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Sara Heller
Sara 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