# positions[].organizations[].parent[].label
Bush School of Government and Public Service

# overview
Dr. Cortes' research interests are in the areas of the Economics of Education, Labor Economics, and Economic Demography. Her research focuses on issues of equity and access, in particular, identifying educational policies that help disadvantaged students at the PK-12 and post-secondary levels. She has worked on three key areas: improving academic performance of urban students, increasing access to post-secondary education, and raising educational attainment of immigrant students.

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Clinical Trials And Supportive Activities

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3902 Education Policy, Sociology And Philosophy

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University of California, San Diego - (San Diego, California, United States)

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University of California, Berkeley - (Berkeley, California, United States)

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Publication, Compensation, and the Public Affairs Discount: Does Gender Play a Role?

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When Behavioral Barriers are Too High or Low: How Timing Matters for Parenting Interventions

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Intensive Math Instruction and Educational Attainment: Long-Run Impacts of Double-Dose Algebra

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Distance to Degrees: How College Proximity Shapes Students' Enrollment Choices and Attainment Across Race-Ethnicity and Socioeconomic Status

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When Behavioral Barriers are Too High or Low  How Timing Matters for Parenting Interventions

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Educating bright students in urban schools

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Efficacy Versus Equity: What Happens When States Tinker With College Admissions in a Race-Blind Era?

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American Educational Research Association (AERA)

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The effects of age at arrival and enclave schools on the academic performance of immigrant children

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A Scalable Approach to High-Impact Tutoring for Young Readers: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial

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Match or Mismatch? Automatic Admissions and College Preferences of Low- and High-Income Students

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American Educational Research Association (AERA)

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The Incentive Effects of the Top 10% Plan

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TOO LITTLE OR TOO MUCH? ACTIONABLE ADVICE IN AN EARLY-CHILDHOOD TEXT MESSAGING EXPERIMENT

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Uniform Admissions, Unequal Access: Did the Top 10% Plan Increase Access to Selective Flagship Institutions?

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Publication, Compensation, and the Public Affairs Discount: Does Gender Play a Role?

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Do Bans on Affirmative Action Hurt Minority Students? Evidence from the Texas Top 10% Plan

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Can Admissions Percent Plans Lead to Better Collegiate Fit for Minority Students?

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Wage Effects on Immigrants from an Increase in the Minimum Wage Rate: An Analysis by Immigrant Industry Concentration

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Wage Effects on Immigrants from an Increase in the Minimum Wage Rate: An Analysis by Immigrant Industry Concentration

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Intensive Math Instruction and Educational Attainment: Long-Run Impacts of Double-Dose Algebra

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The Role of Specific Subjects in Education Production Functions: Evidence from Morning Classes in Chicago Public High Schools

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Distance to Degrees: How College Proximity Shapes Student's Enrollment Choices and Attainment Across Race-Ethnicity and Socioeconomic Status

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Apply Yourself: Racial and Ethnic Differences in College Application

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Race/ethnicity and nativity differences in alcohol and tobacco use during pregnancy.

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From pipelines to pathways in the study of academic progress.

# publications[].publisher
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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The Role of Specific Subjects in Education Production Functions: Evidence from Morning Classes in Chicago Public High Schools

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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

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Academic Undermatching of High-Achieving Minority Students: Evidence from Race-Neutral and Holistic Admissions Policies

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A Bridge to Graduation: Post-Secondary Effects of an Alternative Pathway for Students Who Fail High School Exit Exams

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How the Texas Top 10% Plan failed to attract more students to the states flagship colleges

# publications[].label
A Scalable Approach to High-Impact Tutoring for Young Readers: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial

# publications[].label
Match or Mismatch? Automatic Admissions and College Preferences of Low- and High-Income Students

# publications[].label
The Effects of a Statewide Ban on School Suspensions

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Can Admissions Percent Plans Lead to Better Collegiate Fit for Minority Students?

# publications[].label
A Bridge to Graduation: Post-Secondary Effects of an Alternative Pathway for Students Who Fail High School Exit Exams

# publications[].label
The Incentive Effects of the Top 10% Plan

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Uniform Admissions, Unequal Access: Did the Top 10% Plan Increase Access to Selective Flagship Institutions?

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Ranking Up by Moving Out: The Effect of the Texas Top 10% Plan on Property Values

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Do bans on affirmative action hurt minority students? Evidence from the Texas Top 10% Plan

# publications[].label
A Bridge to Graduation: Post-Secondary Effects of an Alternative Pathway for Students Who Fail High School Exit Exams

# publications[].label
Too Little or Too Much? Actionable Advice in an Early-Childhood Text Messaging Experiment

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The Long-Run Impacts of Mexican-American School Desegregation

# publications[].label
Efficacy vs. Equity: What Happens When States Tinker with College Admissions in a Race-Blind Era?

# publications[].label
Match or Mismatch? Automatic Admissions and College Preferences of Low- and High-Income Students

# publications[].label
The Effects of a Statewide Ban on School Suspensions

# publications[].label
Intensive Math Instruction and Educational Attainment: Long-Run Impacts of Double-Dose Algebra

# publications[].label
The Role of Specific Subjects in Education Production Functions: Evidence from Morning Classes in Chicago Public High Schools

# publications[].label
Efficacy vs. Equity: What Happens When States Tinker with College Admissions in a Race-Blind Era?

# publications[].label
Achieving the DREAM: The Effect of IRCA on Immigrant Youth Postsecondary Educational Access

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The Long-Run Impacts of Mexican-American School Desegregation

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Uniform admissions, unequal access: Did the top 10% plan increase access to selective flagship institutions?

# publications[].label
Apply Yourself: Racial and Ethnic Differences in College Application

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Distance to Opportunity: Higher Education Deserts and College Enrollment Choices

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Are Refugees Different from Economic Immigrants? Some Empirical Evidence on the Heterogeneity of Immigrant Groups in the United States

# publications[].label
Do Bans on Affirmative Action Hurt Minority Students? Evidence from the Texas Top 10% Plan

# publications[].label
Publication, Compensation, and the Public Affairs Discount: Does Gender Play a Role?

# publications[].label
The Role of Specific Subjects in Education Production Functions: Evidence from Morning Classes in Chicago Public High Schools

# publications[].label
Uniform Admissions, Unequal Access: Did the Top 10% Plan Increase Access to Selective Flagship Institutions?

# publications[].label
A Bridge to Graduation: Post-Secondary Effects of an Alternative Pathway for Students Who Fail High School Exit Exams

# publications[].label
The Long-Run Impacts of Mexican-American School Desegregation

# publications[].label
Distance to Opportunity: Higher Education Deserts and College Enrollment Choices

# publications[].label
Ability-Tracking, Instructional Time, and Better Pedagogy: The Effect of Double-Dose Algebra on Student Achievement

# publications[].label
Apply Yourself: Racial and Ethnic Differences in College Application

# publications[].label
RANKING UP BY MOVING OUT: THE EFFECT OF THE TEXAS TOP 10% PLAN ON PROPERTY VALUES

# publications[].label
The Long-Run Impacts of Mexican-American School Desegregation

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College selectivity and the Texas top 10% law

# publications[].label
Intensive Math Instruction and Educational Attainment Long-Run Impacts of Double-Dose Algebra

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Text messages to parents can help boost childrens reading skills

# publications[].label
Intensive Math Instruction and Educational Attainment: Long-Run Impacts of Double-Dose Algebra

# publications[].label
When behavioral barriers are too high or low-How timing matters for text-based parenting interventions

# publications[].label
Publication, Compensation, and the Public Affairs Discount: Does Gender Play a Role?

# publications[].label
Distance to Degrees: How College Proximity Shapes Students Enrollment Choices and Attainment Across Race-Ethnicity and Socioeconomic Status

# publications[].label
Are Refugees Different from Economic Immigrants? Some Empirical Evidence on the Heterogeneity of Immigrant Groups in the United States

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Texas A&M University; Public Service And Administration; 4220 TAMU

# organizations[]
Bush School of Government and Public Service

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Bush School of Government and Public Service