PUBLICATIONS IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS
(1) “Labor Market Effects of Credit Constraints: Evidence from a Natural Experiment” forthcoming in American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, (with Che-Yuan Liang)
(2) “The Local Fiscal Multiplier of Intergovernmental Grants: Evidence from Federal Medicaid Assistance to States” Forthcoming in International Tax and Public Finance, (with Seth Giertz)
(3) “On Bunching and Identification of the Taxable Income Elasticity”, Journal of Political Economy (2021) 129:8, 2320-2343 (with Sören Blomquist, Che-Yuan Liang, and Whitney Newey).
(4) “Estimating Taxable Income Responses with Elasticity Heterogeneity”, Journal of Public Economics, 188 (2020): 104209 (with Che-Yuan Liang).
(5) “Early Social Security Claiming and Old-Age Poverty: Evidence from the Introduction of the Social Security Early Entitlement Age”, Journal of Human Resources, (2020): 0119-9973R1 (with Gary Engelhardt and Jonathan Gruber).
(6) “Does Medicaid Generosity Affect Household Income?”, Economic Modelling, 92 (2020): 239-256.
(7) ”Credit constraints and GDP growth: Evidence from a natural experiment,” Economics Letters, 181 (2019): 190-194 (with Che-Yuan Liang).
(8) “Do Restrictions on Home Equity Extraction Contribute to Lower Mortgage Defaults? Evidence from a Policy Discontinuity at the Texas Border,” American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 10.1 (2018): 268-97.
(9) “Impact of Oil Boom and Bust on Human Capital Investment in the U.S.” Empirical Economics (2017): 1-26.
(10) “Declining Female Labor Supply Elasticities in the US and Implications for Tax Policy: Evidence from Panel Data”, National Tax Journal, September 2016, 69 (3): 481-516 (with Che-Yuan Liang).
(11) ”A Closer Look at the Phillips Curve Using State Level Data,” Journal of Macroeconomics, 47 (2016): 84-102 (with Pia Orrenius).
(12) “Weak-Form and Strong-Form Purchasing Power Parity between the US and Mexico: A Panel Cointegration Investigation,” Journal of Macroeconomics, Volume 42, December 2014, Pages 241-262 (with Raymond Robertson and Don Dutkowsky).
(13) “Financial Literacy and Mortgage Equity Withdrawal,” Journal of Urban Economics, Volume 80, March 2014, Pages 62-75 (with John Duca).
(14) “Lifecycle Female Labor Supply with Nonlinear Taxes: Evidence from Unobserved Effects Panel Data Models with Censoring, Selection and Endogeneity”, Review of Economics of the Household, March 2016, 14(1), 207-229.
(15) “Nonparametric Estimation of the Impact of Taxes on Female Labor Supply,” Journal of Applied Econometrics, 27 (2012), 415–439.
(16) “Pensions and Household Wealth Accumulation,” Journal of Human Resources, 46:1 2011: 203-236 (with Gary Engelhardt).
(17) “The Elasticity of Intertemporal Substitution: New Evidence from 401(k) Participation,” Economics Letters, 103 (2009) 15–17, (with Gary Engelhardt).
(18) “Purchasing Power Parity and aggregation bias for a developing country: The case of Mexico,” Journal of Development Economics, 90 (2009) 237-243, (with Raymond Robertson and Don Dutkowsky).
(19) “The Repeal of the Retirement Earnings Test and the Labor Supply of Older Men,” Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, 8 (4): 429–450, October, 2009, (with Gary Engelhardt). Featured in Public Finance and Public Policy, Third Edition, by Jonathan Gruber (Worth Publishers, New York), 2010, p. 358.
(20) “Money on the Table: Some Evidence on the Role of Liquidity Constraints in 401(k) Saving,”
Economics Letters, 99 (2008) 402–404 (with Gary Engelhardt).
(21) “Labor Supply, Deadweight Loss and Tax Reform Act of 1986: A Nonparametric Evaluation Using Panel Data,” Journal of Public Economics, 92 (2008) 236–253. (Reprinted in James Alm and Sebastian Leguizamon (eds.), Economic Behavior and Taxation, Edward Elgar).
(22) “Employer Matching and 401(k) Saving: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study,” Journal of Public Economics, 91 (2007) 1920–1943, (with Gary Engelhardt).
(23) “Nonparametric Conditional Density Estimation of Labour Force Participation,” Applied Economics Letters, 2006, 13, 835–841.
(24) “Social Security Personal-Account Participation with Government Matching,” Journal of Pension Economics and Finance 4:2 (July) 2005: 155-179 (with Gary Engelhardt).
INVITED ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS
“Taxes and the Labor Supply of Older Americans: Recent Evidence from the Social Security Earnings Test,” National Tax Journal (Forum), June 2014, 67 (2), 443–458 (with Gary Engelhardt).
“Oil Boom Lowers Human Capital Investment in Texas,” in Pia M. Orrenius, Jesús Cañas, Michael Weiss, eds., Ten-Gallon Economy: Sizing Up Economic Growth in Texas, Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
“Measuring Pension Wealth,” in Olivia Mitchell, Beth Soldo, and Brigitte Madrian, eds., Redefining Retirement: How Will Boomers Fare? Oxford University Press, 2007, (with Chris Cunningham and Gary Engelhardt).
“Understanding The Impact of Employer Matching On 401(k) Saving”, Research Dialogue, TIAA-CREF Institute, 76, 2003 (with Gary Engelhardt).
WORK IN PROGRESS
“Nonlinear Budget Set Regressions for the Random Utility Model” (with Sören Blomquist, Che-Yuan Liang, and Whitney Newey) Revision requested at Journal of Econometrics
“Did Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Create Jobs and Stimulate Growth?”
“Panel Estimation of Tax Effects with Endogenous Budget Sets” (with Sören Blomquist and Whitney Newey)
“Saving Incentives and Educational Saving: Evidence from the SEED for Oklahoma Kids Experiment” (With Gary Engelhardt, Ellen Marks and Bryan Rhodes)
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM PUBLICATIONS
“Hotter summer days heat up Texans but chill the state economy” Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Southwest Economy, October 2023 (with Aparna Jayashankar, Prithvi Kalkunte, and Pia Orrenius)
“Location, location, location: Mortgage rate impact varies by metro” Dallas Fed Economics, August 15, 2023 (with Alex Chudik)
“Texas economic growth outpaces nation despite persistent downside risks” Dallas Fed Economics, June 22, 2023 (with Ana Pranger)
“Less-tight labor market helps Texas grow faster than U.S. during pandemic” Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Southwest Economy, 4th Quarter 2022
“Texas Job Growth Moderates as Price Pressures, Supply-Chain Issues Persist,” Dallas Fed Economics, May 12, 2022 (with Juliette Coia)
“Texas Joblessness Persists Above U.S. Rate, Weighing on Black, Hispanic Workers,” Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Southwest Economy, 4th Quarter 2021
“Texas Economic Activity Springs Ahead as Growth Strengthens,” Dallas Fed Economics, May 6, 2021 (with Judy Teng)
“Cost of Texas’ 2021 Deep Freeze Justifies Weatherization,” Dallas Fed Economics, April 15, 2021 (with Garrett Golding and Karel Mertens)
“Pandemic Unemployment Benefits Provided Much-Needed Fiscal Support,” Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Southwest Economy, 4th Quarter 2020
“Texas Jobs Decline at Historic Pace from Impact of COVID-19,” Dallas Fed Economics, June 18, 2020
“Labor Economy at Greater Risk in Texas than U.S. During COVID-19 Crisis”, Dallas Fed Economics, May 12, 2020
“Texas Sees Job, Output Gains from 2018 U.S. Tax Cut” Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Southwest Economy, 4th Quarter 2019
“Trade Tensions Cloud Outlook as Texas Experiences Moderate Growth,” Dallas Fed Economics, June 27, 2019
“Texas Top-Ranked State for Firm Relocations” Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Southwest Economy, 4th Quarter 2018
“Texas Sees Coverage Gains Under Health Care Act” Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Southwest Economy, 4th Quarter 2017
“Lower Involuntary Part-Time Employment Points to Texas Labor Market Strength”, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Southwest Economy 3rd Quarter 2016 (with Michael Weiss)
“Wage Flexibility in Texas May Ease Impact of Tighter Monetary Policy”, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Southwest Economy 3rd Quarter 2015
“Better Economy, Shorter Benefits Period in Texas Limit Long-Term Unemployment” Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Southwest Economy, 2nd Quarter 2014.
“Did Home Equity Restrictions Help Keep Texas Mortgages from Going Underwater?” Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Southwest Economy, 3rd Quarter 2013 (with Ed Skelton).
“Self-Employment an Option for Workers Who Lose Jobs in Economic Slowdowns,” Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Southwest Economy, 2nd Quarter 2012 (with Michael Weiss).
“Underemployment Poses Long-Term Financial Risk to Displaced Workers,” Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Southwest Economy, 3rd Quarter 2011 (with Michael Weiss).
“Baby Boomers Alter Retirement Preparations,” Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Southwest Economy, 4th Quarter 2010.
“Texas Twist: Why Did State's Unemployment Fall below Nation's?” Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Southwest Economy, 3rd Quarter 2010.
“College Pays Dividends—More So in Texas than U.S,” Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Southwest Economy, 2nd Quarter 2009.
“Spotlight: Texas Subprime Mortgages Metros Vary on Risky Loans—and Delinquencies,” Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Southwest Economy, 1st Quarter 2009, (with Wenhua Di).
“Why Texas Feels Less Subprime Stress than U.S.,” Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Southwest Economy, Issue 6, November/December 2008.
“Globalizing Texas: Exports and High-Tech Jobs,” Texas Business Review, June 2009.
“Globalizing Texas: Direct Investment and Business Cycles,” Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Southwest Economy, Issue 6, November/December 2007.
“Globalizing Texas: Exports and High-Tech Jobs,” Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Southwest Economy, Issue 5, September/October 2007.
“Texas Exports Markets Grow Faster Beyond North America,” Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Southwest Economy, Issue 2, March/April 2007 (with Raghav Virmani)
“Does Foreign Direct Investment Help Emerging Economies?” Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Economic Letter, Vol. 2, No. 1, January 2007.
“Did NAFTA Spur Texas Exports?” Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Southwest Economy, Issue 2, March/April 2006.
“Who Doesn’t Have Health Insurance and Why” Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Southwest Economy, Issue 6, November/December 2004.