Highlighted Publications




 

This study investigates whether more frequent property tax reassessments improve tax equity in Philadelphia following the 2013 Actual...

This study investigates whether predictive algorithms used in higher education exhibit racial bias that disadvantages Black students....

This study investigates whether the quality of aid project management affects violent conflict in Africa. Using geo-coded data on all...

This study asks whether long-term economic outcomes are influenced by exposure to peers from wealthier families. Using data from over...

This study asks whether court-mandated school desegregation following Brown v. Board of Education had long-term impacts on White...

This study investigates how household exposure to housing price declines—specifically, negative equity—affected children’s educational...

This study investigates whether electronic monitoring (EM) is a more effective and cost-efficient pretrial alternative compared to...

This paper investigates whether increases in local government spending benefit all racial groups equally, focusing on labor market and...

This study investigates whether innovative academic work by women receives the same citation recognition as similar work by men. Using...

This study asks whether professional reference ratings can predict future teacher performance. Using data from Spokane Public Schools...

This study investigates whether infrastructure spending can boost support for authoritarian regimes by examining Nazi Germany’s Autobahn...

This study investigates whether remote one-on-one college coaching increases reenrollment among low- and middle-income students who...

This study asks whether stronger church-state ties—specifically through U.S. faith-based initiatives—affect religiosity and conservative...

This study investigates whether COVID-19 vaccines reduce mortality only through direct protection of vaccinated individuals or also via...

This study investigates whether severe health shocks, such as cancer diagnoses, increase individuals’ likelihood of committing crime....

This study explores whether perceptions about how tax dollars are spent influence taxpayers’ willingness to comply, focusing on property...

This study investigates whether household carbon emissions are primarily driven by household characteristics or by the places people...

This study examines how citywide racial segregation affects intergenerational economic mobility for Black and White children. Using...

This study examines how the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (FRA) will affect state compliance with federal work requirements under the...

This study examines whether stricter misconduct investigators reduce future police misconduct without decreasing productivity. Using...

This study investigates how much a child’s birth location causally affects birth weight and early-life health. Using 30 years of...

This study investigates who is referred to the juvenile justice system for school-based offenses and what academic and behavioral effects...

This study investigates whether the 2002 Bush steel tariffs protected steel industry jobs or harmed employment in steel-consuming...

This study asks whether the introduction of television reduced labor supply by increasing the value of leisure. Using Social Security...