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Working Papers

2006

1. The Impact of Local Labor Market Conditions on the Demand for Education: Evidence from Indian Casinos
   Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies

2005

2. Estimating the Impact of Medical Innovation: A Case Study of HIV Antiretroviral Treatments
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

2002

3. Changing Labor Market Opportunities for Women and the Quality of Teachers 1957-1992
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
4. The Impact of Income on Mortality: Evidence from the Social Security Notch
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
5. The Social and Economic Impact of Native American Casinos
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

2001

6. Relative Deprivation, Poor Health Habits and Mortality
   Working Papers, Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Center for Health and Wellbeing. View citations

1997

7. Can Higher Cigarette Taxes Improve Birth Outcomes?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (1999)
8. Teen Drinking and Education Attainment: Evidence From Two-Sample Instrumental Variables (TSIV) Estimates
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

1996

9. Children and Their Parents' Labor Supply: Evidence from Exogenous Variation in Family Size
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
   See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1998)
10. Do Workplace Smoking Bans Reduce Smoking?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1999)
11. Schooling and Labor Market Consequences of the 1970 State Abortion Reforms
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

1994

12. Education and Health: Where There's Smoke There's an Instrument
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

Journal Articles

2008

1. Heightened mortality after the death of a spouse: Marriage protection or marriage selection?
   Journal of Health Economics, 2008, 27, (5), 1326-1342
2. The impact of early discharge laws on the health of newborns
   Journal of Health Economics, 2008, 27, (4), 843-870 View citations

2007

3. COPS and crime
   Journal of Public Economics, 2007, 91, (1-2), 181-201 View citations

2006

4. Behavioral Probabilities
   Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2006, 32, (1), 5-15 View citations
5. Patient outcomes when hospitals experience a surge in admissions
   Journal of Health Economics, 2006, 25, (2), 365-388 View citations
6. The Effect of Income on Mortality: Evidence from the Social Security Notch
   The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2006, 88, (3), 482-495 View citations

2005

7. The benefits of prenatal care: evidence from the PAT bus strike
   Journal of Econometrics, 2005, 125, (1-2), 207-239 View citations

2003

8. Teen Drinking and Educational Attainment: Evidence from Two-Sample Instrumental Variables Estimates
   Journal of Labor Economics, 2003, 21, (1), 178-209 View citations

2001

9. Behavior Policies and Teen Traffic Safety
   American Economic Review, 2001, 91, (2), 91-96 View citations
10. Education spending in an aging America
    Journal of Public Economics, 2001, 81, (3), 449-472 View citations

2000

11. Data Watch: Research Data in Health Economics
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2000, 14, (4), 203-216
12. Families or Schools? Explaining the Convergence in White and Black Academic Performance
    Journal of Labor Economics, 2000, 18, (4), 729-54 View citations

1999

13. Can higher cigarette taxes improve birth outcomes?
    Journal of Public Economics, 1999, 72, (1), 135-154 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1997)
14. Data Watch: Research Data in the Economics of Education
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1999, 13, (3), 205-216 View citations
15. Do Workplace Smoking Bans Reduce Smoking?
    American Economic Review, 1999, 89, (4), 728-747 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1996)

1998

16. Children and Their Parents' Labor Supply: Evidence from Exogenous Variation in Family Size
    American Economic Review, 1998, 88, (3), 450-77 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1996)
17. Education-Finance Reform and the Distribution of Education Resources
    American Economic Review, 1998, 88, (4), 789-812 View citations
18. Estimation Of Revealed Probabilities And Utility Functions For Product Safety Decisions
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1998, 80, (1), 28-33 View citations
19. The Compensating Behavior of Smokers: Taxes, Tar, and Nicotine
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1998, 29, (3), 578-595 View citations

1995

20. Finishing High School and Starting College: Do Catholic Schools Make a Difference?
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1995, 110, (4), 941-74 View citations

1994

21. Living by the "Golden Rule": Multimarket Contact in the U.S. Airline Industry
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1994, 109, (2), 341-66 View citations

1993

22. Endogeneity in the Concentration-Price Relationship: Causes, Consequences, and Cures
    Journal of Industrial Economics, 1993, 41, (4), 431-38 View citations
23. Localized Market Power in the U.S. Airline Industry
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1993, 75, (1), 66-75 View citations

1992

24. Measuring Peer Group Effects: A Study of Teenage Behavior
    Journal of Political Economy, 1992, 100, (5), 966-91 View citations
25. The Determinants of Pesticide Regulation: A Statistical Analysis of EPA Decision Making
    Journal of Political Economy, 1992, 100, (1), 175-97 View citations

1991

26. Estimation of State-Dependent Utility Functions Using Survey Data
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1991, 73, (1), 94-104 View citations
27. Risk Reduction or Risk Compensation? The Case of Mandatory Safety-Belt Use Laws
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 1991, 4, (1), 61-73 View citations

1990

28. An estimate of the lifesaving benefit of child restraint use legislation
    Journal of Health Economics, 1990, 9, (2), 121-140
29. Utility Functions That Depend on Health Status: Estimates and Economic Implications
    American Economic Review, 1990, 80, (3), 353-74 View citations

1988

30. Geographic differences in production technology
    Regional Science and Urban Economics, 1988, 18, (3), 399-424 View citations