George Bulman

Curriculum Vitae

Contact Information

      Department of Economics
      University of California
      1156 High Street
      Santa Cruz, CA 95064

      gbulman@ucsc.edu
      (650) 521-1603

Education

      Ph.D., Economics, Stanford University, 2013
      B.S., Mathematics, Haverford College, 2002

Research

• The Effect of College and University Endowments on Financial Aid, Admissions, and Student Composition
  Working Paper, August 2022.
        Prior Version 2021

• The Effect of Financial Resources on Homeownership, Marriage, and Fertility: Evidence from State Lotteries
  [Appendix]
  with Sarena Goodman and Adam Isen
  Working Paper, December 2022.
        NBER Working Paper No. 30743

• The Impact of COVID-19 on Community College Enrollment and Student Success: Evidence from California Administrative Data
  with Robert Fairlie
  Education Finance and Policy 2022
        NBER Working Paper No. 28715
        Brookings: "Dynastic human capital, community college enrollment, and more"
        Education Next: The Education Exchange Podcast: "Enrollments Plunge at California Community Colleges"
        The Futures Initiative: "Impact of Covid-19 on California Community College Enrollment and Students’ Outcomes"

• Factors Shaping College Investment and Enrollment Gaps
  with Jesse Cunha
  The Routledge Handbook of the Economics of Education 1: 309-342. 2022

• Parental Resources and College Attendance: Evidence from Lottery Wins
  with Robert Fairlie, Sarena Goodman, and Adam Isen
  American Economic Review 111 (4): 1201-1240. 2021
        Prior Version 2020
        NBER Working Paper No. 22679
        Vox: "What the lottery can tell us about college affordability"

• The Effect of Federal Policy on For-Profit Higher Education: Evidence from National Elections
  Working Paper, 2018

• Law Enforcement Leaders and the Racial Composition of Arrests
  [Online Appendix]
  Economic Inquiry 57 (4): 1842-1858. 2019
        Pacific Standard: "Black Sheriffs are Less Likely to Pursue Low-Level Arrests Against People of Color"

• Updating Human Capital Decisions: Evidence From SAT Score Shocks and College Applications
  [Online Appendix]
  with Timothy N. Bond, Xiaoxiao Li, and Jonathan Smith
  Journal of Labor Economics 36(3): 807–839. 2018
        Education Week: "Sudden SAT Score Gains Don't Change Students' College Choices"
        Inside Higher Ed: "Inertia in College Lists"

• Weighting Recent Performance to Improve College and Labor Market Outcomes
  [Online Appendix]
  Journal of Public Economics 146: 97-108. 2017
        New York Times: "How Colleges Can Admit Better Students"

• Technology and Education: Computers, Software, and the Internet
  with Robert Fairlie
  Handbook of the Economics of Education 5: 239-280. 2016
        NBER Working Paper No. 22237
        The Economist: "Technology is transforming what happens when a child goes to school"
        The Economist: "In poor countries technology can make big improvements to education"

• The Effects of the Tax Deduction for Postsecondary Tuition: Implications for Structuring Tax-Based Aid
  with Caroline M. Hoxby
  Economics of Education Review 51: 23-60. 2016
        NBER Working Paper No. 21554
        Brookings: "The tax benefits for education don’t increase education"

• The Effect of Access to College Assessments on Enrollment and Attainment.
  [Online Appendix]
  American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 7(4): 1-36. 2015 (lead article)
        AEA Highlights: "Can a nearby SAT test center boost college attendance?"
        LSE USAPP: "How making entrance exams more accessible can increase college attendance"

• The Returns to the Federal Tax Credits for Higher Education
  with Caroline M. Hoxby
  Tax Policy and the Economy 29 (1): 13-88. 2015
        NBER Working Paper No. 20833
        New York Times: "$20 Billion in Tax Credits Fails to Increase College Attendance"