Publications

Pan, Weixiang and Ben Ost, “The Impact of Parental Layoff on Higher Education Investment," Economics of Education Review, 2014, Vol. 42: 53-63

Ost, Ben, Weixiang Pan, and Doug Webber, “The Returns to College Persistence for Marginal Students: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from University Dismissal Policies,” Journal of Labor Economics, 2018, Vol. 36, No. 3 : 779-805

Ost, Ben, Weixiang Pan, and Doug Webber, “The Impact of Mass Layoffs on the Educational Investments of Working College Students,” Labour Economics, 2018, Vol. 51: 1-12

Working Papers

“The Effect of College Networks on Job Search Outcomes: Evidence from Displaced Workers”

“Firm-Specific Pay Premia and the Returns to Higher Education: Evidence from Community College”

“Institution, Major, and Firm-Specific Premia: Evidence from Administrative Data” (with Ben Ost and Doug Webber)