Working Papers 

 “The Long-Run Impacts of Court Ordered Desegregation” (with Garrett Anstreicher and Jason Fletcher). Under Review. 

Human Capital and Black-White Earnings Gaps, 1966-2019 (Revise and Resubmit, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization).

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Published and Forthcoming Papers

Gifted & Talented Programs and Racial Segregation. Forthcoming, Education Finance and Policy

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See also: Thompson, Owen (2023) “Gifted and Talented Programs Don’t Cause School Segregation.” Education Next, 23(2), 54-59

Selected Fertility and Racial Inequality (2024).  Journal of Human Resources., 59(3), 684-710.

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School Desegregation and Black Teacher Employment (2022). Review of Economics and Statistics, 104(5), 962-980.

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Tribal Gaming and the Educational Outcomes of the Next Generation (2019). Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 38(3), 629-652.

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Head Start’s Long-Run Impact: Evidence from the Program’s Introduction (2018). Journal of Human Resources, 53(4), 1100-1139.

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The Determinants of Racial Differences in Parenting Practices (2018). Journal of Political Economy, 126(1), 438-449.   

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Gene-Environment Interaction in the Intergenerational Transmission of Asthma (2017). Health Economics, 26(11), 1337-1352. 

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Black-White Differences in Self-Rated Health, 1972-2015 (2017).  Economics Letters, 154, 69-73.  

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The Long-Term Health Impacts of Medicaid and CHIP (2017). Journal of Health Economics, 51(1), 26-40.

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Genes and the Intergenerational Transmission of BMI and Obesity (2016), Economics and Human Biology, 23, 121-133 (with Timothy Classen).

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Nurse Unions and Patient Outcomes (2016). Industrial and Labor Relations Review. 69(4), 803-833 (with Arindrajit Dube and Ethan Kaplan). 

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Educational Mobility across Three Generations of American Women (2016). Economics of Education Review, 53, 72-86 (with Sarah Kroeger).

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Drug Policy and Intergenerational Mobility in the United States (2016). Contemporary Economic Policy, 34(1), 127-145.

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Genetic Mechanisms in the Intergenerational Transmission of Health (2014). Journal of Health Economics, 35(3), 132-146.

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Economic Background and Educational Attainment: The Role of Gene-Environment Interactions (2014). Journal of Human Resources, 49(2), 263-294.

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Racial Disparities in the Cognition-Health Relationship (2011). Journal of Health Economics. 30(2), 328-339.

The Estimated Cost Impact of Privatizing Student Transportation in Minnesota School Districts (2011). Public Choice, 146(3-4), 319-339.