Publications and Accepted Papers
The Effect of Noncompete Enforceability on Productivity: Evidence from a New State-level Manufacturing Dataset (with Katherine Chang, Kurt Lavetti, Michael Lipsitz, and Devesh Raval). AEA P&P, May 2026. [ungated version]
The Labor Market Effects of Legal Restrictions on Worker Mobility (with Kurt Lavetti and Michael Lipsitz). Journal of Political Economy, 2025. [NBER WP version]
replication package and NCA Enforceability 1991--2014 panelSelect Media coverage: NY Times; USA Today; Washington Post, WorkRisePolicy impact: cited in FTC's proposed rule on noncompetes; 2022 Economic Report of the President; 7/22/2024 Senate testimony; cited in Australia's Assistant Minister on noncompete policyTrade Competition and the Decline in Union Organizing: Evidence from Certification Elections (with Kerwin K. Charles and Nagisa Tadjfar). Journal of Labor Economics, 2026. [NBER WP version] (ungated version).
Media: Brookings (Hutchins Roundup)
Do Safety Management System Standards Indicate Safer Operations? Evidence from the OHSAS 18001 Occupational Health and Safety Standard (with Kala Viswanathan and Michael Toffel ), Safety Science, 2024. ungated copy
Improving Regulatory Effectiveness through Better Targeting: Evidence from OSHA (with David I. Levine and Michael W. Toffel). AEJ: Applied, October 2023.
Media: op-ed in the Regulatory Review
Legal Protection Against Retaliatory Firing Improves Workplace Safety (with Daniel Schwab and Patrick Koval). Review of Economics and Statistics, 2024. ungated version
Media: The Hill
Why Are Low-Wage Workers Signing Noncompete Agreements? (with Michael Lipsitz). Journal of Human Resources, 2022. ungated version
Select Media Coverage: NYTimes, Bloomberg/Washington Post
Employment Outcomes Among Cancer Patients in the United States (with Roni Nitecki, Benjamin Albright, and Haley Moss). Cancer Epidemiology, February 2022.
Demand Conditions and Worker Safety: Evidence from Price Shocks in Mining (with Kerwin K. Charles, Mel Stephens, and Do Lee). Journal of Labor Economics, January 2022. (ungated version)
Media: Yale Insights; Academic TimesRegulation by Shaming: Deterrence Effects of Publicizing Violations of Workplace Safety and Health Laws. American Economic Review, June 2020.
Winner of the Outstanding Paper Award, 2014 Alliance for Research on Corporate Sustainability (ARCS) Annual Meeting
Select Media: American Economic Association; Network for Business Sustainability; Safety+Health; Bloomberg, Pacific Standard, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, The New Yorker, HuffPost, New York Times, Mother Jones
Stick figure version: Economiate video
"Randomized Government Safety Inspections Reduce Worker Injuries with No Detectable Job Loss" (with David I. Levine and Michael Toffel). Science 336, no. 6083 (May 18, 2012): 907–911.
(Featured by the head of US OSHA's blog and article, and in Bloomberg Businessweek, The Washington Post, U.S. News & World Report and many other news outlets. Basis of U.S. Congressional testimony on promoting safe workplaces. Cited in 2022 Economic Report of the President.)