Working Papers
Welfare Programs and Crime Spillovers (with David Jinkins and Claudio Labanca), Conditionally Accepted at the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, Updated April 2026
Social Insurance with Imperfect Eligibility Screening: Theory and Evidence from Pandemic UI (with Adam Isen and Bryan Stuart), July 2026
Large Incentives, Small Responses at the Social Security Eligibility Notch, July 2026
Social Insurance with Imperfect Eligibility Screening: Theory and Evidence from Pandemic UI (with Adam Isen and Bryan Stuart), July 2026
Large Incentives, Small Responses at the Social Security Eligibility Notch, July 2026
Publications
Racial Inequality in Unemployment Insurance Receipt (with Bryan Stuart), Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 247 (2025): 105401
Long-Run Effects of Incentivizing Work After Childbirth (with Na'ama Shenhav), American Economic Review,
Vol. 114(6): 1692–1722, 2024 (Ungated PDF)
Women's Suffrage and Children's Education (with Esra Kose and Na'ama Shenhav), American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, Vol. 13(3): 374–405, 2021 (Ungated PDF)
-- Media Coverage: The Washington Post, The Atlantic
Quantifying the Benefits of Social Insurance: Unemployment Insurance and Health, Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 103(3): 490-505, 2020 (Ungated PDF)
-- Replication package here
Do Human Capital Decisions Respond to the Returns to Education? Evidence from DACA (with Na'ama Shenhav and Kevin Shih), American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, Vol. 12(1): 293-324, 2020 (Ungated PDF)
-- Media Coverage: Vox, Chicago Booth Review, Promarket.org, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities,
Inside Higher Ed, MarketWatch, Univision, Chalkbeat, National Skills Coalition
The Long-Run Effects of Disruptive Peers (with Scott E. Carrell and Mark Hoekstra), American Economic Review, Vol. 108(11): 3377–3415, 2018 (Ungated PDF)
-- Media Coverage: NPR
-- Research Summary: VoxEU.org, NBER Digest [May 2016], UC Davis Center for Policy Research Policy Brief
Do In-Work Tax Credits Function as a Safety Net? (with Marianne Bitler and Hilary Hoynes) Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 52(2): 319-350, 2017 (Ungated PDF)
-- Media Coverage: Business Insider
Child Poverty, the Great Recession, and the Social Safety Net in the United States (with Marianne Bitler and Hilary Hoynes), Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Vol. 36(2): 358-389, 2017
-- Media Coverage: PBS, Wonkblog
Reexamining the Consumption Smoothing Benefits of Unemployment Insurance (with Chloe N. East), Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 132: 32-50, 2015 (Ungated PDF)
EITC and the Self-Employed: Real or Reporting Effects?, Public Finance Review, Vol. 42(6): 691-719, 2014
Long-Run Effects of Incentivizing Work After Childbirth (with Na'ama Shenhav), American Economic Review,
Vol. 114(6): 1692–1722, 2024 (Ungated PDF)
Women's Suffrage and Children's Education (with Esra Kose and Na'ama Shenhav), American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, Vol. 13(3): 374–405, 2021 (Ungated PDF)
-- Media Coverage: The Washington Post, The Atlantic
Quantifying the Benefits of Social Insurance: Unemployment Insurance and Health, Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 103(3): 490-505, 2020 (Ungated PDF)
-- Replication package here
Do Human Capital Decisions Respond to the Returns to Education? Evidence from DACA (with Na'ama Shenhav and Kevin Shih), American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, Vol. 12(1): 293-324, 2020 (Ungated PDF)
-- Media Coverage: Vox, Chicago Booth Review, Promarket.org, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities,
Inside Higher Ed, MarketWatch, Univision, Chalkbeat, National Skills Coalition
The Long-Run Effects of Disruptive Peers (with Scott E. Carrell and Mark Hoekstra), American Economic Review, Vol. 108(11): 3377–3415, 2018 (Ungated PDF)
-- Media Coverage: NPR
-- Research Summary: VoxEU.org, NBER Digest [May 2016], UC Davis Center for Policy Research Policy Brief
Do In-Work Tax Credits Function as a Safety Net? (with Marianne Bitler and Hilary Hoynes) Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 52(2): 319-350, 2017 (Ungated PDF)
-- Media Coverage: Business Insider
Child Poverty, the Great Recession, and the Social Safety Net in the United States (with Marianne Bitler and Hilary Hoynes), Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Vol. 36(2): 358-389, 2017
-- Media Coverage: PBS, Wonkblog
Reexamining the Consumption Smoothing Benefits of Unemployment Insurance (with Chloe N. East), Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 132: 32-50, 2015 (Ungated PDF)
EITC and the Self-Employed: Real or Reporting Effects?, Public Finance Review, Vol. 42(6): 691-719, 2014
OTHER Publications
The Macroeconomy and Poverty (with Marianne Bitler and Hilary Hoynes) The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 711(1): 82-99, 2024
A Reason to Wait: The Effect of Legal Status on Teen Pregnancy (with Na'ama Shenhav and Kevin Shih)
American Economic Association Papers and Proceedings, Vol. 109: 213-217, 2019
-- Media Coverage: The Atlantic
A Reason to Wait: The Effect of Legal Status on Teen Pregnancy (with Na'ama Shenhav and Kevin Shih)
American Economic Association Papers and Proceedings, Vol. 109: 213-217, 2019
-- Media Coverage: The Atlantic
