Curriculum Vitae
Research Interests
- Applied Microeconomics, including Labor Economics and the Economics of Education
Publications - The Impact of College Diversity on Behavior Toward Minorities (with Scott E. Carrell and James West), forthcoming in American Economic Journal: Economic Policy (pdf)
- The Long-Run Effects of Disruptive Peers (with Scott E. Carrell and Elira Kuka), American Economic Review 2018, 108(11): 3377-3415 (pdf)
Peer Quality and the Academic Benefits to Attending Better Schools (with Pierre Mouganie and Yaojing Wang), Journal of Labor Economics 2018, 36(4): 841-884 (pdf) Illegal Immigration, State Law, and Deterrence (with Sandra Orozco-Aleman), American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 2017, 9(2): 225-252 (pdf) - Vehicle
Miles (Not) Traveled: Why Fuel Economy Requirements Don't Increase
Household Driving (with Jeremy West, Jonathan Meer, and Steven L.
Puller), Journal of Public Economics 2017, 145: 65-81 (pdf)
Cash for Corollas: When Stimulus Reduces Spending (with Steven L. Puller and Jeremy West), American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 2017, 9(3): 1-35 (pdf) (VoxEU column) Are School Counselors an Effective Education Input? (with Scott E. Carrell), Economics Letters 2014, 125(1): 66-69 (pdf)
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Bank Privatization, Finance, and Growth (with Daniel Berkowitz and Koen Schoors), Journal of Development Economics 2014, 110: 93-106 (pdf)
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Does Strengthening Self-Defense Law Deter Crime or Escalate Violence? Evidence from Expansions to Castle Doctrine (with Cheng Cheng), Journal of Human Resources 2013, 48 (3): 821-854 (pdf) (Stata files) (homicide data in Excel format) (illustration of methodology)
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Family Business or Social Problem? The Cost of Unreported Domestic Violence (with Scott E. Carrell), Journal of Policy Analysis & Management 2012, 31 (4): 861-875 (pdf)
- Is Poor Fitness Contagious? Evidence from Randomly Assigned Friends (with Scott E. Carrell and James West), Journal of Public Economics 2011, 95 (7-8): 657-663 (pdf)
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The Ticket to Easy Street? The Financial Consequences of Winning the Lottery (with Scott Hankins and Paige Marta Skiba), Review of Economics and Statistics 2011, 93 (3): 961-969 (pdf)
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Does Drinking Impair College Performance? Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Approach (with Scott E. Carrell and James West), Journal of Public Economics 2011, 95 (1-2): 54-62 (pdf)
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Does High School Quality Matter? Evidence from Admissions Data (with Daniel Berkowitz), Economics of Education Review 2011, 30 (2): 280-288 (pdf)
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Lucky in Life, Unlucky in Love? The Effect of Random Income Shocks on Marriage and Divorce (with Scott Hankins), Journal of Human Resources 2011, 46 (2): 403-426 (pdf)
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Externalities in the Classroom: How Children Exposed to Domestic Violence Affect Everyone’s Kids (with Scott E. Carrell), American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 2010, 2 (1): 211-228 (pdf)
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The Effect of Attending the Flagship State University on Earnings: A Discontinuity-Based Approach, Review of Economics and Statistics 2009, 91 (4): 717-724 (pdf) (appendices)
Working Papers
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The Effect of Own-Gender Juries on Conviction Rates (with Brittany Street) (pdf) Schools, Neighborhoods, and the Long-Run Effect of Crime-Prone Peers (With Stephen B. Billings) (pdf) When Should We Trust Weighted Least Squares Estimates? (with Cheng Cheng)
Work in Progress
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The Electoral Impact of Voter Identification Laws (with Vijetha Koppa)
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Safer Cars or Safer Drivers? The Effect of Vehicle Size on Passenger Safety (with Steven L. Puller and Jeremy West)
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Assessing the Causal Link between Low Incomes and Domestic Violence: Evidence from Random Income Shocks (with Cheng Cheng)
Teaching
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