Publications

Jordan Berne, Katia Cordoba Garcia, Brian Jacob, Tareena Musaddiq, Samuel Owusu, Anna Shapiro, and Christina Weiland. Transitional Kindergarten: The New Kid on the Early Learning Block. Educational Researcher, revise and resubmit
[Policy Brief]

Andrew Bacher-Hicks, Tareena Musaddiq, Joshua Goodman, and Kevin Stange. The Stickiness of Pandemic-Driven Disenrollment from Public Schools. Economics of Education Review, revise and resubmit
[Policy Brief]

Will Davis, Dan Kriesman, and Tareena Musaddiq. The Effect of Free School Meals on BMI and Student Attendance. Education Finance and Policy, forthcoming.
[Media coverage: NPR, Chalkbeat]

Tareena Musaddiq, Alexa Prettyman, and Jonathan Smith. Using Existing School Messaging Platforms to Inform Parents About Their Child’s Attendance. Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2023, doi:10.1080/19345747.2023.2264841
[Policy Brief and Research Alert] [Media coverage: AJC, Education Week] [Opinion piece: Education Week]

Puneet Arora and Tareena Musaddiq. Can Rank-Based Non-Monetary Rewards Improve Student Attendance? Experimental Evidence from India. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, vol 107, 2023, doi:10.1016/j.socec.2023.102111

Christina Weiland, Lindsay Page, Tareena Musaddiq, Eleanor Martin, and Sarah Homitsky. The Efficacy of Text-Based Mentoring for Postpartum Mothers: A Pilot Study. Maternal and Child Health Journal, vol 27, 2023,pp. 1632-1642. doi:10.1007/s10995-023-03704-6

Tareena Musaddiq. Can Community Midwives Change Maternal Health Practices? Evidence from Pakistan. Health Economics, vol. 32, no. 3, 2023, pp. 607-714. doi:10.1002/hec.4640

Tareena Musaddiq and Farah Said. Educate the Girls: Long-Run Effects of a Secondary School Program for Girls in Pakistan. World Development, vol. 161, 2023. doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2022.106115

Tareena Musaddiq, Kevin Stange, Andrew Bacher-Hicks, and Joshua Goodman. The Pandemic's Effect on Demand for Public Schools, Homeschooling, and Private Schools Journal of Public Economics, vol. 212, 2022. doi:10.1016/j.jpubeco.2022.104710
[Policy Brief] [Media coverage: NPR's Marketplace, Washington Post, The Conversation, The 74, Los Angeles Times, PBS] [Opinion Piece: Boston Globe]

Puneet Arora, Ishtiaque Fazlul, Tareena Musaddiq, and Abhinav Vats. Can a Recognition Nudge for Teachers and Principals Improve Student Performance? Evidence from a Field Experiment in India. Applied Economic Letters, 2022. doi:10.1080/13504851.2022.2099799

Grace Eau, Derek Hoodin, and Tareena Musaddiq. Testing the Effects of Adaptive Learning Courseware on Student Performance: An Experimental Approach. Southern Economic Journal, vol. 88, no. 3, 2022, pp. 1086-1118. doi:10.1002/soej.12547

Briefs

Tareena Musaddiq and Adam Dunn. Using an Automated Writing Feedback Tool: Insights on Ecree for Students and Families. Princeton, NJ: Mathematica, July 2023.

Tareena Musaddiq and Adam Dunn. Teaching and Learning Writing: Insights for School and District Leaders. Princeton, NJ: Mathematica, July 2023.