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Jack Mountjoy

Associate Professor of Economics · University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Associate Professor of Economics (untenured) and Robert H. Topel Faculty Scholar at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Works on labor economics, economics of education, applied econometrics and social mobility.

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Published Quarterly Journal of Economics Online 10 Dec 2025 Published Jan 2026

Marginal Returns to Public Universities

Jack Mountjoy

This paper asks whether enrolling in an American public university generates positive net returns for marginal students — those who barely qualify for admission — and whether those returns justify …

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