Research

Research Interests:

Labor Economics, Applied Econometrics, Economics of Privacy

Peer-Reviewed Publications:

1. "A Penny Synthesized is a Penny Earned? An Exploratory Analysis of Accuracy in the SIPP Synthetic Beta" (with Jordan Stanley) 

Harvard Data Science Review forthcoming

1. • Download: Published version [older versions: Working Paper April 2023, Working Paper Dec. 2021]

2. "The Efficacy of Ability Proxies for Estimating the Returns to Schooling: A Factor Model-Based Evaluation" (with Mohitosh Kejriwal, Linh Nguyen, and Xiaoxiao Li)

Journal of Applied Econometrics (2024) 39:1 3-21

2. • Download: Published version [older versions: Working Paper May 2021]

3. "Minimum Wages, Retirement Timing, and Labor Supply" (with Matt Hampton)  

Journal of Public Economics (2023) 224

1. • Download: Published version [older versions: Working Paper July 2021, Working Paper Sept. 2020]

   • Coverage: Clarksville Online, Economic Policy Institute, Forbes, MarketWatch

4. "Synthesizing Familial Linkages for Privacy in Microdata" (with Gary Benedetto)

Journal of Privacy and Confidentiality (2023) 13:1

1. • Download: Published version [older version: Working Paper Sept. 2020]

5. "Multidimensional Skills and the Returns to Schooling: Evidence from an Interactive Fixed Effects Approach and a Linked Survey-Administrative Dataset" (with Mohitosh Kejriwal and Xiaoxiao Li)

Journal of Applied Econometrics (2020) 35:5, 548-566

• • Download: Published version  [older versions: Working Paper Sept. 2019, Working Paper July 2018] 

6. "High School Value-Added and College Outcomes"

Education Economics (2020) 28:1, 67-95

• • Download: Published version [older version: Working Paper Oct. 2017]

  • Coverage: Chalkbeat

7. "Stuttering and Labor Market Outcomes in the United States" (with Hope Gerlach, Anu Subramanian, and Patricia Zebrowski) 

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (2018) 61:7, 1649-1663

• • Download: Published version

  • Coverage: ASHA Leader

8. "The Effect of Minimum Wages on Employment: A Factor Model Approach"

Economic Inquiry (2017) 55:4, 1712-1737

• • Download: Published version  [older versions: Working Paper April 2015, Working Paper July 2014]

  • Coverage: CA Legislative Analyst's Office, Economic Policy Institute, Economic Policy Institute, Federal Reserve of San Francisco, Urban Plains

  • Awards: 2017 Economic Inquiry Best Paper Award Recipient: weai.org/EI

9. "Salary Caps and Competitive Balance in Professional Sports Leagues" (with Mark Owens) 

Journal for Economic Educators (2011) 11:2, 46-56

• Undergraduate Honors Thesis

• Download: Published version

• Coverage: CBS Sports

Book Chapters

10. "Synthetic Data and Social Science Research: Accuracy Assessments and Practical Considerations from the SIPP Synthetic Beta" (with Jordan Stanley) 

in Ruobin Gong, V. Joseph Hotz, & Ian M. Schmutte (eds.) Data Privacy Protection and the Conduct of Applied Research: Methods, Approaches and their Consequences, forthcoming, (University of Chicago Press for the National Bureau of Economic Research)

• Download: NBER working paper, Book draft

11. "Privacy Protection and Accuracy: What Do We Know? Do We Know Things?? Let's Find Out!" (with Thor Watson) 

in Ruobin Gong, V. Joseph Hotz, & Ian M. Schmutte (eds.) Data Privacy Protection and the Conduct of Applied Research: Methods, Approaches and their Consequences, forthcoming, (University of Chicago Press for the National Bureau of Economic Research)

• Download: NBER working paper, Book draft

12. "Validation Services for Confidential Data" (with Gary Benedetto, Rolando A. Rodriguez, and Jordan Stanley) 

in Jörg Drechsler, Daniel Kifer, Jerome Reiter, & Aleksandra Slavković (eds.) Handbook of Sharing Confidential Data: Differential Privacy, Secure Multiparty Computation, and Synthetic Data, 2024, (Chapman and Hall/CRC)

• Handbook

Working Papers

13. "Statistical Disclosure Limitation and Total Survey Error" (with Thor Watson)

• Download: Working Paper May 2024 

Technical Reports and Resting Papers:

14. "Automated Synthetic Data Validation: Applying Noise Injection for Disclosure Avoidance" (with Saimun Habib, Bianica Pires, Gary Benedetto, Rolando Rodriguez, Jordan Awan, Jordan Stanley, Giuseppe Germinario, and Rich Stevenson)

1. • Download: JSM Proceedings

15. "A Task-Based Approach to Constructing Occupational Categories with Implications for Empirical Research in Labor Economics" (with Gary Benedetto and Julia A. Manzella) [resting paper]

1. • Download: Working Paper Sept. 2019

16. "The Creation and Use of SIPP Synthetic Beta v7.0" (with Gary Benedetto and Jordan Stanley)

1. • Download: CES Technical Notes Series 18-03