Research

Working Papers

Adukia, Anjali, Feigenberg, Benjamin, and Fatemeh Momeni. 2023. “From Retributive to Restorative: An Alternative Approach to Justice.” NBER Working Paper No. 31675. Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2023-117.

Feigenberg, Benjamin, and Conrad Miller. 2023. “Class Disparities and Discrimination in Traffic Stops and Searches.

Ayromloo, Shalise, Feigenberg, Benjamin, and Darren Lubotsky. 2020. “Employment Eligibility Verification Requirements and Local Labor Market Outcomes.” NBER Working Paper No. 26676. [Email for draft.]

Publications

Feigenberg, Benjamin, Ost, Ben, and Javaeria Qureshi. 2023. “Omitted Variable Bias in Interacted Models: A Cautionary Tale.” Review of Economics and Statistics, forthcoming.

Feigenberg, Benjamin, and Conrad Miller. 2022. “Would Eliminating Racial Disparities in Motor Vehicle Searches Have Efficiency Costs?” Quarterly Journal of Economics, 137(1): 49-113.

Edmonds, Eric, Feigenberg, Benjamin, and Jessica Leight. 2021. “Advancing the Agency of Adolescent Girls.” Review of Economics and Statistics, forthcoming. [Policy Brief, prepared for U.S. Department of Labor, July 2019] [Project Video, produced by Room to Read]

Feigenberg, Benjamin, and Conrad Miller. 2021. “Racial Divisions and Criminal Justice: Evidence from Southern State Courts.” American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 13(2): 207-240.

Feigenberg, Benjamin. 2021. “Priced Out: Aggregate Income Shocks and School Pricing in the Chilean Voucher Market.” Economic Inquiry, 59: 696-721.

Feigenberg, Benjamin. 2020. “Fenced Out: The Impact of Border Construction on U.S.-Mexico Migration.” American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 12(3): 106-139.

Dell, Melissa, Feigenberg, Benjamin, and Kensuke Teshima. 2019. “The Violent Consequences of Trade-Induced Worker Displacement in Mexico.” American Economic Review: Insights, 1(1): 43-58.

Feigenberg, Benjamin, Rivkin, Steven, and Rui Yan. 2019. “Illusory Gains from Chile’s Targeted School Voucher Experiment.” The Economic Journal, 129(623): 2805-2832.

Feigenberg, Benjamin, Field, Erica, Pande, Rohini, Rigol, Natalia, and Shayak Sarkar. 2014. “Do Group Dynamics Influence Social Capital Gains among Microfinance Clients? Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Urban India.” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 33(4): 932-949.

Feigenberg, Benjamin, Field, Erica, and Rohini Pande. 2013. “The Economic Returns to Social Interaction: Experimental Evidence from Microfinance.” Review of Economic Studies, 80(4): 1459-1483.

Research in Progress

Ahn, So Yoon, Dizon-Ross, Rebecca, and Benjamin Feigenberg. “Broadening Women’s Job Search.” 

Arora, Ashna, and Benjamin Feigenberg. “The Impact of Rehabilitation- and Treatment-Oriented Service Provision on Inmate Outcomes: A Randomized Evaluation of Illinois’ Kewanee Life Skills Reentry Center.”

Chioda, Laura, Feigenberg, Benjamin, and Marcus Holmlund. “Moving Youth away from the Market for Crime: Interventions in the Honduras Safer Municipalities Project.”

Derenoncourt, Ellora, Feigenberg, Benjamin, Miller, Conrad, and Heather Sarsons. “The Rise of Punitive Criminal Justice Policy in the Wake of the Great Migration.”