Adjunct Fellow
(805) 893-2242
jon@econ.ucsb.edu

Expertise
• Education
   School finance
• Urban economics
   Housing markets
   Residential location
• Local public finance

Experience
Professor of Economics, University of California, Santa Barbara (1977-present). Research Fellow, Resources for the Future (1974-1977).

Education
Ph.D. (1974), economics, Northwestern University.

PPIC Publications
California School Finance Revenue Manual (co-authored with Margaret Weston and Heather Rose). Public Policy Institute of California, 2009.

Funding Formulas for California Schools II: An Analysis of a Proposal by the Governor’s Committee on Education Excellence (co-authored with Ray Reinhard, Heather Rose, and Ria Sengupta). Public Policy Institute of California, Occasional Paper, 2008.

Funding Formulas for California Schools: Simulations and Supporting Data (co-authored with Heather Rose, Ria Sengupta, and Ray Reinhard). Public Policy Institute of California, Occasional Paper, 2008.

Aligning School Finance With Academic Standards: A Weighted-Student Formula Based on a Survey of Practitioners Public Policy Institute of California, Occasional Paper, 2007.

Fiscal Realities: Budget Tradeoffs in California Government (co-authored with Tracy M. Gordon, Jaime Calleja Alderete, Patrick J. Murphy,and Ping Zhang). Public Policy Institute of California, 2007.

School Resources and Academic Standards in California: Lessons from the Schoolhouse (co-authored with Heather Rose and Ray Reinhard). Public Policy Institute of California, 2006.

School Budgets and Student Achievement in California: The Principal's Perspective (co-authored with Heather Rose and Peter Richardson). Public Policy Institute of California, 2004.

High Expectations, Modest Means: The Challenge Facing California's Public Schools (co-authored with Heather Rose, Ray Reinhard, and Sharmaine Heng).  Public Policy Institute of California, 2003.

“Toward Cost and Quality Models for California’s Public Schools” and “Is There a Better Response to Serrano?” in Jon Sonstelie and Peter Richardson, eds., School Finance and California’s Master Plan for Education. Public Policy Institute of California, 2001, pp.103–123 and 155–186.

For Better or For Worse? School Finance Reform in California (co-authored with Eric J. Brunner and Kenneth Ardon). Public Policy Institute of California, 2000.