Publications

"An Analysis of the Gender Layoff Gap Implied by a Gender Gap in Wage Bargaining" Economics Letters, 234 (2024) 111505 Link

"Downward Minimum Wage Rigidity: Evidence from a Temporary Four-Month Increase in St. Louis" Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 218 (2024) Link

"Commuting Barriers to Low-Wage Employment" Regional Science and Urban Economics, 104 (2024) 103970 (with J. Mabli) Link

"Officer Differences in Traffic Stops of Minority Drivers" Labour Economics, 67C (2020) 101912 Link

"Disparities in Vulnerability to Severe Complications from COVID-19 in the United States" Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 69 (2020) (with M. AlFakhri, V. J. Hotz, R.F. Schoeni, J.A. Seltzer, and E.E. Wiemers) Link

"Female Corporate Leadership in Latin America and the Caribbean Region: Representation and Firm-level Outcomes" International Journal of Manpower, 38(6): 790-818 (2017) (with L. Flabbi and C. Piras) Link

Working Papers

"From San Francisco to Savannah? The Downstream Effects of Generative AI" (with F. Levy) SSRN  (under review)

Media: The Geography of GenAI (Moody's Inside Economics Podcast, May 9, 2025); How A.I. Could Reshape the Economic Geography of America (New York Times, December 26, 2024); Will AI take jobs away from Baton Rouge professionals? (Baton Rouge Business Report January 3, 2025); The Next Great Job Churn Is Already Starting (Bloomberg May 19, 2025)

"The Returns to an Additional Year of Education for High School Graduates: The Transition to a 12-Year Program in Louisiana" (with M. P. Ugalde A.) Draft (under review)

"Gender Differences in Thinking Fast and Slow: Evidence from Competitive Powerlifting" SSRN (revisions submitted to JEBO)

"The Revival of U.S. Populism: How 39 Years of Manufacturing Losses and Educational Gains Reshaped the Electoral Map" (with F. Levy) SSRN

Media: Can an Unpopular Populist Still Damage Democracy? (New York Times, October 18, 2023)

"Financial Suicide: Debt and Death across US Counties during the Great Recession'' (with B. Unel) SSRN (under review)

"Unequal Job Security, Unemployment Scarring, and the Distribution of Welfare in a Search and Bargaining Model" SSRN (conditionally accepted at LABOUR)

"Asymmetric Interest Rate Smoothing and Financial Development" (with I. Green and J. Kachovec) Draft

"Household SNAP Participation and Labor Market Dynamics" (with L. Flabbi and J. Mabli) (email for draft)

Work in Progress

"Geography and Opportunity: Evidence from the Orphan Trains" (with D. Keniston) (email for draft)

"Occupational Task Complementarity and Substitution with Generative AI"

"The Impact of Noncompete Agreements on the Distribution of Worker Talent and Firm Productivity: Lessons from Women’s College Basketball" (with L. Fesko) (email for draft)

"The Impact of Natural Disasters on Local Business Dynamics" (with Q. Li)

Research Reports

Youth Employment in Nepal (World Bank 2018)

Making Politics Work for Development: Harnessing Transparency and Citizen Engagement (World Bank 2016)

World Development Report 2015: Mind, Society, and Behavior (World Bank 2015)

Malaysia Economic Monitor: Immigrant Labour (World Bank 2015)