Research

My research to date can be found here and is organized by broad topic and (roughly) reverse chronological order. The links in the sidebar provide a page for each paper with an abstract and links to the full paper.

Teachers, Schools, and Education

  1. Holt, S. B., Vinopal, K., Choi, H., & Sorensen, L. C. (2022). Strictly Speaking: Examining Teacher Use of Punishments and Student Outcomes. Working Paper.

  2. Gershenson, S., Holt, S. B., & Tyner, A. (2023). Making the Grade: The Effect of Teacher Grading Standards on Student Outcomes. Contemporary Economic Policy.

  3. Holt, S. B. (2022). For the children? Teachers motivation and systems for recruitment, retention, and evaluation. In Research Handbook on Motivation in Public Administration. Edward Elgar Publishing.

  4. Sorensen, L. C., & Holt, S. B. (2021). Sorting it out: The effects of charter expansion on teacher and student composition at traditional public schools. Economics of Education Review, 82, 102095.

  5. Holt, S. B., Wang, R., & Gershenson, S. (2020). Stress Test: Examining the Evolution of Teachers’ Mental Health Over Time. Working Paper.

  6. Gershenson, S., & Holt, S. B. (2015). Gender gaps in high school students’ homework time. Educational Researcher, 44(8), 432-441.

Demographic Representation

  1. Vinopal, K., & Holt, S. B. (2019). Rookie mistakes: The interplay of teacher experience and racial representation. Educational Researcher, 48(7), 421-437.

  2. Johnston, J. M., & Holt, S. B. (2021). Examining the influence of representative bureaucracy in public and private prisons. Policy Studies Journal, 49(2), 516-561.

  3. Amirkhanyan, A. A., Holt, S. B., McCrea, A. M., & Meier, K. J. (2019). Managing racial diversity: Matching internal strategies with environmental needs. Public Administration Review, 79(1), 69-81.

  4. Holt, S. B., & Gershenson, S. (2019). The impact of demographic representation on absences and suspensions. Policy Studies Journal, 47(4), 1069-1099.

  5. Gershenson, S., Holt, S. B., & Papageorge, N. W. (2016). Who believes in me? The effect of student–teacher demographic match on teacher expectations. Economics of Education Review, 52, 209-224.

Motivation

  1. Holt, S. B., & Choi, H. (2020). When Knowing is Caring: Examining the Relationship Between Diversity Exposure and PSM. Review of Public Personnel Administration, 42(2), 226-257.

  2. Piatak, J. S., & Holt, S. B. (2020). Disentangling altruism and public service motivation: who exhibits organizational citizenship behaviour?. Public Management Review, 22(7), 949-973.

  3. Piatak, J. S., & Holt, S. B. (2020). Prosocial behaviors: A matter of altruism or public service motivation?. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 30(3), 504-518.

  4. Piatak, J. S., & Holt, S. B. (2021). Public service motivation and public opinion: Examining antecedents and attitudes. Cambridge University Press.

  5. Holt, S. B. (2020). Giving time: Examining sector differences in volunteering intensity. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 30(1), 22-40.

  6. AbouAssi, K., McGinnis Johnson, J., & Holt, S. B. (2021). Job mobility among Millennials: Do they stay or do they go?. Review of Public Personnel Administration, 41(2), 219-249.

  7. Holt, S. B. (2018). For those who care: The effect of public service motivation on sector selection. Public Administration Review, 78(3), 457-471.

  8. Holt, S. B. (2019). The influence of high schools on developing public service motivation. International Public Management Journal, 22(1), 127-175.

Burdens and Inequality

  1. Holt, S. B., & Vinopal, K. (2023). Examining Inequality in the Time Cost of Waiting. Nature Human Behaviour, 7(4), 545-555.