Julian R. Betts
jbetts@ucsd.edu
Phone: (858) 534-3369
Fax: (858) 534-7040
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0508
Office: #ECON #212
Education
Ph.D., Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, 1990 (economics)
M.Phil., Oxford University, Oxford, England, 1986 (economics)
B.Sc. (Hon.), McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1984 (chemistry)
Biography
Much of Betts' research has focused on the economic analysis of education. He has written extensively on the link between student outcomes and measures of public school spending including class size, teachers' salaries, and teachers' level of education. More recently, he has examined the role that standards and expectations play in student achievement. Examples of his work include a theoretical analysis of the impact of educational standards published in the American Economic Review (1998), the book Getting Choice Right: Ensuring Equity and Efficiency in Education Policy (Brookings Institution Press 2005) co-edited with Tom Loveless, and the co-authored books From Blueprint to Reality: San Diego’s Education Reforms (PPIC 2005), Determinants of Student Achievement: New Evidence from San Diego (PPIC 2003), and Equal Resources, Equal Outcomes? The Distribution of School Resources and Student Achievement in California (PPIC, 2000).
For more information on Professor Betts, visit his web site.
