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

Work in Progress

"Could Savannah be the next San Jose? The Downstream Effects of Large Language Models" (with F. Levy) SSRN (under review)

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

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

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

"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.) (email for draft)

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

"Precautionary Savings with On-the-Job Search and Heterogeneous Preferences and Risk" (under review)

"Gender Differences in Choices Involving Own Ability: Evidence from Competitive Powerlifting" (under review)

"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)

"Financial Suicide: Debt and Death across U.S. Counties during the Great Recession'' (with B. Unel) (email for draft) 

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

"The Consequences of Disabilities in Late Middle Age for Well-Being'" (with E.E. Wiemers, V.J. Hotz, and A.W. Strauss)

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)