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Homepage:https://users.nber.org/~almond/
Workplace:Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University, (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2023

  1. Bitcoin and Carbon Dioxide Emissions: Evidence from Daily Production Decisions
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (1)

2020

  1. Ambiguous Pollution Response to COVID-19 in China
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (10)
  2. Perinatal Health among 1 Million Chinese-Americans
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads
  3. Russian Holidays Predict Troll Activity 2015-2017
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads

2017

  1. Childhood Circumstances and Adult Outcomes: Act II
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (70)
    Also in Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group (2017) Downloads View citations (68)

    See also Journal Article Childhood Circumstances and Adult Outcomes: Act II, Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association (2018) Downloads View citations (481) (2018)

2016

  1. Retention Heterogeneity in New York City Schools
    Center for Policy Research Working Papers, Center for Policy Research, Maxwell School, Syracuse University Downloads

2014

  1. In Utero Ramadan Exposure and Children’s Academic Performance
    Working Papers, Gutenberg School of Management and Economics, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz Downloads View citations (17)
    See also Journal Article In Utero Ramadan Exposure and Children's Academic Performance, Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2015) Downloads View citations (39) (2015)

2013

  1. Fetal origins and parental responses
    Working Paper Series, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Downloads View citations (162)
    See also Journal Article Fetal Origins and Parental Responses, Annual Review of Economics, Annual Reviews (2013) Downloads View citations (166) (2013)
  2. Land Reform and Sex Selection in China
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (23)

2012

  1. Long Run Impacts of Childhood Access to the Safety Net
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (26)
    See also Journal Article Long-Run Impacts of Childhood Access to the Safety Net, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2016) Downloads View citations (259) (2016)

2011

  1. Fasting During Pregnancy and Children's Academic Performance
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (10)
  2. From Infant to Mother: Early Disease Environment and Future Maternal Health
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article From infant to mother: Early disease environment and future maternal health, Labour Economics, Elsevier (2012) Downloads View citations (42) (2012)

2010

  1. Human Capital Development Before Age Five
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (153)
    See also Chapter Human Capital Development before Age Five, Handbook of Labor Economics, Elsevier (2011) Downloads View citations (640) (2011)
  2. Public vs. Private Provision of Charity Care? Evidence from the Expiration of Hill-Burton Requirements in Florida
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Public vs. private provision of charity care? Evidence from the expiration of Hill-Burton requirements in Florida, Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier (2011) Downloads View citations (8) (2011)

2009

  1. O Sister, Where Art Thou? The Role of Son Preference and Sex Choice: Evidence from Immigrants to Canada
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (27)

2008

  1. After Midnight: A Regression Discontinuity Design in Length of Postpartum Hospital Stays
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article After Midnight: A Regression Discontinuity Design in Length of Postpartum Hospital Stays, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Economic Association (2011) Downloads View citations (87) (2011)
  2. Estimating Marginal Returns to Medical Care: Evidence from At-Risk Newborns
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article Estimating Marginal Returns to Medical Care: Evidence from At-risk Newborns, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2010) Downloads View citations (167) (2010)
  3. Health Capital and the Prenatal Environment: The Effect of Maternal Fasting During Pregnancy
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (12)
  4. Inside the War on Poverty: The Impact of Food Stamps on Birth Outcomes
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (13)
    See also Journal Article Inside the War on Poverty: The Impact of Food Stamps on Birth Outcomes, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2011) Downloads View citations (252) (2011)
  5. The effects of maternal fasting during Ramadan on birth and adult outcomes
    Working Paper Series, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Downloads View citations (8)

2007

  1. Chernobyl's Subclinical Legacy: Prenatal Exposure to Radioactive Fallout and School Outcomes in Sweden
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (29)
    See also Journal Article Chernobyl's Subclinical Legacy: Prenatal Exposure to Radioactive Fallout and School Outcomes in Sweden, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2009) Downloads View citations (279) (2009)
  2. Long-Term Effects Of The 1959-1961 China Famine: Mainland China and Hong Kong
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (83)

2006

  1. How did schooling laws improve long-term health and lower mortality?
    Working Paper Series, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Downloads View citations (8)

2004

  1. The Costs of Low Birth Weight
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (16)
    See also Journal Article The Costs of Low Birth Weight, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2005) Downloads View citations (331) (2005)

1999

  1. Capital, Wages and Growth: Theory and Evidence
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers Downloads View citations (15)
    Also in Working Papers, IGIER (Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research), Bocconi University Downloads View citations (14)
    Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (1999) Downloads View citations (15)

1996

  1. Characteristics of National School Lunch and School Breakfast Program Participants
    Mathematica Policy Research Reports, Mathematica Policy Research Downloads

Journal Articles

2018

  1. Childhood Circumstances and Adult Outcomes: Act II
    Journal of Economic Literature, 2018, 56, (4), 1360-1446 Downloads View citations (481)
    See also Working Paper Childhood Circumstances and Adult Outcomes: Act II, NBER Working Papers (2017) Downloads View citations (70) (2017)

2017

  1. Do nonprofits manipulate investment returns?
    Economics Letters, 2017, 155, (C), 62-66 Downloads View citations (2)
  2. Son-biased sex ratios in 2010 US Census and 2011–2013 US natality data
    Social Science & Medicine, 2017, 176, (C), 21-24 Downloads View citations (3)

2016

  1. An adaptive significance of morning sickness? Trivers–Willard and Hyperemesis Gravidarum
    Economics & Human Biology, 2016, 21, (C), 167-171 Downloads View citations (3)
  2. Long-Run Impacts of Childhood Access to the Safety Net
    American Economic Review, 2016, 106, (4), 903-34 Downloads View citations (259)
    See also Working Paper Long Run Impacts of Childhood Access to the Safety Net, NBER Working Papers (2012) Downloads View citations (26) (2012)

2015

  1. Auspicious birth dates among Chinese in California
    Economics & Human Biology, 2015, 18, (C), 153-159 Downloads View citations (20)
  2. In Utero Ramadan Exposure and Children's Academic Performance
    Economic Journal, 2015, 125, (589), 1501-1533 Downloads View citations (39)
    See also Working Paper In Utero Ramadan Exposure and Children’s Academic Performance, Working Papers (2014) Downloads View citations (17) (2014)

2013

  1. Fetal Origins and Parental Responses
    Annual Review of Economics, 2013, 5, (1), 37-56 Downloads View citations (166)
    See also Working Paper Fetal origins and parental responses, Working Paper Series (2013) Downloads View citations (162) (2013)
  2. Son Preference and the Persistence of Culture: Evidence from South and East Asian Immigrants to Canada
    Population and Development Review, 2013, 39, (1), 75-95 Downloads View citations (102)

2012

  1. From infant to mother: Early disease environment and future maternal health
    Labour Economics, 2012, 19, (4), 475-483 Downloads View citations (42)
    See also Working Paper From Infant to Mother: Early Disease Environment and Future Maternal Health, NBER Working Papers (2011) Downloads View citations (5) (2011)

2011

  1. After Midnight: A Regression Discontinuity Design in Length of Postpartum Hospital Stays
    American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2011, 3, (3), 1-34 Downloads View citations (87)
    See also Working Paper After Midnight: A Regression Discontinuity Design in Length of Postpartum Hospital Stays, NBER Working Papers (2008) Downloads View citations (3) (2008)
  2. Health Capital and the Prenatal Environment: The Effect of Ramadan Observance during Pregnancy
    American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2011, 3, (4), 56-85 Downloads View citations (355)
  3. Inside the War on Poverty: The Impact of Food Stamps on Birth Outcomes
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2011, 93, (2), 387-403 Downloads View citations (252)
    See also Working Paper Inside the War on Poverty: The Impact of Food Stamps on Birth Outcomes, NBER Working Papers (2008) Downloads View citations (13) (2008)
  4. Killing Me Softly: The Fetal Origins Hypothesis
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2011, 25, (3), 153-72 Downloads View citations (815)
  5. Public vs. private provision of charity care? Evidence from the expiration of Hill-Burton requirements in Florida
    Journal of Health Economics, 2011, 30, (1), 189-199 Downloads View citations (8)
    See also Working Paper Public vs. Private Provision of Charity Care? Evidence from the Expiration of Hill-Burton Requirements in Florida, NBER Working Papers (2010) Downloads View citations (3) (2010)
  6. The Role of Hospital Heterogeneity in Measuring Marginal Returns to Medical Care: A Reply to Barreca, Guldi, Lindo, and Waddell
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2011, 126, (4), 2125-2131 Downloads View citations (11)

2010

  1. Estimating Marginal Returns to Medical Care: Evidence from At-risk Newborns
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2010, 125, (2), 591-634 Downloads View citations (167)
    See also Working Paper Estimating Marginal Returns to Medical Care: Evidence from At-Risk Newborns, NBER Working Papers (2008) Downloads View citations (7) (2008)

2009

  1. Chernobyl's Subclinical Legacy: Prenatal Exposure to Radioactive Fallout and School Outcomes in Sweden
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2009, 124, (4), 1729-1772 Downloads View citations (279)
    See also Working Paper Chernobyl's Subclinical Legacy: Prenatal Exposure to Radioactive Fallout and School Outcomes in Sweden, NBER Working Papers (2007) Downloads View citations (29) (2007)
  2. Winter Heating or Clean Air? Unintended Impacts of China's Huai River Policy
    American Economic Review, 2009, 99, (2), 184-90 Downloads View citations (103)

2005

  1. The 1918 Influenza Pandemic and Subsequent Health Outcomes: An Analysis of SIPP Data
    American Economic Review, 2005, 95, (2), 258-262 Downloads View citations (88)
  2. The Costs of Low Birth Weight
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2005, 120, (3), 1031-1083 Downloads View citations (331)
    See also Working Paper The Costs of Low Birth Weight, NBER Working Papers (2004) Downloads View citations (16) (2004)

Chapters

2024

  1. Rapid Increases in Methane Concentrations following August 2020 Suspension of the US Methane Rule
    A chapter in Environmental and Energy Policy and the Economy, volume 6, 2024 Downloads

2011

  1. Human Capital Development before Age Five
    Elsevier Downloads View citations (640)
    See also Working Paper Human Capital Development Before Age Five, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2010) Downloads View citations (153) (2010)

2010

  1. Long-Term Effects of Early-Life Development: Evidence from the 1959 to 1961 China Famine
    A chapter in The Economic Consequences of Demographic Change in East Asia, 2010, pp 321-345 Downloads View citations (48)
 
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