Working Papers
Changes in Nutrient Intake at Retirement (with Desmond Toohey)
Correcting for Misclassified Binary Regressors Using Instrumental Variables (with Steve Haider)
Refereed Publications
The Impact of Health on Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from a Large-Scale Experiment
(with Desmond Toohey)
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, July 2022, 14(3):367-99
Demand Conditions and Worker Safety: Evidence from Price Shocks in Mining
(with Kerwin Charles, Matthew Johnson, and Do Lee)
Journal of Labor Economics, 2022, 40(1):47-94
Laws, Educational Outcomes, and Returns to Schooling: Evidence from the Full Count 1940 Census (with Karen Clay and Jeff Lingwall)
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Labour Economics, 2021, Vol. 68
Estimating the Impacts of Program Benefits: Using Instrumental Variables with Underreported and Imputed Data (with Takashi Unayama)
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March CPS Supplement Allocation Procedures (1988-Present):
Earnings Other Income Non-Cash Benefits Supplement Non-Interview
Review of Economics and Statistics, July 2019, 101(3):468-475.
Disability Benefit Take-Up and Local Labor Market Conditions
(with Kerwin Charles and Yiming Li)
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Review of Economics and Statistics, July 2018, 100(3):416-423.
Child Benefit Payments and Household Wealth Accumulation (with Takashi Unayama)
Japanese Economic Review, December 2015, 66(4):447-465.
Compulsory Education and the Benefits of Schooling (with Dou-Yan Yang)
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American Economic Review, June 2014, 104(6):1777-1792
Employment, Wages, and Voter Turnout (with Kerwin Charles)
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American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, October 2013, 5(4):111-143
The Stability of Measured Time Preferences (with Erin Krupka)
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Vol. 85, January 2013, p.11-19
The Effect of Hospital Nurse Staffing on Patient Health Outcomes: Evidence from California’s Minimum Staffing Regulation (with Andrew Cook, Marty Gaynor, and Lowell Taylor)
Journal of Health Economics, March 2012, Vol. 31, p.340-348
The Impact of Retirement on Household Consumption in Japan (with Takashi Unayama)
Journal of The Japanese and International Economies, March 2012, Vol. 26, p.62-83
The Consumption Response to Seasonal Income: Evidence from Japanese Public Pension Benefits (with Takashi Unayama)
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American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, October 2011, vol. 3, n. 4, p.86-118
The Consumption Response to Predictable Changes in Discretionary Income: Evidence from the Repayment of Vehicle Loans
The Review of Economics and Statistics, May 2008, vol.90, n.2, p.241-252
Are There Treatment Duration Differences in the Seattle and Denver Income Maintenance Experiments?
The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy: Vol. 7 : Iss. 1 (Contributions), Article 58, 2007
Is There a Retirement-Consumption Puzzle? Evidence Using Subjective Retirement Expectations (With Steve Haider)
The Review of Economics and Statistics, May 2007, 89(2): p.247-264
Abortion Legalization and Adolescent Substance Use (With Kerwin Charles)
Journal of Law and Economics, October 2006, vol. 49, no. 2, p.481-505
Paycheque Receipt and the Timing of Consumption
The Economic Journal, August 2006, vol. 116, issue 513, p.680-701
The Impact of Separate Taxation on the Intra-Household Allocation of Assets: Evidence from the UK (With Jennifer Ward-Batts)
Journal of Public Economics, August 2004, vol.88, n.9-10, p.1989-2007
Job Displacement, Disability, and Divorce (With Kerwin Charles)
Journal of Labor Economics, April 2004, vol.22, n.2, p.489-522
Job Loss Expectations, Realizations, and Household Consumption Behavior
The Review of Economics and Statistics, February 2004, vol.86, n.1, p.253-269
“3rd of tha Month”: Do Social Security Recipients Smooth Consumption Between Checks?
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The American Economic Review, March 2003, vol.93, n.1, p.406-422
Worker Displacement and the Added Worker Effect
Journal of Labor Economics, July 2002, vol.20, n.3, p.504-537
The Long-Run Consumption Effects of Earnings Shocks
The Review of Economics and Statistics, February 2001, vol.83, n.1, p.28-36
Other Publications
Lessons Learned from Economic Impact Payments during COVID-19 (with Michael Gelman)
in Recession Remedies Lessons Learned from the U.S. Economic Policy Response to COVID-19 (eds., Wendy Edelberg, Louise Sheiner, and David Wessel), Brookings, 2022
Rates for Vehicle Loans: Race and Loan Source (with Kerwin Charles and Erik Hurst)
American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, May 2008, vol.98, n.2, p.315-320
The Level and Composition of Consumption Over the Business Cycle: The Role of `Quasi-Fixed’ Expenditures (with Kerwin Charles)
Published in Working and Poor: How Economic and Policy Changes Are Affecting Low-Wage Workers
(eds., Rebecca Blank, Sheldon Danziger, and Robert Schoeni), Russell Sage Press, 2006.
