Research

Working Papers

Exhausted? The Effect of Diesel School Bus Emissions on Academic Achievement (Job Market Paper) [PDF], under review

Published, Forthcoming, and Accepted Papers

1. Prevalence and National Trends in Prenatal Wildfire Smoke Exposure Among Live Births (with Evan Ellicott, Scott A. Lorch, and Michel Boudreaux), forthcoming in American Journal of Preventative Medicine

2.  Primary Care, Weather, and the Missed Opportunity for Savings (with Nilesh Shinde, Guangqing Chi, Seth Freedman, Kosali Simon, Sonia Angell). Health Affairs Scholar, 4(9), 2026.

3. Perinatal Resources and Wildfire Smoke (with Michel Boudreaux, Evan Ellicott, Scott A. Lorch, and Molly Passarella). Medical Care, 63(6), 2025.

4. Non-Health Care Costs Associated with Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Visitation (with Rebecca A. Gourevitch, Evan Ellicott, Christine Kim, Molly Passarella, Scott A. Lorch, and Michel Boudreaux). Health Affairs Scholar, 3(3), 2025.

5. The Effect of Contraceptive Access Reform On Privately Insured Patients: Evidence from Delaware Contraceptive Access Now (with Michel Boudreaux). PLoS One, 18(1), 2023. [Github]

Works in Progress

Consequences of Wildfire Smoke for Infant Health (with Michel Boudreaux, Evan Ellicott, Marcos Fabian Covarrubias, Scott A. Lorch, and Molly Passarella).

Nudging towards Excellence: Quantifying the Achievement Impacts of Automatic Enrollment in Middle School Advanced Math (with Cameron Conrad, Tom Dee, Liz Huffaker, and George Zuo).

The Effect of Abortion Clinic Closure on Educational Attainment and Earnings (with Riley Acton, James Flynn, Dan Marthey, and Jiee Zhong).

Investigating The Long-Run Impact of the Earned Income Tax Credit on Maternal Health, SSRN Working Paper No. 4147185, 2022. [SSRN Link]