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Sara Heller
Assistant Professor of Economics, College of Literature, Science and the Arts
Dr. Heller studies interventions to reduce crime and improve other life outcomes among disadvantaged youth. She uses large-scale experiments to isolate the causal effects of a variety of programs, including cognitive behavioral therapy-based interventions and summer jobs.
Ph.D. University of Chicago, M.P.P. Georgetown University, B.A. Harvard University
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Faculty Projects
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Evaluating Violence-Reduction and Summer Youth Employment Programs This grant will allow Sara Heller, an assistant professor of economics at U-M, to expand on three research projects that can provide evidence to guide the development of effective interventions aimed at youth whose families have low incomes. Evaluation of Philadelphia WorkReady: Heller ran a randomized controlled trial of Philadelphia’s youth summer job program, called […] -
The Effect of Letters of Recommendation in the Youth Labor Market