| Can principals identify effective teachers? Evidence on subjective performance evaluation in education BA Jacob, L Lefgren Journal of labor Economics 26 (1), 101-136, 2008 | 1088* | 2008 |
| Remedial education and student achievement: A regression-discontinuity analysis BA Jacob, L Lefgren Review of economics and statistics 86 (1), 226-244, 2004 | 907 | 2004 |
| Are idle hands the devil’s workshop? Incapacitation, concentration, and juvenile crime BA Jacob, L Lefgren American economic review 93 (5), 1560-1577, 2003 | 591 | 2003 |
| The impact of research grant funding on scientific productivity BA Jacob, L Lefgren Journal of public economics 95 (9-10), 1168-1177, 2011 | 541 | 2011 |
| The impact of teacher training on student achievement quasi-experimental evidence from school reform efforts in Chicago BA Jacob, L Lefgren Journal of Human Resources 39 (1), 50-79, 2004 | 512 | 2004 |
| An approach to longitudinally matching Current Population Survey (CPS) respondents BC Madrian, LJ Lefgren Journal of Economic and Social Measurement 26 (1), 31-62, 2000 | 459 | 2000 |
| The effect of grade retention on high school completion BA Jacob, L Lefgren American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 1 (3), 33-58, 2009 | 426 | 2009 |
| The dynamics of criminal behavior evidence from weather shocks B Jacob, L Lefgren, E Moretti Journal of Human resources 42 (3), 489-527, 2007 | 339 | 2007 |
| The persistence of teacher-induced learning BA Jacob, L Lefgren, DP Sims Journal of Human resources 45 (4), 915-943, 2010 | 304 | 2010 |
| What do parents value in education? An empirical investigation of parents' revealed preferences for teachers BA Jacob, L Lefgren The Quarterly Journal of Economics 122 (4), 1603-1637, 2007 | 280 | 2007 |
| Educational peer effects and the Chicago public schools L Lefgren Journal of urban Economics 56 (2), 169-191, 2004 | 227 | 2004 |
| The relationship between women's education and marriage outcomes L Lefgren, F McIntyre Journal of labor Economics 24 (4), 787-830, 2006 | 197 | 2006 |
| Explaining the puzzle of cross-state differences in bankruptcy rates L Lefgren, F McIntyre The Journal of Law and Economics 52 (2), 367-393, 2009 | 163 | 2009 |
| When principals rate teachers: The best--and the worst--stand out B Jacob, L Lefgren Education next 6 (2), 58-65, 2006 | 141 | 2006 |
| The impact of NIH postdoctoral training grants on scientific productivity BA Jacob, L Lefgren Research policy 40 (6), 864-874, 2011 | 131 | 2011 |
| Rich dad, smart dad: Decomposing the intergenerational transmission of income L Lefgren, D Sims, MJ Lindquist Journal of Political Economy 120 (2), 268-303, 2012 | 117 | 2012 |
| Judging judge fixed effects BR Frandsen, LJ Lefgren, EC Leslie National Bureau of Economic Research, 2019 | 102 | 2019 |
| Effort, luck, and voting for redistribution LJ Lefgren, DP Sims, OB Stoddard Journal of Public Economics 143, 89-97, 2016 | 95 | 2016 |
| Can principals identify effective teachers BA Jacob, L Lefgren Evidence on, 2008 | 75 | 2008 |
| Teacher heterogeneity, value-added and education policy S Condie, L Lefgren, D Sims Economics of Education Review 40, 76-92, 2014 | 69 | 2014 |
