Working Papers 

 “The Long-Run Impacts of Court Ordered Desegregation” (with Garrett Anstreicher and Jason Fletcher). Revise and Resubmit, American Economic Journal - Economic Policy. 

"The Determinants of Declining Internal Migration" (with Will Olney). Revise and Resubmit, Journal of Urban Economics. 

Published and Forthcoming Papers

Human Capital and Racial Inequality in the US Labor Market.  Conditionally Accepted,  Journal of Economic Literature.

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Gifted & Talented Programs and Racial Segregation (2024).  Education Finance and Policy., 19(4), 692-715.

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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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Human Capital and Black-White Earnings Gaps, 1966-2019 (2024). Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 227, 106707.

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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.