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University of Kentucky → Carol Martin Gatton College of Business and Economics → Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER)

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Working papers

2025

  1. Petri Böckerman & Mika Haapanen & Christopher Jepsen, 2025, "Coming of Age: The Hidden Health Costs of Legal Age Limits," CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo, number 11907.

2023

  1. Christopher Jepsen & Peter Mueser & Kenneth Troske & Kyung-Seong Jeon, 2023, "Estimates of Earnings Returns by Field of Study for For-Profit Schools and Community Colleges," CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo, number 10754.

2021

  1. Petri Böckerman & Mika Haapanen & Christopher Jepsen, 2021, "Dark Passage: Mental Health Consequences of Parental Death," CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo, number 9099.
  2. Christopher Jepsen & Peter Mueser & Kenneth Troske & Kyung-Seong Jeon, 2021, "The Benefits of Alternatives to Conventional College: Comparing the Labor-Market Returns to For-Profit Schools and Community Colleges," CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo, number 9272.

2020

  1. Celeste K. Carruthers & Christopher Jepsen, 2020, "Vocational Education: An International Perspective," CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo, number 8718.
  2. Jepsen, Christopher & Jepsen, Lisa, 2020, "Convergence Over Time or Not? U.S. Wages by Sexual Orientation, 2001-2018," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 13495, Jul.

2019

  1. Petri Böckerman & Mika Haapanen & Christopher Jepsen & Alexandra Roulet, 2019, "School Tracking and Mental Health," CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo, number 7927.

2018

  1. Petri Böckerman & Mika Haapanen & Christopher Jepsen, 2018, "Labor-Market Returns to Higher Vocational Schooling," CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo, number 7197.
  2. Darshak Patel & Christopher Jepsen, 2018, "Hazard Model Analysis of Community College Outcomes," Working Papers, Geary Institute, University College Dublin, number 201823, Nov.

2017

  1. Christopher Jepsen & Peter Mueser & Kenneth Troske, 2017, "Second Chance for High-school Dropouts? A Regression Discontinuity Analysis of Postsecondary Educational Returns to the GED," Open Access publications, School of Economics, University College Dublin, number 10197/9008, Jul.
  2. Christopher Jepsen & Lisa K. Jepsen, 2017, "Self-Employment, Earnings, and Sexual Orientation," Open Access publications, School of Economics, University College Dublin, number 10197/9009, Mar.

2016

  1. Jepsen, Christopher & Mueser, Peter R. & Jeon, Kyung-Seong, 2016, "The Benefits of Alternatives to Conventional College: Labor-Market Returns to Proprietary Schooling," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 10007, Jun.

2015

  1. Böckerman, Petri & Haapanen, Mika & Jepsen, Christopher, 2015, "Back to School? Labor-Market Returns to Vocational Postsecondary Education," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 9079, May.
  2. Christopher Jepsen & Peter Mueser & Kenneth Troske, 2015, "Second Chance for High-School Dropouts? A Regression Discontinuity Analysis of Postsecondary Educational Returns to General Educational Development Certification," Working Papers, Geary Institute, University College Dublin, number 201508, May.
  3. Christopher Jepsen, 2015, "Class Size: Does It Matter for Student Achievement?," Open Access publications, School of Economics, University College Dublin, number 10197/7263.
  4. Thomas Ahn & Christopher Jepsen, 2015, "The Effect of Sharing a Mother Tongue with Peers: Evidence from North Carolina Middle Schools," Open Access publications, School of Economics, University College Dublin, number 10197/7264.

2014

  1. Todd Elder & Christopher Jepsen, 2014, "Are catholic primary schools more effective than public primary schools?," Open Access publications, School of Economics, University College Dublin, number 10197/5553, Mar.
  2. Christopher Jepsen & Lisa K. Jepsen, 2014, "Labor-Market Specialization within Same-Sex and Different-Sex Couples," Open Access publications, School of Economics, University College Dublin, number 10197/7884, Dec.

2012

  1. Jepsen, Christopher & Mueser, Peter R. & Troske, Kenneth, 2012, "Labor-Market Returns to the GED Using Regression Discontinuity Analysis," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 6758, Jul.
  2. Jepsen, Christopher & Troske, Kenneth & Coomes, Paul A., 2012, "The Labor-Market Returns to Community College Degrees, Diplomas, and Certificates," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 6902, Oct.
  3. Christopher Jepsen & Mark Montgomery, 2012, "Back to school: An Application of human capital theory for mature workers," Open Access publications, School of Economics, University College Dublin, number 10197/4435, Feb.

2010

  1. Christopher Jepsen, 2010, "Bilingual Education and English Proficiency," Open Access publications, School of Economics, University College Dublin, number 10197/4444, Apr.

2009

  1. William Hoyt & Christopher Jepsen & Kenneth Troske, 2009, "Business Incentives and Employment: What Incentives Work and Where?," Working Papers, University of Kentucky, Institute for Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations, number 2009-02, Jan.
  2. Blomquist, Glenn C. & Coomes, Paul A. & Jepsen, Christopher & Koford, Brandon C. & Troske, Kenneth, 2009, "Estimating the Social Value of Higher Education: Willingness to Pay for Community and Technical Colleges," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 4086, Mar.
  3. Christopher Jepsen & Lisa K. Jepsen, 2009, "Does home ownership vary by sexual orientation?," Open Access publications, School of Economics, University College Dublin, number 10197/4437, May.
  4. Christopher Jepsen & Mark Montgomery, 2009, "Miles to go before I learn: The effect of travel distance on the mature person's choice of a community college," Open Access publications, School of Economics, University College Dublin, number 10197/4443, Jan.

2008

  1. Christopher Jepsen, 2008, "Multinomial Probit Estimates of College Completion at Two-Year and Four-Year Schools," Open Access publications, School of Economics, University College Dublin, number 10197/4447, Feb.

2007

  1. Laura E. Hill & Christopher Jepsen, 2007, "Positive outcomes from poor starts: Predictors of dropping back in," Open Access publications, School of Economics, University College Dublin, number 10197/4446, Oct.

2006

  1. Christopher Jepsen & Lisa K. Jepsen, 2006, "The Effects of Statutory Rape Laws on Nonmarital Teenage Childbearing," Open Access publications, School of Economics, University College Dublin, number 10197/4434, Jan.
  2. Christopher Jepsen & Lisa K. Jepsen, 2006, "The sexual division of labor within households revisited : comparisons of couples and roommates," Open Access publications, School of Economics, University College Dublin, number 10197/4448.

2005

  1. Christopher Jepsen, 2005, "Teacher characteristics and student achievement: evidence from teacher surveys," Open Access publications, School of Economics, University College Dublin, number 10197/4445, Mar.

2002

  1. Christopher Jepsen & Steven Rivkin, 2002, "What is the Tradeoff Between Smaller Classes and Teacher Quality?," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 9205, Sep.
  2. Christopher Jepsen, 2002, "The role of aggregation in estimating the effects of private school competition on student achievement," Open Access publications, School of Economics, University College Dublin, number 10197/4436, Nov.

Undated

  1. Lisa K. Jepsen & Christopher A. Jepsen, undated, "An Empirical Analysis of Same-Sex and Opposite-Sex Couples: Do "Likes" Still Like "Likes" in the '90s?," IPR working papers, Institute for Policy Resarch at Northwestern University, number 99-5.

Journal articles

2025

  1. Jepsen, Christopher & Mueser, Peter & Troske, Kenneth & Jeon, Kyung-Seong, 2025, "Estimates of earnings returns by field of study for-profit schools and community colleges," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, volume 107, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2025.102675.
  2. Christopher Jepsen & Lisa Jepsen, 2025, "U.S. Housing Outcomes by Race, Ethnicity, and Sexual Orientation, 2005–2021," Review of Economics of the Household, Springer, volume 23, issue 1, pages 245-276, March, DOI: 10.1007/s11150-024-09722-9.
  3. Celeste K. Carruthers & William F. Fox & Christopher Jepsen, 2025, "What Knox Achieved: Estimated Effects of Tuition-Free Community College on Attainment and Earnings," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, volume 60, issue 6, pages 2071-2104.

2023

  1. Christopher Jepsen, 2023, "Determinants of Career Exits and Career Breaks in Women's Professional Basketball," Journal of Sports Economics, , volume 24, issue 8, pages 1055-1075, December, DOI: 10.1177/15270025231190647.
  2. Christopher Jepsen & Lisa K. Jepsen, 2023, "Taking a Knee: Effect of NFL Player Protests on Subsequent Employment and Earnings," Journal of Economics, Race, and Policy, Springer, volume 6, issue 3, pages 187-199, September, DOI: 10.1007/s41996-023-00116-0.
  3. Petri Böckerman & Mika Haapanen & Christopher Jepsen, 2023, "Dark Passage," American Journal of Health Economics, University of Chicago Press, volume 9, issue 4, pages 584-604, DOI: 10.1086/723598.

2022

  1. Jepsen, Christopher & Jepsen, Lisa, 2022, "Convergence over time or not? U.S. wages by sexual orientation, 2000–2019," Labour Economics, Elsevier, volume 74, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2021.102086.

2021

  1. Christopher Jepsen & Lisa Jepsen & Trevor Draisey & Josh Mahoney, 2021, "Race and National Football League Player Salaries After Controlling for Fantasy Statistics and Arrests," Journal of Sports Economics, , volume 22, issue 4, pages 359-386, May, DOI: 10.1177/1527002520975823.
  2. Petri Böckerman & Mika Haapanen & Christopher Jepsen & Alexandra Roulet, 2021, "School Tracking and Mental Health," Journal of Human Capital, University of Chicago Press, volume 15, issue 2, pages 291-345, DOI: 10.1086/712728.

2019

  1. Böckerman, Petri & Haapanen, Mika & Jepsen, Christopher, 2019, "Back to school: Labor-market returns to higher vocational schooling," Labour Economics, Elsevier, volume 61, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2019.101758.

2018

  1. Petri Böckerman & Mika Haapanen & Christopher Jepsen, 2018, "More skilled, better paid: labour-market returns to postsecondary vocational education," Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford University Press, volume 70, issue 2, pages 485-508.

2017

  1. Christopher Jepsen & Lisa K. Jepsen, 2017, "Self-employment, earnings, and sexual orientation," Review of Economics of the Household, Springer, volume 15, issue 1, pages 287-305, March, DOI: 10.1007/s11150-016-9351-z.
  2. Christopher Jepsen & Peter Mueser & Kenneth Troske, 2017, "Second Chance for High School Dropouts? A Regression Discontinuity Analysis of Postsecondary Educational Returns to the GED," Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press, volume 35, issue S1, pages 273-304, DOI: 10.1086/691391.

2016

  1. Christopher Jepsen & Peter Mueser & Kenneth Troske, 2016, "Labor Market Returns to the GED Using Regression Discontinuity Analysis," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, volume 124, issue 3, pages 621-649, DOI: 10.1086/686245.

2015

  1. Christopher Jepsen & Lisa K. Jepsen, 2015, "Labor-Market Specialization within Same-Sex and Difference-Sex Couples," Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, Wiley Blackwell, volume 54, issue 1, pages 109-130, January.
  2. Christopher Jepsen, 2015, "Class size: Does it matter for student achievement?," World of Labour, LISER, pages 190-190, September.
  3. Thomas Ahn & Christopher Jepsen, 2015, "The effect of sharing a mother tongue with peers: evidence from North Carolina middle schools," IZA Journal of Migration and Development, Springer;Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (IZA), volume 4, issue 1, pages 1-21, December, DOI: 10.1186/s40176-015-0030-2.

2014

  1. Blomquist Glenn C. & Coomes Paul A. & Jepsen Christopher & Koford Brandon C. & Troske Kenneth R., 2014, "Estimating the social value of higher education: willingness to pay for community and technical colleges," Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, De Gruyter, volume 5, issue 1, pages 3-41, January, DOI: 10.1515/jbca-2013-0009.
  2. Elder, Todd & Jepsen, Christopher, 2014, "Are Catholic primary schools more effective than public primary schools?," Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier, volume 80, issue C, pages 28-38, DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2013.10.001.
  3. Christopher Jepsen & Kenneth Troske & Paul Coomes, 2014, "The Labor-Market Returns to Community College Degrees, Diplomas, and Certificates," Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press, volume 32, issue 1, pages 95-121, DOI: 10.1086/671809.

2012

  1. Jepsen, Christopher & Montgomery, Mark, 2012, "Back to school: An application of human capital theory for mature workers," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, volume 31, issue 1, pages 168-178, DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2011.10.005.

2010

  1. Christopher Jepsen, 2010, "Bilingual Education and English Proficiency," Education Finance and Policy, MIT Press, volume 5, issue 2, pages 200-227, April.

2009

  1. Jepsen, Christopher & Montgomery, Mark, 2009, "Miles to go before I learn: The effect of travel distance on the mature person's choice of a community college," Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier, volume 65, issue 1, pages 64-73, January.
  2. Jepsen, Christopher & Jepsen, Lisa K., 2009, "Does home ownership vary by sexual orientation?," Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier, volume 39, issue 3, pages 307-315, May.
  3. Christopher Jepsen & Steven Rivkin, 2009, "Class Size Reduction and Student Achievement: The Potential Tradeoff between Teacher Quality and Class Size," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, volume 44, issue 1.

2008

  1. Jepsen, Christopher, 2008, "Multinomial probit estimates of college completion at 2-year and 4-year schools," Economics Letters, Elsevier, volume 98, issue 2, pages 155-160, February.

2007

  1. Hill, Laura E. & Jepsen, Christopher, 2007, "Positive outcomes from poor starts: Predictors of dropping back in," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, volume 26, issue 5, pages 588-603, October.

2006

  1. Christopher A. Jepsen & Lisa K. Jepsen, 2006, "The Effects Of Statutory Rape Laws On Nonmarital Teenage Childbearing," Contemporary Economic Policy, Western Economic Association International, volume 24, issue 1, pages 35-51, January, DOI: 10.1093/cep/byj005.
  2. Christopher A. Jepsen & Lisa K. Jepsen, 2006, "The Sexual Division of Labor Within Households: Comparisons of Couples to Roommates," Eastern Economic Journal, Eastern Economic Association, volume 32, issue 2, pages 299-312, Spring.

2005

  1. Jepsen, Christopher, 2005, "Teacher characteristics and student achievement: evidence from teacher surveys," Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier, volume 57, issue 2, pages 302-319, March.

2003

  1. Christopher Jepsen, 2003, "The Effectiveness of Catholic Primary Schooling," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, volume 38, issue 4.

2002

  1. Jepsen, Christopher, 2002, "The role of aggregation in estimating the effects of private school competition on student achievement," Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier, volume 52, issue 3, pages 477-500, November.
  2. Lisa Jepsen & Christopher Jepsen, 2002, "An empirical analysis of the matching patterns of same-sex and opposite-sex couples," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), volume 39, issue 3, pages 435-453, August, DOI: 10.1353/dem.2002.0027.

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