Christopher A. Neilson
I am an economist at Yale studying how market design, technology, and AI can make education markets more efficient and equitable. I co-founded ConsiliumBots and founded TetherEducation to turn research into practice.
Featured Research
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Econometrica {Revise and resubmit}
Search and Biased Beliefs in Education Markets
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Econometrica {Revise and resubmit}
Parents’ Earnings and the Returns to Universal Pre-Kindergarten
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The Review of Economic Studies {Revise and resubmit}
Approximating The Equilibrium Effects of Informed School Choice
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Journal of Political Economy
College Application Mistakes and the Design of Information Policies at Scale
Forthcoming
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Econometrica
Targeted Vouchers, Competition Among Schools and the Academic Achievement of Poor Students
Forthcoming
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Journal of Political Economy
Teacher Compensation and Structural Inequality: Evidence from Centralized Teacher School Choice in Peru
Forthcoming
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American Economic Review
Elite Universities and the Intergenerational Transmission of Human and Social Capital
Published · 2026
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Journal of Political Economy
Aftermarket Frictions and the Cost of Off-Platform Options in Centralized Assignment Mechanisms
Published · 2024
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The Quarterly Journal of Economics
Smart Matching Platforms and Heterogeneous Beliefs in Centralized School Choice
Published · 2022
Recent publications
All publications →2026
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Journal of Political Economy
College Application Mistakes and the Design of Information Policies at Scale
Forthcoming
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Econometrica
Targeted Vouchers, Competition Among Schools and the Academic Achievement of Poor Students
Forthcoming
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Journal of Political Economy
Teacher Compensation and Structural Inequality: Evidence from Centralized Teacher School Choice in Peru
Forthcoming
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American Economic Review
Elite Universities and the Intergenerational Transmission of Human and Social Capital
Published · 2026
Initiatives
Explore initiatives →Organizations I have founded to connect research, technology and public service.
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TetherEd
Turning education and market-design research into tools for school discovery, application guidance and enrollment, working with families, schools and public education systems.
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ConsiliumBots
Bringing research, design and technology into public services, building and evaluating digital guidance with governments across education, housing and benefits.
Featured projects
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Latin American Urban Childcare Initiative (LUCI)
Multi-city research and transparency initiative mapping access to early childhood education across Latin America
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CiemPiés
Supervised walking groups connecting nearby families, parent volunteers and school communities
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Director Libre · Tiempo para Liderar con IA
A proposed field experiment on responsible AI use, administrative work and school leadership
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Pruebas Nacionales · Smart Results Platform
National exam results, personalized guidance and policy evaluation with support from France's FID
Where the work happens
Two decades of school-choice, college-admissions and human-capital fieldwork — anchored in Santiago de Chile, Santo Domingo, Medellín and Lima, with collaborations across the Americas.
