- “Feedback, Learning and Performance: Evidence from a Randomised Controlled Trial" with Isabella Dobrescu (UNSW), Marco Faravelli (Queensland) and Alberto Motta (UNSW), Revise and Resubmit, Economic Journal (A*)
- Do Parents Respond to Regulation of Sugary Drinks in Childcare? Evidence from California" with Jiafei Hu (University of Queensland) and Haishan Yuan (University of Queensland), Conditionally Accepted, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organisation (A*)
- "Class size and performance: At what cost?" with Desire Kedagni (Iowa State University), Kala Krishna (Pennsylvania State University) and Yingyan Zhao (Pennsylvania State University), NBER Working Paper, Revise and Resubmit, European Economic Review (A*)
Featured in: Cato Research Brief, Research Brief in Economic Policy
- "School Attendance during a Pandemic", with Sofoklis Goulas (Stanford), Forthcoming, Economics Letters (A) (SSRN Top 10 Most Downloaded Papers, 12 June 2020)
- "Knowing who you actually are: The effect of feedback on short and long term outcomes" with Sofoklis Goulas (Stanford), Appendix 1, Revise and Resubmit, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organisation (A*) Recipient of: Unicredit & Universities Young Economist Prize for best paper presented at the 2016 Belgrade Young Economist Conference and Recipient of the Best Paper Recognition in Social Sciences presented at the Asia Pacific Institute of Advanced Research, Melbourne
- “Persistency in Teachers' Grading Biases and Effect on Longer Term Outcomes: University Admission Exams and Choice of Field of Study" with Victor Lavy (Warwick), Under Review, Journal of Political Economy
- “Does the girl next door affect your academic outcomes and career choices? ” with Yi Zhang (Queensland) and Sofoklis Goulas (Stanford), revisions in progress
- "Comparative Advantage and Gender Gap in STEM" with Sofoklis Goulas (Stanford) and Silvia Griselda (Melbourne), draft preparation, submitted, Journal of Human Resources Recipient of: The Mardi Dungey Prize for the Best Paper, ANU, November 2019 and Best Paper Award at the 2020 Australian Gender Economics Workshop at QUT
Publications
Rigissa Megalokonomou
Lecturer in Economics
Working Papers
Work In Progress
- " Which degrees do students prefer during recessions? ” with Sofoklis Goulas (Stanford), Empirical Economics (A) , 2018, Featured in: The Conversation, Epoch Times (Singapore), Scrollin (India) , EUROPP (LSE), The Kathimerini (in Greek) and The Ethnos ( in Greek)
- "Marathon, Hurdling or Sprint? The Effects of Exam Scheduling on Academic Performance", with Sofoklis Goulas (Stanford), Forthcoming, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy (A) , Featured in: VoxEU
- "Long Term Effects of Teachers: Evidence from a Teacher Value Added Approach” with Victor Lavy (Warwick) work in progress
- "Swine Flu, Class Attendance, and School Performance. Should we force students to go to class? with Sofoklis Goulas (Stanford), revising existing draft
- ”Estimating Human Capital Depreciation: Evidence from Greek Teacher Waitlists” with Michael Dinerstein (Chicago) and Costantine Yannelis (Chicago Booth), first draft ready, completed the survey
- “Does the Gender Composition of Judges Matter? Evidence from Random Assignment of Judges to Cases from more than 3,000 Supreme Court cases” , data collection done, draft in preparation
- "Externalities in the Classroom. Are High-Achievers Hostages of Low-Achievers?" with Sofoklis Goulas (Stanford) and Silvia Griselda (Melbourne) revising the draft for circulation
- "The Effect of the Exposure to Refugees on Crime Activity. Evidence from the Greek Islands" with Valantis Vasilakis (Bangor) draft available here
- "The impact of scholarships and bursaries on academic success in University and the Labor Market” with Valantis Vasilakis (Bangor)
- "The Long Run Gender Peer Effects" with Yi Zhang (Queensland) and Sofoklis Goulas (Stanford), first draft ready
- "Are Girls Always More Likely to Give up? Evidence from a Natural Experiment with Low-Achieving Students" with Aspasia Bizopoulou (VATT Institute for Economic Research) and Stefania Simion (Bristol), draft in preparation