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Working Papers

2025

1. Mean Reversion in Randomized Controlled Trials: Implications for Program Targeting and Heterogeneous Treatment Effects
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   See also Journal Article Mean Reversion in Randomized Controlled Trials: Implications for Program Targeting and Heterogeneous Treatment Effects, AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association (2025) (2025)
2. The Hidden Health Care Crisis Behind Bars: A Randomized Trial to Accredit U.S. Jails
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2024

3. Why Doesn’t the United States Have National Health Insurance? The Political Role of the American Medical Association
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
4. “Something Works” in U.S. Jails: Misconduct and Recidivism Effects of the IGNITE Program
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   See also Journal Article “Something Works” in U.S. Jails: Misconduct and Recidivism Effects of the IGNITE Program*, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2025) (2025)

2023

5. Investigator Racial Diversity and Clinical Trial Participation
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   See also Journal Article Investigator racial diversity and clinical trial participation, Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier (2025) (2025)
6. The Health of Democracies During the Pandemic: Results from a Randomized Survey Experiment
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article The Health of Democracies during the Pandemic: Results from a Randomized Survey Experiment, AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association (2023) View citations (1) (2023)

2022

7. Representation and Extrapolation: Evidence from Clinical Trials
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Representation and Extrapolation: Evidence from Clinical Trials*, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2024) View citations (2) (2024)
8. The Impact of Large-Scale Social Media Advertising Campaigns on COVID-19 Vaccination: Evidence from Two Randomized Controlled Trials
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article The Impact of Large-Scale Social Media Advertising Campaigns on COVID-19 Vaccination: Evidence from Two Randomized Controlled Trials, AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association (2023) View citations (1) (2023)

2021

9. Doctors and Nurses Social Media Ads Reduced Holiday Travel and COVID-19 infections: A cluster randomized controlled trial in 13 States
   Papers, arXiv.org View citations (2)
10. Doctors' and Nurses' Social Media Ads Reduced Holiday Travel and COVID-19 Infections: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
11. Experimental Evidence on the Effectiveness of Non-Experts for Improving Vaccine Demand
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (18)
    See also Journal Article Experimental Evidence on the Effectiveness of Nonexperts for Improving Vaccine Demand, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Economic Association (2024) View citations (6) (2024)
12. The Great Unequalizer: Initial Health Effects of COVID-19 in the United States
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (21)
    See also Journal Article The Great Unequalizer: Initial Health Effects of COVID-19 in the United States, Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association (2021) View citations (22) (2021)

2020

13. Civil Liberties in Times of Crisis
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (17)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2020) View citations (18)
    See also Journal Article Civil Liberties in Times of Crisis, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association (2023) View citations (6) (2023)
14. Messages on COVID-19 Prevention in India Increased Symptoms Reporting and Adherence to Preventive Behaviors Among 25 Million Recipients with Similar Effects on Non-recipient Members of Their Communities
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (38)
15. Religion and Sanitation Practices
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Religion and Sanitation Practices, The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank (2021) (2021)
16. Understanding the Success of the Know-Nothing Party
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2020) View citations (7)

2019

17. Technological Progress and Health Convergence: The Case of Penicillin in Post-War Italy
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
    Also in CEIS Research Paper, Tor Vergata University, CEIS (2019) View citations (1)

2018

18. Does Diversity Matter for Health? Experimental Evidence from Oakland
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article Does Diversity Matter for Health? Experimental Evidence from Oakland, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2019) View citations (75) (2019)
19. Fear and the Safety Net: Evidence from Secure Communities
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (23)
    See also Journal Article Fear and the Safety Net: Evidence from Secure Communities, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2024) View citations (2) (2024)

2017

20. The Gendered Spillover Effect of Young Children's Health on Human Capital: Evidence from Turkey
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (13)

2016

21. Tuskegee and the Health of Black Men
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article Tuskegee and the Health of Black Men, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2018) View citations (67) (2018)

2015

22. Watersheds in Child Mortality: The Role of Effective Water and Sewerage Infrastructure, 1880 to 1920
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (56)
    See also Journal Article Watersheds in Child Mortality: The Role of Effective Water and Sewerage Infrastructure, 1880–1920, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (2019) View citations (95) (2019)

2006

23. The Consequences of Population Health for Economic Performance
    PGDA Working Papers, Program on the Global Demography of Aging View citations (1)

2004

24. The Effect of Population Health on Foreign Direct Investment
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (61)

Journal Articles

2025

1. Investigator racial diversity and clinical trial participation
   Journal of Health Economics, 2025, 100, (C)
   See also Working Paper Investigator Racial Diversity and Clinical Trial Participation, NBER Working Papers (2023) (2023)
2. Mean Reversion in Randomized Controlled Trials: Implications for Program Targeting and Heterogeneous Treatment Effects
   AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2025, 115, 221-25
   See also Working Paper Mean Reversion in Randomized Controlled Trials: Implications for Program Targeting and Heterogeneous Treatment Effects, NBER Working Papers (2025) (2025)
3. “Something Works” in U.S. Jails: Misconduct and Recidivism Effects of the IGNITE Program*
   The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2025, 140, (2), 1367-1415
   See also Working Paper “Something Works” in U.S. Jails: Misconduct and Recidivism Effects of the IGNITE Program, NBER Working Papers (2024) (2024)

2024

4. Experimental Evidence on the Effectiveness of Nonexperts for Improving Vaccine Demand
   American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2024, 16, (1), 394-414 View citations (6)
   See also Working Paper Experimental Evidence on the Effectiveness of Non-Experts for Improving Vaccine Demand, NBER Working Papers (2021) View citations (18) (2021)
5. Fear and the Safety Net: Evidence from Secure Communities
   The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2024, 106, (6), 1427-1441 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper Fear and the Safety Net: Evidence from Secure Communities, NBER Working Papers (2018) View citations (23) (2018)
6. Racial health disparities in the United States
   Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2024, 40, (3), 498-517
7. Representation and Extrapolation: Evidence from Clinical Trials*
   The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2024, 139, (1), 575-635 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper Representation and Extrapolation: Evidence from Clinical Trials, NBER Working Papers (2022) View citations (1) (2022)

2023

8. Civil Liberties in Times of Crisis
   American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2023, 15, (4), 389-421 View citations (6)
   See also Working Paper Civil Liberties in Times of Crisis, CEPR Discussion Papers (2020) View citations (17) (2020)
9. The Health of Democracies during the Pandemic: Results from a Randomized Survey Experiment
   AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2023, 113, 572-76 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper The Health of Democracies During the Pandemic: Results from a Randomized Survey Experiment, NBER Working Papers (2023) View citations (1) (2023)
10. The Impact of Large-Scale Social Media Advertising Campaigns on COVID-19 Vaccination: Evidence from Two Randomized Controlled Trials
    AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2023, 113, 653-58 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper The Impact of Large-Scale Social Media Advertising Campaigns on COVID-19 Vaccination: Evidence from Two Randomized Controlled Trials, NBER Working Papers (2022) View citations (2) (2022)

2021

11. Religion and Sanitation Practices
    The World Bank Economic Review, 2021, 35, (2), 287-302
    See also Working Paper Religion and Sanitation Practices, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2020) View citations (1) (2020)
12. The Great Unequalizer: Initial Health Effects of COVID-19 in the United States
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2021, 35, (3), 25-46 View citations (22)
    See also Working Paper The Great Unequalizer: Initial Health Effects of COVID-19 in the United States, NBER Working Papers (2021) View citations (21) (2021)

2019

13. Does Diversity Matter for Health? Experimental Evidence from Oakland
    American Economic Review, 2019, 109, (12), 4071-4111 View citations (75)
    See also Working Paper Does Diversity Matter for Health? Experimental Evidence from Oakland, NBER Working Papers (2018) View citations (11) (2018)
14. Watersheds in Child Mortality: The Role of Effective Water and Sewerage Infrastructure, 1880–1920
    Journal of Political Economy, 2019, 127, (2), 586 - 638 View citations (95)
    See also Working Paper Watersheds in Child Mortality: The Role of Effective Water and Sewerage Infrastructure, 1880 to 1920, NBER Working Papers (2015) View citations (56) (2015)

2018

15. Tuskegee and the Health of Black Men
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2018, 133, (1), 407-455 View citations (67)
    See also Working Paper Tuskegee and the Health of Black Men, NBER Working Papers (2016) View citations (9) (2016)

2015

16. The Effect of the TseTse Fly on African Development
    American Economic Review, 2015, 105, (1), 382-410 View citations (186)

2013

17. Girls’ education and HIV risk: Evidence from Uganda
    Journal of Health Economics, 2013, 32, (5), 863-872 View citations (17)