Research
Working Papers
“The Effects of Free Public Housing on Children” with Adriana Camacho, Mike Gilraine, and Fabio Sanchez. Also as NBER working paper, #30090.
[Awarded the Spencer Foundation Small Grant]
“How Early-life Shocks Interact with subsequent Human Capital Investments? Evidence from Administrative Data” with Maria Fernanda Rosales and Fabio Sanchez. revised & resubmit (2nd round), Journal of Human Resources.
Coverage: World Bank - Development Impact
Publications
"Early-Life Economic Conditions and Old-Age Mortality: Evidence from Historical County-Level Bank Deposit Data" with Hamid Noghanibehambari, Jason Fletcher, Lauren Schmitz, and Vikas Gawai. Forthcoming at the Journal of Population Economics.
“The Influence of Early-life Economic Shocks on Long-term Outcomes: Evidence from the Great Depression” with Lauren Schmitz. Journal of Human Resources.
[Awarded the Steven H. Sandell grant through the Boston College Center for Retirement Research and the Social Security Administration (SSA)]
"In utero Exposure to the Great Depression is Reflected in Late-life Epigenetic Aging Signatures" with Lauren Schmitz. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(46), November 2022.
“Coal Use, Air Pollution, and Student Performance” with Mike Gilraine. Journal of Public Economics, Volume 213, September 2022, 104712.
“Violence and Children's Education: Evidence from Administrative Data.” Journal of Conflict Resolution, June 2023
“Medicaid: What does it do and how can we do it better?” with Janet Currie. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.
“Childhood Circumstances and Adult Outcomes: Act II.” with Douglas Almond and Janet Currie. Journal of Economic Literature, 56(4): 1360-1446. Also as NBER Working paper 23017.
“Assets Among Low-Income Families in the Great Recession.” with Natasha Pilkauskas and Irwin Garfinkel. PloS ONE, 13(2): e0192370 (January 2018).
“Mother’s and Father’s Health and Children of the Great Recession.” with Janet Currie. Chapter in Children of the Great Recession, (Eds. Garfinkel, I., McLanahan S. & Wimer, C.) Russell Sage Foundation, New York.
Coverage: Rusell Sage Foundation
“Early-Life Conditions and Child Development: Evidence from a Violent Conflict.” Social Science & Medicine, 3: 121-131 (October 2016).
Coverage: Center for Global Development
“The Great Recession and Mother’s Health.” with Janet Currie and Irwin Garfinkel. Economic Journal, 125 (November 2015), F311–F346. Doi: 10.1111/ecoj.12239.
Coverage: Vox column Rusell Sage Foundation Washington Center for Equitable Growth Royal Economic Society Phys.org Population Reference Bureau
Work in progress
"Neighbors" with Jorge Caputo, Mike Gilraine, and Fabio Sanchez.
“The Effects of Free Housing on Health, Wellbeing, and Healthcare Utilization” with Diana Oquendo and Fabio Sanchez.
"The Effect of Maternal Beliefs, Mental Health, and Economic Resources on Human Capital Accumulation in Early Life." With Victoria Baranov and Shyamal Chowdhury.
[Awarded the J-PAL/EPoD SPI Grant]
“The Long-term Impacts of a Nutritional Supplementation and Early Childhood Stimulation Program: A 40-year Follow-up to an Experimental Intervention?” with Douglas Almond.
“The Long-Term Health and Economic Benefits of Community Health Centers.” with Martha Bailey, Andrew Goodman-Bacon, and Michael Murto.
Policy Notes
“Air Pollution and Mental Wellbeing: Evidence from Australia” with Zachary Duretto and Emilia Tjernstrom. Australian Health Economics Society (2021).
“The Earlier the Better? Timing and Type of Investments to Mitigate Early-Life Shocks.” World Bank’s Economic Development Blog (December 2017).
“Child Development: Research and Policy.” with Hannes Schwandt. American Society of Health Economics (October 2017).