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Working Papers

2024

1. How Much Does College Cost and How Does It Relate to Student Borrowing? Tuition Growth and Borrowing over the Past 30 Years
   Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
   See also Journal Article How Much Does College Cost and How Does it Relate to Student Borrowing? Tuition Growth and Borrowing Over the Past 30 Years, National Tax Journal, University of Chicago Press (2024) (2024)
2. What Went Wrong with Federal Student Loans?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article What Went Wrong with Federal Student Loans?, Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association (2024) View citations (1) (2024)

2019

3. The Consequences of Student Loan Credit Expansions: Evidence from Three Decades of Default Cycles
   Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia View citations (5)
   See also Journal Article The consequences of student loan credit expansions: Evidence from three decades of default cycles, Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier (2022) View citations (5) (2022)

2017

4. Measuring Loan Outcomes at Postsecondary Institutions: Cohort Repayment Rates as an Indicator of Student Success and Institutional Accountability
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)

2016

5. Are There Returns to Experience at Low-Skill Jobs? Evidence from Single Mothers in the United States over the 1990s
   Upjohn Working Papers, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research View citations (2)

2015

6. Changes in the Distribution of After-Tax Wealth: Has Income Tax Policy Increased Wealth Inequality?
   Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.)

2009

7. Salience and Taxation: Theory and Evidence
   Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (1319)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2007) View citations (64)
   Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) (2009) View citations (1075)
   See also Journal Article Salience and Taxation: Theory and Evidence, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2009) View citations (1407) (2009)

2006

8. The Effect of Anticipated Tax Changes on Intertemporal Labor Supply and the Realization of Taxable Income
   Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government View citations (20)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2006) View citations (20)
   Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) (2005)

2005

9. Consumption Smoothing and the Welfare Consequences of Social Insurance in Developing Economies
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)
   See also Journal Article Consumption smoothing and the welfare consequences of social insurance in developing economies, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2006) View citations (115) (2006)
10. Income Risk and the Benefits of Social Insurance: Evidence from Indonesia and the United States
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)
    See also Chapter Income Risk and the Benefits of Social Insurance: Evidence from Indonesia and the United States, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2007) View citations (20) (2007)
11. The effects of welfare reform and related policies on single mothers' welfare use and employment
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) View citations (11)

Journal Articles

2024

1. How Much Does College Cost and How Does it Relate to Student Borrowing? Tuition Growth and Borrowing Over the Past 30 Years
   National Tax Journal, 2024, 77, (3), 605 - 622
   See also Working Paper How Much Does College Cost and How Does It Relate to Student Borrowing? Tuition Growth and Borrowing over the Past 30 Years, Working Papers (2024) (2024)
2. What Went Wrong with Federal Student Loans?
   Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2024, 38, (3), 209-36 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper What Went Wrong with Federal Student Loans?, NBER Working Papers (2024) View citations (1) (2024)

2022

3. The consequences of student loan credit expansions: Evidence from three decades of default cycles
   Journal of Financial Economics, 2022, 143, (2), 771-793 View citations (5)
   See also Working Paper The Consequences of Student Loan Credit Expansions: Evidence from Three Decades of Default Cycles, Working Papers (2019) View citations (5) (2019)

2021

4. High variability in transmission of SARS-CoV-2 within households and implications for control
   PLOS ONE, 2021, 16, (11), 1-21

2020

5. FIX THE SYSTEM, DON'T THROW IT OUT
   Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2020, 39, (2), 550-552
6. HOW TO FIX FEDERAL STUDENT LOAN PROGRAMS
   Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2020, 39, (2), 540-547

2019

7. How useful are default rates? Borrowers with large balances and student loan repayment
   Economics of Education Review, 2019, 71, (C), 135-145 View citations (5)

2018

8. Same-Sex Married Tax Filers After Windsor and Obergefell
   Demography, 2018, 55, (4), 1423-1446 View citations (10)

2016

9. Changes in the Distribution of After‐Tax Wealth in the US: Has Income Tax Policy Increased Wealth Inequality?
   Fiscal Studies, 2016, 37, 77-104 View citations (2)
10. Measuring inflation in grades: An application of price indexing to undergraduate grades
    Economics of Education Review, 2016, 55, (C), 220-232 View citations (4)

2015

11. A Crisis in Student Loans? How Changes in the Characteristics of Borrowers and in the Institutions They Attended Contributed to Rising Loan Defaults
    Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 2015, 46, (2 (Fall)), 1-89 View citations (99)

2009

12. Salience and Taxation: Theory and Evidence
    American Economic Review, 2009, 99, (4), 1145-77 View citations (1407)
    See also Working Paper Salience and Taxation: Theory and Evidence, Scholarly Articles (2009) View citations (1319) (2009)

2006

13. Consumption smoothing and the welfare consequences of social insurance in developing economies
    Journal of Public Economics, 2006, 90, (12), 2351-2356 View citations (115)
    See also Working Paper Consumption Smoothing and the Welfare Consequences of Social Insurance in Developing Economies, NBER Working Papers (2005) View citations (9) (2005)

Chapters

2007

1. Income Risk and the Benefits of Social Insurance: Evidence from Indonesia and the United States
   A chapter in Fiscal Policy and Management in East Asia, 2007, pp 99-121 View citations (20)
   See also Working Paper Income Risk and the Benefits of Social Insurance: Evidence from Indonesia and the United States, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2005) View citations (11) (2005)