"Education and Dementia Risk.” (With Leandro Carvalho, Ken Langa, Sneha Nimmagadda, and Patrick Turley. NBER Working Paper #33430. Under Review.
"The Effect of Education on the Relationship between Genetics, Early-Life Disadvantages and Later-life SES." (With Leandro Carvalho and Patrick Turley). NBER Working Paper #28750. Under Review.
"Household Income Unexpectedly Moderates the Impact of the Pandemic on the Subjective Well-Being (SWB) of Seniors" (with Mireille Jacobson and Arthur Stone). Under Review.
“Does Cognitive Functioning Predict Infectious Disease Risk? Evidence from a Panel of Older Americans Early in the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Joint with Jack Chapel and Margaret Gatz. [Draft Coming Soon]
Selected Research in Progress
“A Chip Off the Old Block? Genetics and the Intergenerational Transmission of Wealth.” Joint with Sjoerd van Alten, Marina Aguiar Palma, Leandro Carvalho and Titus Galama.
“Is Health Related to African Genetic Ancestry Proportion? Evidence from Mixed-Race Individuals.” Joint with, Leandro Carvalho, Jason Fletcher, Quiongshi Lu, and Yuchang Wu.
“Using Genetics to Estimate the Effects of Dementia on Work, Income and Wealth.” Joint with Sjoerd van Alten, Marina Aguiar Palma, Leandro Carvalho and Titus Galama.
“The Effect of Children on Parents’ Labor Market Outcomes.” Joint with Leandro Carvalho, Rosa Chessman, Joakim Ebeltoft, Patrick Turley and Eivind Ystrøm.
In the Drawer
"Information about Self-Control and Intertemporal Choices." (With Leandro Carvalho).
"Legalization and the Economic Status of Immigrants." RAND WP 2010. [Media and Policy Coverage (November 2014): The Economist, The White House Council of Economic Advisers.]
"Complexity, Defaults and Health Insurance Choice Quality" (With Erin Trish).
"The Dynamics of Immigration and Wages." RAND WP 2010.
"Barriers to Immigrant Use of Financial Services: The Role of Language Skills, U.S. Experience, and Return Migration Expectations." (With James P. Smith, Leandro Carvalho and Joanne Yoong) RAND Working Paper WR-923-SSA.
Videos
TEDxMidAtlantic, Washington DC, October 26th, 2012. Video.
USC Immigrant Health Initiative, Los Angeles, February 27th, 2013.