York City In Working Paper (2008) Coauthor(s): Jonah Rockoff

Can You Recognize an Effective Teacher When You Recruit One? In NBER (2008) Coauthor(s): Brian Jacob, Thomas Kane, Jonah Rockoff, Douglas Staiger

Do Sex Offender Registration and Notification Laws Affect Criminal Behavior? In Working Paper (2008) Coauthor(s): J. J. Prescott, Jonah Rockoff

Short Run Impacts of Accountability on School Quality In NBER (2008) Coauthor(s): Jonah Rockoff, Lesley Turner