Highlighted Publications




 

This article examines how lowering the vote threshold to approve local school bonds affects education funding. Using a...

This study investigates whether U.S. police executives’ support for civilian review boards (CRBs) can be influenced by public opinion or...

This policy brief asks why community college to university transfer rates remain persistently low despite extensive policy reforms....

This study investigates whether recycling habits and skills degrade after a temporary pause in recycling services. The authors analyze...

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...