Publications

Datar, Ashlesha, Amy Mahler, and Nancy Nicosia. (2020). “Association of Exposure to Communities with High Obesity with Body Type Norms and Obesity Risk Among Teenagers.” In: JAMA Network Open 3.3. url: https: //jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2762787.

Datar, Ashlesha, Nancy Nicosia, Amy Mahler, et al. (2023). “Association of Place With Adolescent Obesity.” In: JAMA Pediatrics. issn: 2168-6203. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2023.1329. url: https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2023.1329.

Anderson, James M., Buenaventura, Maya, Mahler, Amy and Pace, Nicholas M. (2024) "Empirical Tort Law (and Theory) – An Essay in Honor of Deborah Hensler" Journal of Tort Law, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 97-115. https://doi.org/10.1515/jtl-2025-0004

Stein, Bradley D, Amy C. Mahler, and Rosanna Smart (2025). “Teachers’ Reports of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Medication Changes During Stimulant Shortages: National Survey Results.” In: Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. Volume 0, Issue 0. doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2025.08.020. url: https://www.jaacap.org/article/S0890-8567(25)01473-X/fulltext.

Liu, Zhihan, and Amy C. Mahler (2026). "The Impact of Working Conditions on Productivity: Evidence from the U.S. Public Defense System." Journal of Public Economics, 257, 105630. url: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2026.105630.

Reports

Labriola, Melissa M., Jessie Coe, Isaac M. Opper, Danielle Sobol, and Amy Mahler, Testing the Efficacy of Pretrial Diversion: A Randomized Trial at the San Francisco Neighborhood Courts. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2023. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA3059-1.html 

Asch, Beth J., Patricia K. Tong, Avery Calkins, Rachel Nesbit, Patricia Mulcahy, Gina Oliver, Zhan Okuda-Lim, Perry Firoz, and Amy Mahler, A Framework for Setting Special and Incentive Pays in the Department of the Air Force: Motivation, Development, and Analysis to Support the Framework. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2025. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA3172-1.html 

Mahler, Amy, Matthew B. Forbes, Lucas Greer, and Elizabeth D. Steiner, Building the Teacher Pipeline: An Evaluation of the Propel Teacher Residency Program. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2025. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA3433-1.html 

Heins, Sara E., Amy Mahler, Travis Hubble, Shona Olalere Oluwatola, Danya Birnbaum, Cheryl K. Montemayor, Jennifer Gildner, and Michael Dworsky, Qualified Medical Evaluators and the Medical-Legal Process in California Workers' Compensation. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2026. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA4655-1.html