Dan Jones received a PhD in economics from the University of Pittsburgh in 2013. His research is broadly in the fields of public economics, education policy, and political economy -- with a focus on issues around representation and inequality in each.
Courses Taught
- PIA 2032 - Advanced Quantitative Methods: Causal Inference for Policy Evaluation
- PIA 2216 - Economics of Social Policy
- PIA 3004 - 2nd Year PhD Research Design & Process Workshop
- PhD Economics, University of Pittsburgh, 2013
- BA Economics, University of Alabama-Birmingham, 2008
Education & Training
Recent Publications
- "Relative exposure to negative economic shocks, racial animus, and voting" with Erica Owen and Rena Sung (International Organization, 2026)
- "Partisan vs. Nonpartisan School Board Elections" with Andrew Hill and Breyon Williams (Educational Evaluation & Policy Analysis, 2026)
- "District-based Elections and Multiple Dimensions of Representation: Evidence from the California Voting Rights Act" with Michaela Cushing-Daniels and Brooke Shannon (Political Science Research and Methods, 2026)
- "Disenfranchisement" with Randall Walsh and Werner Troesken (Journal of Historical Political Economy, 2025)
- "Reconstruction-Era Education and Long-Run Black-White Inequality" with Ethan Schmick (American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2025)
- "The partisanship of mayors has no detectable effect on police spending, police employment, crime, or arrests" with Justin de Benedictis-Kessner, Matt Harvey, and Chris Warshaw (Science Advances, 2025)
- "Racial & ethnic representation in local government" with Brian Beach, Tate Twinam, and Randall Walsh (American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2024)
- "How Partisanship in Cities Influences Housing Policy" with Justin de Benedictis-Kessner and Chris Warshaw (American Journal of Political Science, 2024)
- "Disparate Racial Impacts of Shelby v. Holder on Turnout" with Steve Billings, Noah Braun, and Ying Shi (Journal of Public Economics, 2024)
Research Interests
- Local politics and policy
- Voting rights and representation
- Education policy
