Brett Fischer

@BrettFischer

Postdoctoral scholar @CAPolicyLab @ucberkeley | Public and labor economist

sites.google.com/view/brettfisc… Joined April 2020

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Brett Fischer @BrettFischer Jun 6, 2023

Just because you can't afford a lawyer doesn't mean you should spend more time in jail. Exciting and simple intervention by the County of Santa Clara Public Defender's Office helps tackle this issue!

California Policy Lab Verified account @CAPolicyLab Jun 6, 2023

New research: In 2020, the County of Santa Clara Public Defender’s Office began piloting a program to provide a lawyer to low-income people shortly after their arrest. People who participated in the pilot had dramatically better case outcomes: bit.ly/PARRSantaClara Thread (1/6)

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Brett Fischer @BrettFischer Apr 29, 2023

Thrilled to see this work out in the world! Our school boards matter, and can make a bid difference in local ed policy. Check out these fantastic studies for even more evidence: aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…; doi.org/10.1111/ajps.1…

www.aeaweb.org School Boards and Education Production: Evidence from Randomized Ballot Order (February 2023) - We examine the causal influence of educators elected to the school board on local education production. The key empirical challenge is that school board composition is endogenously...

California Policy Lab Verified account @CAPolicyLab Apr 28, 2023

Congratulation to our colleague, @BrettFischer, whose job market paper was just published:
"No Spending without Representation: School Boards and the Racial Gap in Education Finance" pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/10…
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Brett Fischer @BrettFischer Jan 19, 2023

Our chartbook shares more visuals like this one, showing how pre-existing gender disparities impacted women during the pandemic, and have persisted in the recovery: capolicylab.org/the-economic-i…