Laura M. Crispin, PhD

• Ph.D., Economics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (2012)
• M.A., Economics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (2008)
• B.A., Economics, Northeastern University, Boston, MA (2004)

• Research Assistant, Professor Bruce Weinberg, The Ohio State University, Department of Economics, June 2009-September 2010.
• Research Assistant, Professor Richard Steckel, The Ohio State University, Department of Economics, September 2008-June 2010.
• Research Associate, The Brattle Group, Cambridge, MA, June 2004 –July 2007.

Crispin, Laura M. and Beck, Molly I., 2023. Disparities in museum attendance among youth over two decades: an empirical analysis of who attends and how often. Arts Education Policy Review. (DOI: 10.1080/10632913.2023.2187499)
 
Nikolaou, Dimitrios, and Crispin, Laura M., 2022. Estimating the effects of sports and physical exercise on bullying. Contemporary Economic Policy, 40(2), pp.283-303. (https://doi.org/10.1111/coep.12560)
 
Crispin, Laura M. and Michael Kofoed. 2019. "Does Time to Work Limit Time to Play?: Estimating a Time Allocation Model for High School Students by Household Income." Contemporary Economic Policy 37(3): 524-544. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/coep.12411)

Crispin, Laura M., and Dimitrios Nikolaou. 2019. "Balancing College and Kids: Estimating Time Allocation Differences for College Students with and without Children." Monthly Labor Review 142(1). https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2019/article/pdf/balancing-college-and-kids-estimating-time-allocation-differences-for-college-students-with-and-without-children.pdf

Crispin, Laura M. and Dimitrios Nikolaou. 2018. “Work and Play Take School Time Away? The Impact of Extracurricular and Work Time on Educational Time for Live-at-home College Students.” Applied Economics 50(24): 2698-2718. (DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2017.1406656) 
 
Crispin, Laura M. 2017. “Extracurricular Participation, ‘At-Risk’ Status, and the High School Dropout Decision.” Education Finance and Policy 12(2): 166-196. (doi:10.1162/EDFP_a_00212)

Crispin, Laura M., Nikolaou, Dimitrios, and Fang, Zheng (Muriel). 2017. “Extracurricular Participation and Risky Behaviours during High School.” Applied Economics 49(34): 3359-3371. (doi: 10.1080/00036846.2016.1259752)
 
Crispin, Laura M. 2016. “School Size and Student Achievement: Does One Size Fit All?” Eastern Economic Journal 42(4): 630-662. (doi:10.1057/eej.2015.2)

• Morris Research Grant, Spring 2018
• Faculty Merit Teaching Award, Spring 2017
• Summer Research Grant, Summer 2013; Summer 2017
• L. Edwin Smart Departmental Citation for Excellence in Teaching, The Ohio State University, 2011

• Labor Economics
• Economics of Education
• Applied Econometrics
• Time Use Analysis