Research

Publications

Black Economic Progress in the Jim Crow South: Evidence from Rosenwald Schools

with A. R. Shariq Mohammed, Journal of Economic History, March 2025, Vol. 85, Issue 1, 72-109

The Impact of the Retirement Slowdown on the US Youth Labor Market

Journal of Labor Economics, January 2025, Vol. 43, Number 1, 203-246

The creation of LIFE-M: The Longitudinal, Intergenerational, Family Electronic Micro-Database project

with Martha Bailey, Peter Lin, A. R. Shariq Mohammed, Jared Murray, Mengying Zhang & Alexa Prettyman, Historical Methods: A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History, August 2023, Vol. 56, Issue 3, 138-159

• LIFE-M dataset publicly available on openICPSR

Working papers

Long-Run Intergenerational Effects of Social Security

with Daniel Fetter & Lee Lockwood

Changes in Educational Mobility in the U.S. over the Twentieth Century and the Role of Public Education

with Martha Bailey & A. R. Shariq Mohammed

Work in progress

The Impact of Social Security on Longevity

with Daniel Fetter, Lee Lockwood & Joseph Price

Policy

Recent Trends in the Demand for AI Skills

with David Lee, Atlanta Fed Policy Hub: Macroblog , October 15, 2024