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Working Papers

Raj Chetty, Will Dobbie, Benjamin Goldman,  Sonya Porter, and Crystal S. Yang. “Changing Opportunity: Sociological Mechanisms Underlying Growing Class Gaps and Shrinking Race Gaps in Economic Mobility.” Revise and resubmit, Quarterly Journal of Economics. [Working Paper]

Marcella Alsan and Crystal S. Yang. “The Hidden Health Care Crisis Behind Bars: A Randomized Trial to Accredit U.S. Jails.” [Working Paper]

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Forthcoming

Amanda Agan, Andrew Garin, Dmitri Koustas, Alex Mas, and Crystal S. Yang. “Can you Erase the Mark of a Criminal Record?  Labor Market Impacts of Criminal Record Remediation.”  Conditionally Accepted, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy. [Working Paper]

Victoria Angelova, Will Dobbie, and Crystal S. Yang. “Algorithmic Recommendations and Human Discretion.”  Accepted, Review of Economic Studies. [Working Paper] 

2025

Marcella Alsan, Arkey Barnett, Peter Hull, and Crystal S. Yang. “Something Works in U.S. Jails: Misconduct and Recidivism Effects of the IGNITE Program.” Quarterly Journal of Economics, 140, 2, Pp. 1367-1415. [Working Paper]

2024

Amanda Agan, Andrew Garin, Dmitri Koustas, Alex Mas, and Crystal S. Yang. “Labor Market Impacts of Reducing Felony Convictions.” American Economic Review: Insights, 6, 3, Pp. 341-358. [Working Paper] 

Marcella Alsan and Crystal S. Yang. “Fear and the Safety Net: Evidence From Secure Communities.”  Review of Economics and Statistics, 106, 6, Pp. 1427-1441. [Working Paper] [Online Appendix]

2023

Marcella Alsan, Crystal S. Yang, James R. Jolin, Lucy Tu, Josiah D. Rich. 2023. “Health Care in U.S. Correctional Facilities - A Limited and Threatened Constitutional Right.”  New England Journal of Medicine, 388, Pp. 847-852.

2019

Alma Cohen and Crystal S. Yang. 2019. “Judicial Politics and Sentencing Decisions.” American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 11, 1, Pp. 160-191. [Working Paper]

2018

David Arnold, Will Dobbie, and Crystal S. Yang. 2018. “Racial Bias in Bail Decisions.” Quarterly Journal of Economics, 133, 4, Pp. 1885-1932. [Working Paper] [Online Appendix] [Correction Appendix]

Will Dobbie, Jacob Goldin, and Crystal S. Yang. 2018. “The Effects of Pre-Trial Detention on Conviction, Future Crime, and Employment: Evidence from Randomly Assigned Judges.” American Economic Review, 108, 2, Pp. 201-240. [Working Paper]

2017

Will Dobbie, Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham, and Crystal S. Yang. 2017. “Consumer Bankruptcy and Financial Health.” Review of Economics and Statistics, 99, 5, Pp. 853-869. [Working Paper] [Online Appendix]

Crystal S. Yang. 2017. “Local Labor Markets and Criminal Recidivism.” Journal of Public Economics, 147, Pp. 16-29. 

2016

Crystal S. Yang. 2016. “Resource Constraints and the Criminal Justice System: Evidence From Judicial Vacancies.” American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 8, 4, Pp. 289-332. 

2015

Crystal S. Yang. 2015. “Free At Last? Judicial Discretion and Racial Disparities in Federal Sentencing.” The Journal of Legal Studies, 44, 1, Pp. 75-111 . 

Other Publications

2024

Victoria Angelova, Will Dobbie, and Crystal S. Yang. 2024. “Algorithmic Recommendations When the Stakes are High: Evidence from Judicial Elections.” American Economic Review Papers & Proceedings, 114, Pp. 633-637. 

2021

Will Dobbie and Crystal S. Yang. 2021. “The Economic Costs of Pretrial Detention.” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 2021.


Will Dobbie and Crystal S. Yang. 2021. “The U.S. Pretrial System: Balancing Individual Rights and Public Interests.” Journal of Economic Perspectives, 35(4): Pp. 49-70.


2020

Crystal S. Yang and Will Dobbie. 11/2020. “Equal Protection Under Algorithms: A New Statistical and Legal Framework.” Michigan Law Review, 119, 2, Pp. 291-396. 

2019

Will Dobbie and Crystal S. Yang. 2019. “Proposals for Improving the U.S. Pretrial System.” The Hamilton Project.


2017

Crystal S. Yang. 2017. “Does Public Assistance Reduce Recidivism?” American Economic Review Papers & Proceedings, 107, 5, Pp. 551-55. 

Crystal S. Yang. 2017. “Toward an Optimal Bail System.” New York University Law Review, 92, 5, Pp. 1399-1493. 

2014

Crystal S. Yang. 2014. “Have Inter-Judge Sentencing Disparities Increased in an Advisory Guidelines Regime? Evidence From Booker.” New York University Law Review, 89, Pp. 1268-1342. 


Unpublished Manuscripts

David Arnold, Will Dobbie, and Crystal S. Yang. Working Paper. “Comment on Canay, Mogstad, and Mountjoy (2020)”. 


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