Research

Works in Progress

Concussions and the Classroom: The Causal Effect of Concussions on Adolescents' Academic and Behavioral Outcomes (with Tim Halliday and Joseph Eshun)

Select UHERO Research Reports and Blogs

Why Hawaii Has Less Inequality Than You'd Think, (solo-authored, August 2025)

Media Coverage:

• Honolulu Star Advertiser, October 2025

What Happens After Job Training? Preliminary Wage and Employment Insights from Good Jobs Hawaii (with Tim Halliday, July 2025)

Media Coverage:

• Maui News, July 2025

Which College Majors Pay the Most in Hawai'i and the US? (with Tim Halliday, August 2024)

Media Coverage:

• KITV Island News, June 2025

The Gender Pay Gap in Hawai`i (solo-authored, May 2024)

Media Coverage:

• Hawaii Public Radio, May 2024

• Kaua'i Now, May 2024

• Honolulu Civil Beat, June 2024

• AAUW Honolulu, July 2024

• Hawaii News Now, February 2025

• Honolulu Star Advertiser, March 2025

Why college is worth the investment: Estimating the returns to a college degree from the University of Hawai`i system (with Tim Halliday, January 2024)

Media Coverage:

• KHON2 News, January 2024

• Honolulu Star Advertiser, January 2024

Short-term vacation rentals and housing costs in Hawai`i (with Justin Tyndall, April 2023)

Measuring the burden of housing regulation in Hawai`i (with Justin Tyndall and Carl Bonham, April 2022)

Media Coverage:

• Honolulu Civil Beat, April 2022

• Pacific Business News, April 2022

• Maui News, April 2022

Multipliers and the effectiveness of government policies (with Byron Gangnes and Peter Fuleky, June 2020)

Little relief from Hawai`iʻs high cost of living (with Peter Fuleky, January 2020)