Research
Peer-Reviewed Articles
Fighting Poverty One Family at a Time: Experimental Evidence from an Interventions with Holistic, Individualized, and Wrap-Around Services
with William N. Evans, Shawna Kolka, and James X. Sullivan, Forthcoming at American Economic Journal: Economic Policy. [Publication][NBER Working Paper 30992]
High Schools Tailored to Adults Can Help Them Complete a Traditional Diploma and Excel in the Labor Market
with Rebecca Brough and David C. Phillips, Forthcoming at American Economic Journal: Economic Policy. [Publication][SSRN Working Paper]
Media: [Notre Dame Stories]
Previously distributed as "The Labor Market Return to Reversing High School Dropout"
No Place Like Home: Long-Run Impacts of Early Child Health and Family Planning on Labor and Migration Outcomes
with Tania Barham and Randall Kuhn, Journal of Human Resources, published online before print, December 2023. [Publication][Working Paper]
Media: VoxDev
High-Skilled Immigration and the Labor Market: Evidence from the H-1B Visa Program
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 41(1):92–130, Winter 2022. [Publication][Pre-Publication Draft] [Crosswalks]
Media: [JPAM's Closer Look Podcast Interview]
Thirty-Five Years Later: Long-Term Effects of the Matlab Maternal and Child Health / Family Planning Program on Women's Well-Being
with Tania Barham, Brachel Champion, Andrew D. Foster, Jena D. Hamadani, Warren C. Jochem, Gisella Kagy, Randall Kuhn, Jane Menken, Abdur Razzaque, and Elisabeth Dowling Root, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118(28): e2101160118, July 13, 2021. [Publication][Data and Code]
Media: Time
Health and Well-Being of Male International Migrants and Non-Migrants in Bangladesh: A Cross-Sectional Follow-Up Study
with Randall Kuhn, Tania Barham, and Abdur Razzaque, PLoS Medicine 17(3): e1003081, March 2020. [Publication]
Working Papers
The Effects of Emergency Rental Assistance During the Pandemic: Evidence from Four Cities
with Robert Collinson, Anthony A. DeFusco, John Eric Humphries, Benjamin J. Keys, David C. Phillips, Vincent Reina, and Winnie van Dijk, May 2024, Under review
Taking a Chance on Workers: Evidence on the Effects and Mechanisms of Subsidized Employment from an RCT
with Tania Barham and Brian Cadena, May 2024, Under review [Newly Updated Draft] [IZA Discussion Paper 16221]
Work in Progress
Reversing the School to Prison Pipeline: The Impact of an Adult High School Program
with Emily Merola and David Phillips
The Demographic Transition and Structural Transformation: Evidence from Bangladesh
with Tania Barham, Randall Kuhn, and Brett McCully
Projects in the Field
"An Impact Evaluation of NPower's Tech Fundamentals Program" with Tania Barham and Brian Cadena
"An Impact Evaluation of Goodwill North Georgia's Job Training Program" with Tania Barham and Brian Cadena
"An Impact Evaluation of Extending Supportive Services to WIOA Youth in Los Angeles" with Tania Barham and Brian Cadena
"Evaluating College Persistence Counseling in Chicago" with Lisa Barrow and Chloe Gibbs
"An Impact Evaluation of Financial Coaching at Catholic Charities Dallas" with William Skimmyhorn
"An Impact Evaluation of Santa Clara County's Housing Problem Solvers Program" with Rob Collinson
"An Impact Evaluation of Entrepreneurship Training for Black Women" with Robert Fairlie
"An Impact Evaluation of a Recidivism Reduction Program at the Goodwill Excel Center" with William N. Evans
"The Longer-Term Effects of an Intervention with Holistic, Individualized, Wrap-Around Services" with William N. Evans and James X. Sullivan