Research

Publications

Entrepreneurship and Innovation

"Are Immigrants More Innovative? Evidence from Entrepreneurs" (with J. David Brown, John S. Earle, Mee Jung Kim, and Zhen Liu), Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 2025. [First Author]

"Who Innovates During a Crisis? Evidence from Small Businesses in the COVID-19 Pandemic" (with John Earle, Lokesh Dani, and Ray Bowman), Journal of Evolutionary Economics 33 (3),  893–950, 2023. [First Author; Corresponding Author]

"Exporting and Technology Adoption in Brazil" (with Xavier Cirera, Diego A. Comin, Marcio Cruz, and Antonio Martins-Neto), World Trade Review 22 (3-4): 334– 347, 2023. 

"Black-Owned Firms, Financial Constraints, and the Firm Size Gap" (with J. David Brown, John S. Earle, and Mee Jung Kim), AEA Papers and Proceedings 112: 282–286, 2022.

"Does the Community Reinvestment Act Increase Lending to Small Businesses in Lower Income Neighborhood?" (with Mee Jung Kim and John S. Earle), Economics Letters 209, 2021.  [Corresponding Author]

“Immigrant Entrepreneurs and Innovation in the U.S. High-tech Sector” (with J. David Brown, John S. Earle, and Mee Jung Kim), in The Roles of Immigrants and Foreign Students in US Science, Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Edited by Ina Ganguli, Shulamit Kahn, and Megan MacGarvie. University of Chicago Press. 2020.
Featured or cited in Forbes, NBC News, NPR Marketplace Morning Report, Quartz at Work, and Yahoo Finance.

“Start-ups, Job Creation, and Founder Characteristics” (with J. David Brown, John S. Earle, and Mee Jung Kim), Industrial and Corporate Change 28 (6), 2019.

Labor, Health, and Public Finance 

"How Do Firms Respond to State Retirement Plan Mandates?" (with Adam Bloomfield, Jay Philbrick, and Sita Slavov), Economic Inquiry 63 (1): 265-288, 2025.
Featured or cited in the American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries, NBER The Digest and Yahoo Finance.

“Does the Actuarial Adjustment for Pension Delay Affect Retirement and Claiming Decisions?” (with Sita Slavov and Devon Gorry), Journal of Pension Economics and Finance 22 (4), 2023.

“The Incidence of the Healthcare Costs of Chronic Conditions” (with Chanup Jeung) International Journal of Health Economics and Management 21, 2021. [First Author]

“The Impact of Connecticut’s Paid Sick Leave Law on the Use of Preventive Services” (with Chanup Jeung and Gilbert Gimm) American Journal of Preventive Medicine  60 (6), 2021. [Corresponding Author]

“Sex Differences in Acute Bleeding and Vascular Complications Following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention between 2003 and 2016: Trends from the Dartmouth Dynamic Registry” (with Hannah I.Chaudry, JiyongLee, Shawn X.Li, Alessio Gasperetti, Natalia H.Zbib, Ikechukwu C.Amakiri, Bruce W.Andrus, James T.DeVries), Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine 28, 2021.

Working Papers

"The Role of Technology in Reducing the Gender Gap in Productivity"  (with Xavier Cirera, Marcio Jose Vargas Da Cruz, Antonio Soares Martins Neto, and Caroline Gomes Nogueira), Policy Research Working Paper No. WPS 10771 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. May 2024.  (Accepted for Publication in World Development) 

"Are Immigrants More Innovative?: Evidence from Entrepreneurs" (with J. David Brown, John S. Earle, Mee Jung Kim, and Zhen Liu), CES Working Paper 23-56, 2023. (Accepted for Publication in Journal of Economics and Management Strategy.)

"How Do Firms Respond to State Retirement Plan Mandates?" (with Adam Bloomfield, Jay Philbrick, and Sita Slavov), NBER Working Paper No. 31398, 2023.  (Accepted for Publication in Economic Inquiry.)

"Technology and Resilience" (with Xavier Cirera, Diego A. Comin, Marcio Cruz, and Jesica Torres), NBER Working Paper No. 29644, 2022. 

"Black Entrepreneurs, Job Creation, and Financial Constraints" (with Mee Jung Kim, J. David Brown, and John S. Earle), IZA Discussion Paper No. 14403, 2021, Presented at SOLE 2021.

"Does the Community Reinvestment Act Increase Small Business Lending in Lower Income Neighborhoods?" (with Mee Jung Kim and John S. Earle), IZA Discussion Paper No. 14681, 2021. (Published in Economics Letters.) 

"Anatomy of Technology in the Firm" (with Xavier Cirera, Diego A. Comin, and Marcio Cruz), Centre for Economic Policy Research DP 15427, 2020. 

"Technology Within and Across Firms" (with Xavier Cirera, Diego A. Comin, and Marcio Cruz), NBER Working Paper No. 28080, 2020. 

“Does the Actuarial Adjustment for Pension Delay Affect Retirement and Claiming Decisions?” (with Sita Slavov and Devon Gorry), NBER Working Paper No. 27508, 2020. (Published in Journal of Pension Economics and Finance.)

“Health Insurance and the Supply of Entrepreneurs: Evidence from the ACA Medicaid Expansion," Working Paper. Presented at ASSA 2021, SOLE 2019, ASHEcon 2018, and APPAM Regional Student Conference 2018. SSRN Available at: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3462896   

"High-Growth Entrepreneurship" (with J. David Brown, John S. Earle, and Mee Jung Kim), IZA Discussion Paper No. 11662, 2018, Presented at CAED 2017 and ASSA 2018. (Published with a different title "Start-ups, Job Creation, and Founder Characteristics" in Industrial and Corporate Change.)

“The Impact of Employer Insurance Mandates on Employment by Small Business: Evidence from Massachusetts Reform," Working Paper, Presented at SOLE 2016.

Research in Progress

"Are Nonstandard Work Relationships Contingent? Evidence from Labor Adjustment during the COVID Pandemic" (Lokesh Dani and John S. Earle)

"The Intergenerational Transmission of Entrepreneurial Propensities: Comparative Evidence from Pre- to Post-Communism in Eastern Europe, Russia, and China" (with John S. Earle)

"Immigrant Entrepreneurs, Job Creation, and Innovation" (with J. David Brown, John S. Earle, and Mee Jung Kim)

"Gender Gap in Entrepreneurship" (with J. David Brown, John S. Earle, and Mee Jung Kim)

"Entrepreneurial Motivations, Innovation, and Growth: Evidence from the Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs" (with J. David Brown, John S. Earle, and Mee Jung Kim) 

"Non-Standard Employment: Evidence from the Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs" (with J. David Brown and John S. Earle) 

"Paid Sick Leave and Influenza Vaccination Take-up: Suggestive Evidence for Driving Adoption of COVID-19 Vaccinations" (with Chanup Jeung and Mee Jung Kim)