Published Papers

"The Effect of Student Loan Payment Burdens and Nonfinancial Frictions on Borrower Outcomes," 2024, joint with Lesley Turner. Review of Financial Studies. Conditionally Accepted. (Working Paper) 

"Trends in Student Loan Repayment," 2024, joint with Lesley Turner and Raj Darolia. National Tax Journal. Vol. 77(3):681-710. (Journal Link), (Working Paper) 

"School Attendance Boundaries and the Segregation of Schools in the US," 2023, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics. Vol. 15(3):210-37. (Journal Link), (Working Paper), (Data), (VOX Coverage), (NYT coverage)

"Dividing Lines: Racial Segregation Across Local Government Boundaries ", 2023, joint with David Schonholzer. Journal of Economic Literature. Vol. 16(3):863-87. (Journal Link) (Paper PDF) (Policy Report) (Data Visualization Tool) 

"The Effect of Charter Schools on School Segregation",  2022, joint with Brian Kisida and Matthew Chingos. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy. Vol. 14(1): 1-42. (Journal Link) (Paper PDF) 

Working Papers

"The Effect of the Great Recession on Federal Student Loan Borrowing and Repayment", 2023, joint with Michel Grosz (Working Paper)

"Shattered Metropolis: The Great Migration and The Fragmentation of Political Jurisdictions",  2023, joint with Jamie McCasland, David Schonholzer and Everett Stamm. (Paper PDF)

"The Efficacy of Universal Preschool in Washington DC", since 2021, joint with Erica Greenberg and Breno Braga. (Policy Report) 

Work in Progress

"The Effect of School Redistricting on Housing Markets" , since 2021, joint with David Schonholzer

Abstract: Public school quality, as proxied by average student test scores, is closely linked to real estate prices and residential sorting patterns. At the same time, school boards make changes to school attendance boundary maps often, which may have sizable impacts on housing market equilibrium. This study leverages a national level panel dataset of attendance boundary maps and data on individual house prices to generate new evidence on the effect of school redistricting. We first provide evidence on the extent and frequency of redistricting, documenting the equity implications of recent school boundary changes. Next, we present event study-based estimates of the average effect of school redistricting on housing markets. We document the impact of different types of redistricting: (1) changes that move homes from low to high test score schools (and vice versa), and (2) changes that lead to greater (lower) interaction with historically underserved groups.

"Fiscal, Demographic, and Academic Impacts of School District Secessions" , since 2021, joint with Barbara Biasi, Julien Lafortune, and David Schonholzer