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Working Papers

2021

1. Heterogenous Trajectories in Physical, Mental and Cognitive Health among Older Americans: Roles of Genetics and Earlier SES
   PIER Working Paper Archive, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania

2020

2. Genetic Risks, Adolescent Health and Schooling Attainment
   GLO Discussion Paper Series, Global Labor Organization (GLO)
   Also in SocArXiv, Center for Open Science (2020)
   PIER Working Paper Archive, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania (2020)
   Center for Policy Research Working Papers, Center for Policy Research, Maxwell School, Syracuse University (2020)
   See also Journal Article Genetic risks, adolescent health, and schooling attainment, Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (2021) View citations (1) (2021)
3. Mental Health, Schooling Attainment and Polygenic Scores: Are There Significant Genetic-Environmental Associations?
   PIER Working Paper Archive, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania
4. The Impact of BMI on Mental Health: Further Evidence from Genetic Markers
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (3)
   Also in GLO Discussion Paper Series, Global Labor Organization (GLO) (2019) View citations (1)
   SocArXiv, Center for Open Science (2019) View citations (1)
   Center for Policy Research Working Papers, Center for Policy Research, Maxwell School, Syracuse University (2019) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article The impact of BMI on mental health: Further evidence from genetic markers, Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier (2020) View citations (3) (2020)

2019

5. Mental Health, Schooling Attainment and Polygenic Scores: Are There Significant Gene-Environment Associations?
   GLO Discussion Paper Series, Global Labor Organization (GLO) View citations (1)
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2019) View citations (1)
   SocArXiv, Center for Open Science (2019) View citations (1)

2016

6. The Effect of Degree Attainment on Arrests: Evidence from a Randomized Social Experiment
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (5)
   See also Journal Article The effect of degree attainment on arrests: Evidence from a randomized social experiment, Economics of Education Review, Elsevier (2016) View citations (1) (2016)

2011

7. Do More-Schooled Women have Fewer Children and Delay Childbearing? Evidence from a Sample of U.S. Twins
   PIER Working Paper Archive, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania View citations (6)
   See also Journal Article Do more-schooled women have fewer children and delay childbearing? Evidence from a sample of US twins, Journal of Population Economics, Springer (2014) View citations (41) (2014)
8. Following in Your Father's Footsteps: A Note on the Intergenerational Transmission of Income between Twin Fathers and their Sons
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (8)
9. Mothers Do Matter: New Evidence on the Effect of Parents' Schooling on Children's Schooling Using Swedish Twin Data
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (12)

Journal Articles

2021

1. Genetic risks, adolescent health, and schooling attainment
   Health Economics, 2021, 30, (11), 2905-2920 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Genetic Risks, Adolescent Health and Schooling Attainment, GLO Discussion Paper Series (2020) (2020)

2020

2. The impact of BMI on mental health: Further evidence from genetic markers
   Economics & Human Biology, 2020, 38, (C) View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper The Impact of BMI on Mental Health: Further Evidence from Genetic Markers, IZA Discussion Papers (2020) View citations (3) (2020)

2018

3. Does education attenuate the genetic risk of obesity? Evidence from U.K. Twins
   Economics & Human Biology, 2018, 31, (C), 200-208 View citations (2)

2017

4. Gene-environment interactions between education and body mass: Evidence from the UK and Finland
   Social Science & Medicine, 2017, 195, (C), 12-16 View citations (7)

2016

5. Decomposing racial differences in adolescent smoking in the U.S
   Economics & Human Biology, 2016, 22, (C), 161-176 View citations (2)
6. The effect of degree attainment on arrests: Evidence from a randomized social experiment
   Economics of Education Review, 2016, 54, (C), 259-273 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper The Effect of Degree Attainment on Arrests: Evidence from a Randomized Social Experiment, IZA Discussion Papers (2016) View citations (5) (2016)

2015

7. Schooling has smaller or insignificant effects on adult health in the US than suggested by cross-sectional associations: New estimates using relatively large samples of identical twins
   Social Science & Medicine, 2015, 127, (C), 181-189 View citations (34)
8. The intergenerational transmission of schooling: Are mothers really less important than fathers?
   Economics of Education Review, 2015, 47, (C), 100-117 View citations (29)

2014

9. Do more-schooled women have fewer children and delay childbearing? Evidence from a sample of US twins
   Journal of Population Economics, 2014, 27, (1), 1-31 View citations (41)
   See also Working Paper Do More-Schooled Women have Fewer Children and Delay Childbearing? Evidence from a Sample of U.S. Twins, PIER Working Paper Archive (2011) View citations (6) (2011)

2013

10. Does more schooling improve health outcomes and health related behaviors? Evidence from U.K. twins
    Economics of Education Review, 2013, 35, (C), 134-148 View citations (27)

2011

11. Returns to Education: Evidence from UK Twins: Comment
    American Economic Review, 2011, 101, (4), 1629-35 View citations (10)

2009

12. Sibling Sex Composition and Educational Outcomes: A Review of Theory and Evidence for the UK
    LABOUR, 2009, 23, (1), 67-96 View citations (7)