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Working Papers

2024

1. Sheepskin effects and heterogenous wage-setting behaviour: Evidence from Mozambique
   WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

2021

2. On Immigration and Native Entrepreneurship
   RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Rockwool Foundation Berlin (RF Berlin) - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM) View citations (2)
   Also in GLO Discussion Paper Series, Global Labor Organization (GLO) (2021) View citations (2)
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2021) View citations (2)
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2021) View citations (2)
3. The Global COVID-19 Student Survey: First Wave Results
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (13)

2020

4. The Demand for Interns
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2020) View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article The demand for interns, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2023) View citations (3) (2023)

2019

5. Tweet Sixteen and Pregnant: Missing Links in the Causal Chain from Reality TV to Fertility
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)

2018

6. A Cautionary Tale of Evaluating Identifying Assumptions: Did Reality TV Really Cause a Decline in Teenage Childbearing?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (22)
   See also Journal Article A Cautionary Tale of Evaluating Identifying Assumptions: Did Reality TV Really Cause a Decline in Teenage Childbearing?, Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, Taylor & Francis Journals (2020) View citations (24) (2020)
7. Shift- Share Instruments and the Impact of Immigration
   RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Rockwool Foundation Berlin (RF Berlin) - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM) View citations (284)
   Also in Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group (2018) View citations (297)
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2018) View citations (296)
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2018) View citations (318)
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2018) View citations (297)

2016

8. Does Reality TV Induce Real Effects? On the Questionable Association Between 16 and Pregnant and Teenage Childbearing
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (6)

2015

9. Do Students Know Best? Choice, Classroom Time, and Academic Performance
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)

2014

10. Does Classroom Time Matter? A Randomized Field Experiment of Hybrid and Traditional Lecture Formats in Economics
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)

2013

11. How Immigration May Affect U.S. Native Entrepreneurship: Theoretical Building Blocks and Preliminary Results
    Working Papers, Department of Economics, College of William and Mary View citations (1)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2012) View citations (10)

2011

12. Are Drone Strikes Effective in Afghanistan and Pakistan? On the Dynamics of Violence between the United States and the Taliban
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article Are Drone Strikes Effective in Afghanistan and Pakistan? On the Dynamics of Violence between the United States and the Taliban, CESifo Economic Studies, CESifo Group (2018) View citations (3) (2018)
13. Earnings Growth versus Measures of Income and Education for Predicting Mortality
    Working Papers, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center
14. The struggle for Palestinian hearts and minds: Violence and public opinion in the Second Intifada
    Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, Boston University - Department of Economics View citations (1)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2008) View citations (9)
    Working Papers, Department of Economics, College of William and Mary (2008) View citations (4)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2008) View citations (9)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2008) View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article The struggle for Palestinian hearts and minds: Violence and public opinion in the Second Intifada, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2012) View citations (38) (2012)

2010

15. Can Militants Use Violence to Win Public Support? Evidence from the Second Intifada
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article Can Militants Use Violence to Win Public Support? Evidence from the Second Intifada, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Peace Science Society (International) (2015) View citations (11) (2015)
16. Direct evidence on risk attitudes and migration
    Munich Reprints in Economics, University of Munich, Department of Economics View citations (265)
    Also in ROA Research Memorandum, Maastricht University, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA) (2008) View citations (44)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2007) View citations (22)
    RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Rockwool Foundation Berlin (RF Berlin) - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM) (2007) View citations (16)
    Working Papers, Department of Economics, College of William and Mary (2007) View citations (18)
    See also Journal Article Direct Evidence on Risk Attitudes and Migration, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2010) View citations (280) (2010)

2009

17. On the Sensitivity of Return to Schooling Estimates to Estimation Methods, Model Specification, and Influential Outliers If Identification Is Weak
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
18. The Economic Diversity of Immigration Across the United States
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (5)
    Also in RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Rockwool Foundation Berlin (RF Berlin) - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM) (2009) View citations (4)

2007

19. The Persistence of Self-Employment Across Borders: New Evidence on Legal Immigrants to the United States
    Working Papers, Department of Economics, College of William and Mary View citations (9)
    Also in RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series, Rockwool Foundation Berlin (RF Berlin) - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM) (2007) View citations (9)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2007) View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article The Persistence of Self-Employment Across Borders: New Evidence on Legal Immigrants to the United States, Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon (2013) View citations (16) (2013)
20. The Shape of Things to Come? Assessing the Effectiveness of Suicide Attacks and Targeted Killings
    Working Papers, Department of Economics, College of William and Mary View citations (8)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2007) View citations (6)

2006

21. Green Cards and the Location Choices of Immigrants in the United States, 1971-2000
    Working Papers, Department of Economics, College of William and Mary View citations (29)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2006) View citations (47)
    See also Chapter Green Cards and the Location Choices of Immigrants in the United States, 1971–2000, Research in Labor Economics, Emerald Group Publishing Limited (2007) View citations (14) (2007)
22. Israel, the Palestinian Factions and the Cycle of Violence
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (25)
    Also in Working Papers, Department of Economics, College of William and Mary (2005) View citations (8)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2006) View citations (32)
    See also Journal Article Israel, the Palestinian Factions, and the Cycle of Violence, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2006) View citations (25) (2006)

2005

23. The Cycle of Violence? An Empirical Analysis of Fatalities in the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
    Working Papers, Department of Economics, College of William and Mary View citations (20)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2005) View citations (13)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2005) View citations (45)
    See also Journal Article The Cycle of Violence? An Empirical Analysis of Fatalities in the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2008) View citations (103) (2008)

2002

24. Estimating the Returns to Education Using the Newest Current Population Survey Education Questions
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Estimating the returns to education using the newest current population survey education questions, Economics Letters, Elsevier (2003) View citations (10) (2003)
25. Natives, the Foreign-Born and High School Equivalents: New Evidence on the Returns to the GED
    Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section. View citations (8)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2002) View citations (12)
    See also Journal Article Natives, the foreign-born and high school equivalents: new evidence on the returns to the GED, Journal of Population Economics, Springer (2006) View citations (16) (2006)

1999

26. Is Job Stability in the United States Falling?
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (69)

1998

27. Coding Geographic Areas Across Census Years: Creating Consistent Definitions of Metropolitan Areas
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (29)
28. Is Job Stability in the US Falling? Reconciling Trends in the Current Population Survey and Panel Study of Income Dynamics
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)

1996

29. On the Validity of Season of Birth as an Instrument in Wage Equations: A Comment on Angrist & Krueger's "Does Compulsory School Attendance Affect Scho
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (72)

1993

30. The Cure Can Be Worse than the Disease: A Cautionary Tale Regarding Instrumental Variables
    NBER Technical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (99)

Journal Articles

2023

1. The demand for interns
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2023, 209, (C), 372-390 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper The Demand for Interns, NBER Working Papers (2020) View citations (3) (2020)

2020

2. A Cautionary Tale of Evaluating Identifying Assumptions: Did Reality TV Really Cause a Decline in Teenage Childbearing?
   Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 2020, 38, (2), 317-326 View citations (24)
   See also Working Paper A Cautionary Tale of Evaluating Identifying Assumptions: Did Reality TV Really Cause a Decline in Teenage Childbearing?, NBER Working Papers (2018) View citations (22) (2018)

2019

3. Tweet Sixteen and Pregnant: Missing Links in the Causal Chain from Reality TV to Fertility. A replication study of Kearney & Levine (American Economic Review, 2015)
   International Journal for Re-Views in Empirical Economics (IREE), 2019, 3, (2019-1), 1-16 View citations (1)

2018

4. Are Drone Strikes Effective in Afghanistan and Pakistan? On the Dynamics of Violence between the United States and the Taliban
   CESifo Economic Studies, 2018, 64, (4), 667-697 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper Are Drone Strikes Effective in Afghanistan and Pakistan? On the Dynamics of Violence between the United States and the Taliban, IZA Discussion Papers (2011) View citations (7) (2011)

2017

5. On Measuring and Reducing Selection Bias With a Quasi‐Doubly Randomized Preference Trial
   Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2017, 36, (2), 438-459 View citations (4)

2015

6. Can Militants Use Violence to Win Public Support? Evidence from the Second Intifada
   Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2015, 59, (3), 528-549 View citations (11)
   See also Working Paper Can Militants Use Violence to Win Public Support? Evidence from the Second Intifada, NBER Working Papers (2010) View citations (11) (2010)
7. Does classroom time matter?
   Economics of Education Review, 2015, 46, (C), 64-77 View citations (24)

2013

8. JAMES THORNTON: American Wine Economics: An Exploration of the U.S. Wine Industry. University of California Press, Berkeley, California, 2013, 368 pp., ISBN 978-0520276499, $39.95 (cloth)
   Journal of Wine Economics, 2013, 8, (3), 357-359
9. The Persistence of Self-Employment Across Borders: New Evidence on Legal Immigrants to the United States
   Economics Bulletin, 2013, 33, (1), 126-137 View citations (16)
   See also Working Paper The Persistence of Self-Employment Across Borders: New Evidence on Legal Immigrants to the United States, Working Papers (2007) View citations (9) (2007)

2012

10. The struggle for Palestinian hearts and minds: Violence and public opinion in the Second Intifada
    Journal of Public Economics, 2012, 96, (3), 354-368 View citations (38)
    See also Working Paper The struggle for Palestinian hearts and minds: Violence and public opinion in the Second Intifada, Boston University - Department of Economics - Working Papers Series (2011) View citations (1) (2011)

2011

11. Wine Retail Price Dispersion in the United States: Searching for Expensive Wines?
    American Economic Review, 2011, 101, (3), 136-41 View citations (14)

2010

12. Direct Evidence on Risk Attitudes and Migration
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2010, 92, (3), 684-689 View citations (280)
    See also Working Paper Direct evidence on risk attitudes and migration, Munich Reprints in Economics (2010) View citations (265) (2010)
13. Variability in Punitive Damages
    Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), 2010, 166, (1), 33-37

2009

14. The Shape of Things to Come? On the Dynamics of Suicide Attacks and Targeted Killings
    Quarterly Journal of Political Science, 2009, 4, (4), 315-342 View citations (12)

2008

15. The Cycle of Violence? An Empirical Analysis of Fatalities in the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
    American Economic Review, 2008, 98, (4), 1591-1604 View citations (103)
    See also Working Paper The Cycle of Violence? An Empirical Analysis of Fatalities in the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict, Working Papers (2005) View citations (20) (2005)

2006

16. Israel, the Palestinian Factions, and the Cycle of Violence
    American Economic Review, 2006, 96, (2), 45-49 View citations (25)
    See also Working Paper Israel, the Palestinian Factions and the Cycle of Violence, CEPR Discussion Papers (2006) View citations (25) (2006)
17. Natives, the foreign-born and high school equivalents: new evidence on the returns to the GED
    Journal of Population Economics, 2006, 19, (4), 769-793 View citations (16)
    See also Working Paper Natives, the Foreign-Born and High School Equivalents: New Evidence on the Returns to the GED, Working Papers (2002) View citations (8) (2002)

2003

18. Estimating the returns to education using the newest current population survey education questions
    Economics Letters, 2003, 78, (3), 385-394 View citations (10)
    See also Working Paper Estimating the Returns to Education Using the Newest Current Population Survey Education Questions, IZA Discussion Papers (2002) View citations (3) (2002)

1999

19. Is Job Stability in the United States Falling? Reconciling Trends in the Current Population Survey and Panel Study of Income Dynamics
    Journal of Labor Economics, 1999, 17, (4), S1-28 View citations (64)

1997

20. Reconciling the Old and New Census Bureau Education Questions: Recommendations for Researchers
    Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 1997, 15, (3), 300-309 View citations (187)

1996

21. Degrees Matter: New Evidence on Sheepskin Effects in the Returns to Education
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1996, 78, (4), 733-40 View citations (235)

Chapters

2007

1. Green Cards and the Location Choices of Immigrants in the United States, 1971–2000
   A chapter in Immigration, 2007, pp 131-183 View citations (14)
   See also Working Paper Green Cards and the Location Choices of Immigrants in the United States, 1971-2000, Department of Economics, College of William and Mary (2006) View citations (29) (2006)