| Aid for all: College coaching, financial aid, and post-secondary persistence in Tennessee CK Carruthers, WF Fox Economics of Education review 51, 97-112, 2016 | 197 | 2016 |
| Jackpot? The impact of lottery scholarships on enrollment in Tennessee DJ Bruce, CK Carruthers Journal of Urban Economics 81, 30-44, 2014 | 122 | 2014 |
| Losing HOPE: Financial aid and the line between college and work CK Carruthers, U Özek Economics of education review 53, 1-15, 2016 | 110 | 2016 |
| Separate and unequal in the labor market: human capital and the jim crow wage gap CK Carruthers, MH Wanamaker Journal of Labor Economics 35 (3), 655-696, 2017 | 105 | 2017 |
| New schools, new students, new teachers: Evaluating the effectiveness of charter schools CK Carruthers Economics of Education Review 31 (2), 280-292, 2012 | 93 | 2012 |
| Municipal Housekeeping The Impact of Women’s Suffrage on Public Education CK Carruthers, MH Wanamaker Journal of Human Resources 50 (4), 837-872, 2015 | 72 | 2015 |
| Way station or launching pad? Unpacking the returns to adult technical education CK Carruthers, T Sanford Journal of Public Economics 165, 146-159, 2018 | 63 | 2018 |
| The qualifications and classroom performance of teachers moving to charter schools CK Carruthers Education Finance and Policy 7 (3), 233-268, 2012 | 60 | 2012 |
| Not whether, but where? Pell grants and college choices CK Carruthers, JG Welch Journal of Public Economics 172, 1-19, 2019 | 48 | 2019 |
| Closing the gap? The effect of private philanthropy on the provision of African-American schooling in the US south CK Carruthers, MH Wanamaker Journal of Public Economics 101, 53-67, 2013 | 46 | 2013 |
| Maternal stress and birth outcomes: Evidence from the 1994 Northridge earthquake B Kim, CK Carruthers, MC Harris Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 140, 354-373, 2017 | 36 | 2017 |
| Vocational education: an international perspective C Carruthers, C Jepsen CESifo Working Paper, 2020 | 24* | 2020 |
| Returns to school resources in the Jim Crow South CK Carruthers, MH Wanamaker Explorations in Economic History 64, 104-110, 2017 | 23 | 2017 |
| Promise Kept? Free Community College, Attainment, and Earnings in Tennessee C Carruthers, W Fox, C Jepsen https://volweb.utk.edu/~ccarrut1/Carruthers_Fox_Jepsen%202020-12-07.pdf, 2020 | 21 | 2020 |
| Do in-kind grants stick? The department of defense 1033 program and local government spending DJ Bruce, CK Carruthers, MC Harris, MN Murray, J Park Journal of Urban Economics 112, 111-121, 2019 | 14 | 2019 |
| College participation, persistence, graduation and labor market outcomes: An input-adjusted framework for assessing the effectiveness of Tennessee’s higher education institutions DL Wright, WF Fox, MN Murray, CK Carruthers, G Thrall Context for Success Working Paper Series, 2012 | 13* | 2012 |
| Earning to Learn: Working While Enrolled in Tennessee Colleges and Universities WG Ecton, CJ Heinrich, CK Carruthers AERA Open 9, 23328584221140410, 2023 | 10 | 2023 |
| The economics of monopoly power in antitrust RD Blair, CK Carruthers Encyclopedia of Law and Economics, 2010 | 10 | 2010 |
| Did tenure reform in Florida affect student test scores C Carruthers, D Figlio, T Sass Evidence Speaks Reports 2 (52), 1-14, 2018 | 9 | 2018 |
| Teacher value-added in charter schools and traditional public schools U Ozek, C Carruthers, K Holden CALDER Working Paper 183, 2018 | 9* | 2018 |
