Publications
Compulsory Class Attendance vs Autonomy (2023, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization)
Human Capital Depreciation and Returns to Experience (2022, American Economic Review)
Comparative Advantage and Gender Gap in STEM (2022, Journal of Human Resources)
Feedback, Learning and Performance: Evidence from a Randomised Controlled Trial (2021, Economic Journal)
Class size and performance: At what cost? (2021, European Economic Review)
Knowing who you Actually Are: The Effect of Feedback on Short and Long Term Outcomes (2021, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization)
Do Parents Respond to Regulation of Sugary Drinks in Childcare? Evidence from California" (2020, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization)
School Attendance during a Pandemic (2020, Economics Letters)
"Marathon, Hurdling or Sprint? The Effects of Exam Scheduling on Academic Performance" (2020, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy)
Which Degrees do Students Prefer During Recessions? (2018, Empirical Economics)
Work In Progress
Does the Gender Composition of Judges Matter? Evidence from Random Assignment of Judges to Cases in Supreme Court Cases
The Effect of Knowing you Are the Best Student in the Class
The Effects of Female Teachers on School and University Outcomes
Females, Classroom Disruption, and STEM Careers
Same-Gender Peer Role Models
The Impact of University Entry Scholarships on Academic Success, Labour Market and Migration
The Impact of Disruptive Peers on Cognitive and Non-cognitive Skills: Evidence from an Online Experiment; survey RCT in place, data collection in place
Inequality in College Applications: Evidence From Three Continents,
Teacher Gendered Attitudes Exacerbate Gender Gaps in STEM
Gender Differences in Work Advice
Your Sins are not Forgiven: Religious Judges in Supreme Court
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5687-671X
Rigissa Megalokonomou
Assoc. Prof. in Economics
Working Papers and R&Rs
Persistency in Teachers' Grading Biases and Effect on Longer Term Outcomes: University Admission Exams and Choice of Field of Study (Forthcoming, AEJ Applied)
The Effect of the Exposure to Refugees on Crime Activity. Evidence from the Greek Islands (Forthcoming, European Economic Review)
Long Term Effects of Teachers: Evidence from a Teacher Value Added Approach (Reject & Resubmit, American Economic Review)
Do Second Chances Pay Off? Evidence from a Natural Experiment with Low-Achieving Students (Invited to Revise and Resubmit, Journal of Public Economics)
How Good Am I? Effects and Mechanisms Behind Salient Ranks (Invited to Revise and Resubmit, European Economic Review)
Female Neighbors, Test Scores, and Careers (Reject & Resubmit, Research Policy)
Female Classmates, Disruption, and STEM Outcomes in Disadvantaged Schools: Evidence from a Randomized Natural Experiment (Submitted, ReStat), with Yi Zhang (Queensland) and Sofoklis Goulas (Stanford)