Research

Working Papers

Loss of Peers and Individual Worker Performance: Evidence From H-1B Visa Denials

with Prithwiraj Choudhury (Harvard Business School), Kirk Doran (University of Notre Dame), and Astrid Marinoni (Georgia Tech)

R&R at The Review of Economics and Statistics

Inventors and Firm Innovation: Evidence from the U.S. World War I Draft

Online Appendix A, Online Appendix B

Immigration and Invention: Evidence from the Quota Acts

with Kirk Doran (University of Notre Dame), Under Review

The Direction of Innovation and Work from Home

Returns to Education: The Effect of Compulsory Schooling on Innovation

with Colin Davison (University of Notre Dame) and Kirk Doran (University of Notre Dame)

The Shadow of Slavery on Industrial Innovation: Evidence from the US South

with Yeonha Jung (SKKU)

Works in Progress (selected)

Natural Disaster, Local Economy and Migration: Evidence from the 2004 Tsunami in Sri Lanka

with Nilesh Fernando (University of Notre Dame)

Research Grant, World Bank

Visas, Visits, and Scientific Advances

with Hyo Kang (USC)

The Long-run Impact of Forced Migration: Evidence from the Killing Fields in Cambodia

Research Grant, Kellogg Institute for International Studies

What Determines Invention? Evidence from Ethnic Diversity of Patent Examiners

with Prithwiraj Choudhury (Harvard Business School)

Publications

Political Campaigns and Church Contributions

with Daniel Hungerman (University of Notre Dame), Kevin Rinz (U.S. Census Bureau), and Tim Weninger (University of Notre Dame)

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2018

Immigration and Invention: Does Language Matter?

with Kirk Doran (University of Notre Dame)

The Roles of Immigrants and Foreign Students in US Science, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship, Chapter 5, University of Chicago Press, 2020