Examining the Consequences of Poor Neonatal Health on the Family (with Purvi Sevak), Journal of Demographic Economics, 2022, 1-29.
Evaluating Teen Options for Preventing Pregnancy: Impacts and Mechanisms (with Jack Stevens, Dana Rotz, and Brian Goesling), Journal of Health Economics, 2021 (77): 1024-59.
Improving the Earnings of Youth with Health Limitations: Evidence from the Job Corps Program (joint with Heinrich Hock, Tim Kautz, and David Stapleton). Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 2021: 1-21.
Using Machine Learning to Estimate the Incidence of Unintended Pregnancy at the Sub-State Level and Identify Hot Spots for Intervention: An Application to Missouri. (with Keith Kranker, Sarah Bardin, and So O’Neil). PLoS ONE, 2020, 15(10), e0240407.
Financial Toll of Untreated Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders Among 2017 Births in the United States (with Caroline Margiotta, Colleen Staatz, Anna Christensen, and Kara Zivin.) American Journal of Public Health, 2020, 110(6): 888-896.
The Role of Non-Attorney Representation in the SSDI Determination Process: A Case Study of One Prominent Intermediary. (with Yonatan Ben-Shalom.) Journal of Disability Policy Studies. 2020. Online first.
The Impact of School Improvement Grants on Practices and Student Outcomes: Findings from a National Evaluation Using a Regression Discontinuity Design (with Lisa Dragoset, Jaime Thomas, Mariesa Herrmann, John Deke, Susanne James-Burdumy) The Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2019, 12(2): 215-250.
Impact of Pneumococcal Vaccination on Pneumonia Hospitalizations and Related Costs in Ontario: A Population-Based Ecological Study (with Jeff Kwong, Anna Chu, Beate Sander, Ryan O'Reilly, Allison McGeer, David Bloom). Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2017, 66(4), 541-547.
The Effectiveness and Effects of Alcohol Regulation: Evidence from India (with Emily Owens and Gunjan Sharma). IZA Journal of Development and Migration, 2019, 9(4)
Can Alcohol Prohibition Reduce Violence Against Women? (joint with Emily Owens and Gunjan Sharma). American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, 2015, 105(5): 625-29.
Do Traffic Tickets Reduce Motor Vehicle Accidents? Evidence from a Natural Experiment. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2015, 34(1): 85-106) (Media coverage: The Houston Chronicle, The Washington Post, The Seattle Times)
The Impact of Repealing Sunday Closing Laws on Educational Attainment. Journal of Human Resources, 2013, 48(2):286-310.
Higher Education and Economic Growth in Africa (with David E. Bloom, David Canning, and Kevin Chan) 2014. International Journal of African Higher Education 1(1): 22-57.
Luca, Dara Lee, and David E. Bloom. “The Global Demography of Ageing: Facts, Explanations, Future.” In Handbook of the Economics of Population Aging, edited by J. Piggott, and A. Woodland. Amsterdam, North Holland: Elsevier, vol. 1, 2016, pp. 3-56.
Luca, D., Iversen, J., Lubet, A., Mitgang, E., Onarheim, K., Prettner, K., & Bloom, D. (2018). Benefits and Costs of the Women’s Health Targets for the Post-2015 Development Agenda. In B. Lomborg (Ed.), Prioritizing Development: A Cost Benefit Analysis of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (pp. 244-254). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781108233767.014. See 1-page summary here (Media coverage: TIME magazine)