Ying Shi

Assistant Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Research Affiliate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

Courses

2024 Spring
- PAI 310 Education Policy
2023 Spring
- PAI 722 Quantitative Analysis

Highest degree earned

Ph.D., Duke University, 2017

Bio

Ying is an assistant professor of public administration and international affairs and a senior research associate in the Center for Policy Research. Prior to joining the Maxwell School, she was an Institute of Education Sciences (IES) postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University.

Ying’s research interests are in labor economics and political economy, with a focus on education policy. Her current work examines the prevalence and origins of teacher racial bias, the role of school boards and district leadership on student outcomes, and the consequences of minority representation in local government.

Ying received a Ph.D. in public policy (economics concentration) from Duke University in 2017.

Areas of Expertise

Economics of education, labor economics, political economy

Research Grant Awards and Projects

"School Victimization and Hate Crime Exposure Among Asian Students: An Evidence Base to Reduce Well-Being Inequality", Sponsored by William T. Grant Foundation.

"Long-Term Consequences of the Voting Rights Act for BlackWhite Disparities in Children's Later-Life Outcomes", Sponsored by William T. Grant Foundation.

"Examining Underrepresented Students Access to and Gains from Selective Public High School Education", Sponsored by Russell Sage Foundation.

Selected Publications

Journal Articles
- Billings, S. B., Braun, N., Jones, D. B. and Shi, Y., "Disparate Racial Impacts of Shelby County v. Holder on Voter Turnout." Journal of Public Economics, 2024.
- Shi, Y., Rangel, M. A., "First Impressions Matter: Evidence from Elementary School Teachers." Journal of Human Resources, 2023.
- Shi, Y., Zhu, M. B., "Model Minorities in the Classroom? Positive Bias towards Asian Students and its Consequences." Journal of Public Economics, 2023.
- Dee, T., Loeb, S. and Shi, Y., "Public-Sector Leadership and Venture Philanthropy: The Case of Broad Superintendents." Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2023.
- Shi, Y., Singleton, J., "School Boards and Education Production: Evidence from Randomized Ballot Order." American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2023.
- Shi, Y., Zhu, M. B., "Equal Time for Equal Crime? Racial Bias in School Discipline." Economics of Education Review, 2022.
- Liu, J., Loeb, S. and Shi, Y., "More Than Shortages: The Unequal Distribution of Substitute Teaching." Education Finance and Policy, 2022.
- Shi, Y., Hartley, D., Mazumder, B. and Rajan, A., "The Effects of the Great Migration on Urban Renewal." Journal of Public Economics, 2022.
- Clark, B., Shi, Y., "Low-Income Female Students and the Reversal of the Black-White Gap in High School Graduation." AERA Open, 2020.
- Shi, Y., "Who Benefits from Selective Schools? Evidence from Elite Boarding School Admissions." Economics of Education Review, 2020.

Presentations and Events

Southern Economic Association Annual Conference (November 25, 2024)

Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management (APPAM) Fall Conference (November 23, 2024)

Northeastern Economics of Education workshop (November 8, 2024)

Syracuse University PAIA Research Seminar series (April 15, 2024)

American University School of Public Affairs (April 11, 2024)

Association for Education Finance and Policy (AEFP) Annual Conference (March 16, 2024)

University of Houston Hobby School of Public Affairs (February 15, 2024)

Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy (February 14, 2024)

Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) Annual Conference (November 11, 2023)

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (April 13, 2023)

Syracuse University Center for Policy Research Seminar Series (November 10, 2022)

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Working Group on Race and Stratification (April 8, 2022)

Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) Society Fifth Annual Meeting (February 5, 2022)

6th Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) Workshop: The Economics of Education (September 24, 2021)

Elon University Economics Department (September 24, 2021)

Society of Labor Economists (SOLE) Conference (May 15, 2021)

Association for Education Finance and Policy (AEFP) Annual Conference (March 18, 2021)

Association for Education Finance and Policy (AEFP) Annual Conference (March 17, 2021)

Syracuse University Political Science Research Workshop (February 26, 2021)

Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) Annual Conference (November 13, 2020)

University of Rochester Conference on Racial Justice and Education (October 23, 2020)

Urban Economics Association (October 17, 2020)

European Association of Labour Economists (EALE) / Society of Labor Economists (SOLE) / Asian and Australasian Society of Labour Economics (AASLE) Joint Conference (June 26, 2020)

Association for Education Finance and Policy (AEFP) Annual Conference (March 21, 2020)

Association for Education Finance and Policy (AEFP) Annual Conference (March 20, 2020)

Syracuse University PAIA Departmental Seminar series (February 13, 2020)