Ben Backes

477 total citations
27 papers, 273 citations indexed

About

Ben Backes is a scholar working on Education, Demography and Information Systems and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Ben Backes has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 273 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Education, 4 papers in Demography and 3 papers in Information Systems and Management. Recurrent topics in Ben Backes's work include School Choice and Performance (19 papers), Higher Education Research Studies (17 papers) and Education Systems and Policy (4 papers). Ben Backes is often cited by papers focused on School Choice and Performance (19 papers), Higher Education Research Studies (17 papers) and Education Systems and Policy (4 papers). Ben Backes collaborates with scholars based in United States. Ben Backes's co-authors include Kate Antonovics, James Cowan, Michael Hansén, Zeyu Xu, Dan Goldhaber, Harry J. Holzer, Cory Koedel, Kate Sullivan, Shawn Ni and Michael Podgursky and has published in prestigious journals such as American Educational Research Journal, Educational Researcher and The Journal of Human Resources.

In The Last Decade

Ben Backes

24 papers receiving 239 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ben Backes United States	10	189	56	54	42	32	27	273
Ellen M. Bradburn United States	10	229 1.2×	69 1.2×	34 0.6×	51 1.2×	29 0.9×	22	324
Doug Shapiro United States	13	330 1.7×	38 0.7×	67 1.2×	17 0.4×	34 1.1×	23	399
Afet Dundar United States	12	323 1.7×	39 0.7×	65 1.2×	16 0.4×	33 1.0×	22	395
Phoebe Khasiala Wakhungu	9	234 1.2×	37 0.7×	40 0.7×	13 0.3×	21 0.7×	14	300
Rita J. Kirshstein United States	10	206 1.1×	30 0.5×	29 0.5×	26 0.6×	16 0.5×	32	280
Sue Hatt United Kingdom	13	261 1.4×	89 1.6×	29 0.5×	27 0.6×	23 0.7×	26	348
Jay Noell United States	5	280 1.5×	46 0.8×	43 0.8×	21 0.5×	36 1.1×	8	303
Krister Sund Sweden	7	157 0.8×	51 0.9×	42 0.8×	26 0.6×	17 0.5×	9	247
Andrew Belasco United States	7	198 1.0×	76 1.4×	34 0.6×	15 0.4×	35 1.1×	8	266
Christina Clark Tuttle United States	10	361 1.9×	101 1.8×	26 0.5×	22 0.5×	30 0.9×	25	405

Countries citing papers authored by Ben Backes

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ben Backes

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ben Backes

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ben Backes. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ben Backes based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ben Backes. Ben Backes is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Backes, Ben, et al.. (2025). Misalignments Between Student Teaching Placements and Initial Teaching Positions: Implications for the Early-Career Attrition of Special Education Teachers. Journal of Learning Disabilities. 58(4). 325–338. 1 indexed citations

Backes, Ben, James Cowan, Dan Goldhaber, & Roddy Theobald. (2024). Four years of pandemic-era emergency licenses: retention and effectiveness of emergency-licensed Massachusetts teachers over time. Economics of Education Review. 101. 102562–102562. 1 indexed citations

Backes, Ben, James Cowan, Dan Goldhaber, & Roddy Theobald. (2024). How to Measure a Teacher. The Journal of Human Resources. 1023–13180R2. 1 indexed citations

Backes, Ben & Michael Hansén. (2024). Estimates of Teach for America Effects on Student Test and Nontest Academic Outcomes Over Time. AERA Open. 10.

Backes, Ben, et al.. (2024). Leveling Up: An Academic Acceleration Policy to Increase Equity in Advanced High School Course Taking. American Educational Research Journal. 62(1). 136–179.

Xu, Zeyu, Ben Backes, & Dan Goldhaber. (2023). The Impact of Transition Intervention in High School on Pathways Through College. Community College Review. 51(2). 216–245. 1 indexed citations

Xu, Zeyu & Ben Backes. (2023). Linkage Between Fields of Focus in High School Career Technical Education and College Majors. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. 46(3). 435–457. 2 indexed citations

Xu, Zeyu, et al.. (2021). Ready for College? Examining the Effectiveness of Targeted Interventions in High School. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. 44(2). 183–209. 4 indexed citations

Backes, Ben, et al.. (2018). Can UTeach? Assessing the relative effectiveness of STEM teachers. Economics of Education Review. 64. 184–198. 14 indexed citations

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Backes, Ben, et al.. (2018). Examining Spillover Effects From Teach For America Corps Members in Miami-Dade County Public Schools. Sage Journals Data. 4 indexed citations

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Backes, Ben, et al.. (2018). Examining Spillover Effects From Teach For America Corps Members in Miami-Dade County Public Schools. Journal of Teacher Education. 70(5). 453–471. 8 indexed citations

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Backes, Ben, James Cowan, Dan Goldhaber, et al.. (2017). The common core conundrum: To what extent should we worry that changes to assessments will affect test-based measures of teacher performance?. Economics of Education Review. 62. 48–65. 12 indexed citations

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Backes, Ben, Dan Goldhaber, Cory Koedel, et al.. (2016). CENTER for ANALYSIS of LONGITUDINAL DATA in EDUCATION RESEARCH. 1 indexed citations

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Backes, Ben, Dan Goldhaber, Cory Koedel, et al.. (2016). Benefit or Burden? On the Intergenerational Inequity of Teacher Pension Plans. Educational Researcher. 45(6). 367–377. 19 indexed citations

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Backes, Ben, et al.. (2015). Who Transfers and Where Do They Go? Community College Students in Florida. Working Paper 126.. 2 indexed citations

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Lu, Minhua, et al.. (2015). Electromigration and thermal migration in Pb-free interconnects. 1462. 2036–2039. 1 indexed citations

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Backes, Ben, et al.. (2015). Is it worth it? Postsecondary education and labor market outcomes for the disadvantaged. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 4(1). 19 indexed citations

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Antonovics, Kate & Ben Backes. (2014). of Banning Armative Action on Human Capital Accumulation Prior to College Entry. 1 indexed citations

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Antonovics, Kate & Ben Backes. (2014). The Effect of Banning Affirmative Action on College Admissions Policies and Student Quality. The Journal of Human Resources. 49(2). 295–322. 24 indexed citations

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Antonovics, Kate & Ben Backes. (2013). Were Minority Students Discouraged from Applying to University of California Campuses after the Affirmative Action Ban?. Education Finance and Policy. 8(2). 208–250. 19 indexed citations

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