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Active working papers
(with L. Bair, C. Boen, and H. Lee) "Heterogeneous and Racialized Impacts of State Incarceration Policies on Birth Outcomes in the U.S." [Pre-analysis plan] [Version: December 2023 NBER Working Paper] [Coverage: LDI Blog]
(with S. Bhalotra and D. Clarke) "Shadows of the Captain of the Men of Death: Early Life Health Interventions, Human Capital Investments, and Institutions." [Older versions: August 2015; more public health-oriented IZA working paper version] [non-technical summary] [Coverage/Mentions: Medium (OXREP)]
(with S. Bhalotra, D. Clarke, J. Gomes) "Maternal Mortality and Women's Political Voice: Historical Evidence from the U.S." [Version: March 2023 CEPR Working Paper]
(with S. Bhalotra and R. Brown) "Human Capital, Infectious Disease, and Selection: Evidence from Mexico's National Clean Water Program."[Older versions: March 2019 PacDev Conference, December 2013 IZA Working Paper]
(with C. Boen, N. Graetz, and R. Ortiz) "The Scars of Legal Violence: Local Immigration Enforcement, State ImmigrantPolicy, and Health Inequality."
(with M. Singh) "Rationing by Race." [Version: May 2024 NBER Working Paper] [Coverage: Tradeoffs Pod]
In progress
(with E. Bair, P. Chatterjee, R. O'Brien) "Political Power, Status Threat, and Health"
(with E. Bair and M. Kakara) "Impact of Sub-Minimum Wage Law Repeals on Economic Outcomes among Adults with Cognitive Disabilities."
(with S. Bhalotra and D. Clarke) "Complementary Investments Over the Life-Course and the Black-White Earnings Gap" [Slides from 2023 NBER Race and Stratification Workshop]
(with A. Halpern and G. Whitehorn) "Opportunity Perceptions and Health and Well-Being Expectations: Evidence from a Survey Experiment." [Pre-analysis plan]
Active pre-registered clinical trials
The IGNITE study on concentrated investments in Black neighborhoods
Parked working papers
(with B. Fried) "Does Saving Lives Win Votes? Evaluating the Electoral Consequences of Providing Clean Water in Mexico" [October 2017 SSRN Draft]
(with J. Fletcher) "Early Life Exposures, Gene-Environment Interactions, and Cognitive Decline in Old Age" [Version: 2018 ASSA Conference Draft)