I am an Assistant Research Professor with the Social Science Research Institute and Evidence-to-Impact Collaborative at Penn State. I will join The School of Public Policy at Georgia Tech as an Assistant Professor in January 2025.
I am an applied economist specializing in public economics and public policy that affects vulnerable populations, especially children. To study these questions, my research employs quasi-experimental econometric techniques and linked administrative data.
Currently, I am working on questions focusing on how family structure impacts children's long-run outcomes and on critical issues in child welfare systems.
Currently, I am working on questions focusing on how family structure impacts children's long-run outcomes and on critical issues in child welfare systems.
If you would like to get in touch with me, you can reach me at eggoldstein@psu.edu
Research
Do Foster Youth Face Harsher Juvenile Justice Outcomes?
Christian M. Connell, Sarah A. Font, Ezra G. Goldstein, Reeve Kennedy, Allison E. Kurpiel
Working Paper, 2023
Communication Costs in Science: Evidence from the National Science Foundation Network
Ezra G. Goldstein
Industrial and Corporate Change, 2023
A Mighty Toll: Mine Accidents and the Long-Run Effect of Parental Loss
Ezra G. Goldstein
Revise and Resubmit, Journal of Human Resources, 2022 Dec
The Push for Racial Equity in Child Welfare: Can Blind Removals Reduce Disproportionality?
E. Jason Baron, Ezra G. Goldstein, Joseph P. Ryan
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2022 Nov
Suffering in Silence: How COVID-19 School Closures Inhibit the Reporting of Child Maltreatment
E. Jason Baron, Ezra G. Goldstein, Cullen T. Wallace
Journal of Public Economics, vol. 190, 2020 Oct
Teaching
Awards and Honors
Thomas S. McCaleb Award for Excellence in Upper Division Economic Education
For instruction in Analysis of Economic Data, Summer 2020
Bartlett Fellowship for Excellence in Economic Education
For instruction in Principles of Macroeconomics, Summer 2018