Curriculum Vitae
Research Interests
- Applied Microeconomics, including Labor Economics and the Economics of Education
Publications
- Peer Quality and the Academic Benefits to Attending Better Schools (with Pierre Mouganie and Yaojing Wang), forthcoming in Journal of Labor Economics (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
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) - Gender Discrimination in Jury Conviction Decisions (with Brittany Street)
Teaching
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