Research

PUBLICATIONS

Intermediate Microeconomics, Open Educational Resources, Oregon State University, 2020.

“Education Spending, Fertility Shocks and Generational Consumption Risk” with Shawn Knabb. Forthcoming, The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics.

“A Demographic Headwind: Will an Aging Society Reduce the Real Interest Rate and Potential Growth?” with Shawn Knabb. Forthcoming, The Journal of the Economics of Ageing.

“Microloans and Growth,” with Bruce McGough. Forthcoming: Review of Development Economics.

"On Quality Traps and Economic Development" in Markets, Governance and Institutions in the Process of Economic Development, Ajit Mishra and Tridip Ray, eds. (Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press).

“Learning About Education,” with Bruce McGough. Forthcoming, Economic Inquiry.

“Child Labor and Learning,” with André Portela Souza & Vladimir Ponczek. Forthcoming: Economic Development and Cultural Change.

“Bricks, Mortar and Wedding Bells: Does the Cost of Housing Affect the Marriage Rate in the US?” with Simon W. Bowmaker, Forthcoming: Eastern Economic Journal.

“Still Waiting for Mr. Right? Asymmetric Information,Abortion Laws and the Timing of Marriage,” with Simon W. Bowmaker. Applied Economics. August 2013, Vol. 45, Issue 22, pp. 3151-3169.

“Bounded rationality, expectations, and child labour,” with Shawn Knabb. Canadian Journal of Economics, August 2013, Vol. 46, No. 3, pp. 900-927.

"Is Child Labor Harmful? The Impact of Starting to Work as a Child on Adult Earnings." (w/ André Portela Souza) Economic Development and Cultural Change, January 2011, Vol. 59, No. 2, pp. 345-385.

"The Economic View of Child Labor" in The World of Child Labor, Hugh D. Hindman, ed. (Aramonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe).

"Birth Order, Child Labor and School Attendance in Brazil." (w/ André Portela Souza). World Development, September 2008, Vol. 36, No. 9, pp. 1637-1664.

"Child Labor, School Attendance and Intra-Household Gender Bias in Brazil." (w/ André Portela Souza). The World Bank Economic Review, 2007, Vol. 21, No. 2., pp. 301 - 316.

"Fiscal Policy, Expectation Traps and Child Labor." (w/ Shawn Knabb). Economic Inquiry, July 2007, Vol. 45, No. 3, pp. 453-469.

"Corruption, Competition and Democracy." Journal of Development Economics, October 2006, Vol. 81, No. 1, pp. 193-212.

"Opportunity, Inequality and the Intergenerational Transmission of Child Labor." (w/ Shawn Knabb). Economica, August 2006, Vol. 73, No. 291, pp. 413-434.

"Discrimination in Hiring v. Retention and Promotion: An Empirical Analysis of Within Firm Treatment of Workers in the NFL." (w/ Mike Conlin). Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, Spring 2006, Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 115-136.

"The Inter-Generational Persistence of Child Labor." (w/ André Portela Souza) Forthcoming in: Child Labor in Latin America, Peter Orazem, Guilherme Sedlacek and Zafiris Tzannatos, eds. (Washington, D.C.: IADB and World Bank).

"Multi-Dimensional Separating Equilibria and Moral Hazard: An Empirical Study of National Football League Contract Negotiations." (w/ Mike Conlin) The Review of Economics and Statistics, August 2003, Vol. 85, No. 3, pp. 760-765.

"Efficiency Pricing, Tenancy Rent Control and Monopolistic Landlords." (w/ Kaushik Basu) Economica, May 2003, Vol. 70, No. 278, pp. 223-232.

"Is There a Child Labor Trap? Inter-Generational Persistence of Child Labor in Brazil." (w/ André Portela Souza) Economic Development and Cultural Change, January 2003, Vol. 51, No. 2, pp. 375 - 398.

"Corruption and Industrial Dualism in Less Developed Countries." Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, March 2002, Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 63-76.

"The Economics of Tenancy Rent Control." (w/ Kaushik Basu) The Economic Journal, October 2000, Vol. 110, No. 466, pp. 939-962.

WORKING PAPERS

“Crime in Cracolândia: Estimating the Effect of Drug Decriminalization on Crime,” with Isabel Ferraz Musse and André Portela Souza.

“Paying Now or Later: Human Capital Investment and the Solvency of Social Security,” with Shawn D. Knabb.

"Environmental Regulation and Induced Innovation in the Presence of Policy Uncertainty." (w/ Shawn Knabb). Revise & resubmit: Environmental and Resource Economics.