Publications
Gilbert, L., Parker, S. & Schechter, L. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on treatment for domestic violence injuries: evidence from medical claims. Review of Economics of the Household 22, 535–562 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11150-024-09696-8
Working Papers
Supported Work Leads to Lasting Labor Market Success Among TANF Recipients (with Tania Barham and Brian Cadena) [IZA DP No. 18342]
Prosecutorial Reform and Local Crime Rates (with Amanda Agan, Jennifer Doleac, Anna Harvey, and Anna Kyriazis) Revisions requested at Criminology & Public Policy. [NBER WP#34364]
Work in Progress
Prosecution Research Initiative (with Amanda Agan, Anna Harvey, and Anna Kyriazis) An ongoing, multi-year project in partnership with district attorneys' offices using detailed administrative case data to study the effects of prosecutors' policies and decision making on recidivism, public safety, and disparities in the criminal justice system.
Family violence effects of social safety net incentives for child support cooperation (with Susan Parker and Katherine Richard)
Local Emergency Shelter Availability and Intimate Partner Homicides (with Kaitlyn Sims) Previously circulated as two separate working papers:
"Do shelters reduce domestic violence?" (Lauren Schechter)
"Seeking safe harbors: emergency domestic violence shelters and family violence" (Kaitlyn Sims)
RCTs in the Field
An impact evaluation of a recidivism reduction program at the Goodwill Excel Center (with William N. Evans and Patrick Turner) [AEA Registry]
An impact evaluation of an intensive, holistic reentry program for incarcerated women [AEA Registry]