Research

Working Papers and Works in Progress

1. The Winners and Losers of Immigration: Evidence from Linked Historical Data (NBER Working Paper No. 27156)

   1. • submitted

      • with Christian vom Lehn and Joe Price

2. DACA, Mobility Investments, and Economic Outcomes of Immigrants and Natives (CESifo working paper WP no. 11106, IZA Discussion Paper No. 16968)

   1. • R&R at JHR

      • with Mena Villanueva Kiser 

3. The Alternative Safety Net: Gig Employment and Social Program Participation (available upon request)

   1. • with Ngoc Dao

4. Kindergarten and Career Comebacks for Mothers: Is Access to Public School Enough? (available upon request)

   1. • with Jocelyn Wikle

5. Like A Good Neighbor: Childhood Neighbors Influence Occupation Choice (available upon request)

   1. • with Mike Andrews, Ryan Hill, and Joe Price

6. Family Peer Effects in Fertility

   1. • with Qinyou Hu, Kristiina Huttenen, and Lars Lefgren

7. Fertility Peer Effects: Evidence from Israel

   1. • with Naomi Gershoni and Assaf Kott

8. Family Matters: The Role of Immediate Family and Extended Family after Labor Market Shocks

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Selected Publications 

1. “A Matter of Time? The Impact of Full-day Kindergarten Expansions”, (with Chloe Gibbs and Jocelyn Wikle) Forthcoming at American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2026.

2. “The Isolated States of America: Home State Bias and the Impact of State Borders on Mobility,” Journal of Labor Economics, 2026.

3. "The Self-Employment Effects of the EITC in the Gig Economy," National Tax Journal, 2026.

4. "Representative Compensation and Disability Claimant Outcomes," (with Cody Tuttle) Journal of Public Economics, 2024. (Center for Retirement Research at Boston College WP#2021-12)

5. "Access to Head Start and Maternal Labor Supply: Experimental and Quasi-experimental Evidence," (with Jocelyn Wikle) Journal of Labor Economics, 2023.

6. "The Impact of Social Networks on EITC Claiming Behavior," Review of Economics and Statistics, 2022.

7. "The Impact of Workforce Changes on Caseloads and Judge Decisions: Evidence from SSA Judicial Corps Retirements," (with Clayson Shumway) Journal of Public Economics, 2022.

8. "Moving to Economic Opportunity: The Migration Response to the Fracking Boom," 2022, Journal of Human Resources, 57(3): 918-955.

9. "Moving to J​obs: The Role of Information in Migration Decisions​​," 2021, Journal of Labor Economics, 39(4):1083-1128

10. "Disability Insurance in the Great Recession: Ease of Access, Program Enrollment, and Local Hysteresis,"(with Melissa Kearney and Brendan M. Price) AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2021.

11. "Sheltering in Place and Domestic Violence: Evidence from Calls for Service during COVID-19," (with Emily Leslie) Journal of Public Economics, 2020.

12. "The EITC and Employment Transitions: Labor Force Attachment and Annual Exit​," 2020, National Tax Journal, 73(1): 11-46

13. "Male Earnings, Marriageable Men, and Non-Marital Fertility: Evidence from the Fracking Boom​,"(with Melissa Kearney) Review of Economics and Statistics, 2018.