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Working Papers

2018

1. The Impacts of Paid Family Leave Benefits: Regression Kink Evidence from California Administrative Data
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (18)
2. Unequal Use of Social Insurance Benefits: The Role of Employers
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (13)

2013

3. Making Nutritional Information Digestible: Effects of a Receipt-Based Intervention on Restaurant Purchases
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2012

4. Letting Down the Team? Social Effects of Team Incentives
   University of California at Santa Barbara, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC Santa Barbara View citations (8)

2011

5. Letting Down the Team? Evidence of Social Effects of Team Incentives
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (22)

2007

6. Prison Health Care: Is Contracting Out Healthy?
   University of California at Santa Barbara, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC Santa Barbara

2005

7. Unhealthy Assimilation: Why Do Immigrants Converge to American Health Status Levels?
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (12)
   See also Journal Article Unhealthy assimilation: Why do immigrants converge to American health status levels?, Demography, Springer (2006) View citations (237) (2006)

2003

8. Sex Preferences, Marital Dissolution and the Economic Status of Women
   University of California at Santa Barbara, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC Santa Barbara View citations (5)
   See also Journal Article Sex Preferences, Marital Dissolution, and the Economic Status of Women, Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press (2005) View citations (74) (2005)

2002

9. The Racial Wage Gap: The Importance of Labor Force Attachment Differences
   University of California at Santa Barbara, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC Santa Barbara View citations (2)

2001

10. Does Single Parenthood Increase the Probability of Teenage Promiscuity, Drug Use, and Crime? Evidence from Divorce Law Changes
    University of California at Santa Barbara, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC Santa Barbara View citations (4)

1999

11. Needs-Based Health Care Funding: Implications for Resource Distribution in Ontario
    Working Papers, University of Toronto, Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article Needs-based health care funding: implications for resource distribution in Ontario, Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Economics Association (2000) View citations (4) (2000)

1997

12. Standardized Mortality Ratios In Capitation Funding Models: Emiprical Issues From Canadian Data
    Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University

Undated

13. Against All Odds: The Surprising Labor Market Success of Young Mexican Women
    Canadian International Labour Network Working Papers, McMaster University
14. Human Capital Versus Signaling Models: University Access and High School Drop-outs
    Canadian International Labour Network Working Papers, McMaster University View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article Human Capital versus Signaling Models: University Access and High School Dropouts, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (2001) View citations (139) (2001)

Journal Articles

2015

1. Micro-marketing healthier choices: Effects of personalized ordering suggestions on restaurant purchases
   Journal of Health Economics, 2015, 39, (C), 106-122 View citations (12)

2012

2. No cohort left behind?
   Journal of Urban Economics, 2012, 71, (3), 347-354 View citations (5)
3. School-Entry Policies and Skill Accumulation Across Directly and Indirectly Affected Individuals
   Journal of Human Resources, 2012, 47, (3) View citations (44)

2011

4. The Wages of Failure: New Evidence on School Retention and Long-Run Outcomes
   Education Finance and Policy, 2011, 6, (3), 293-322 View citations (15)

2010

5. Early gender test score gaps across OECD countries
   Economics of Education Review, 2010, 29, (3), 348-363 View citations (54)

2008

6. Where class size really matters: Class size and student ratings of instructor effectiveness
   Economics of Education Review, 2008, 27, (3), 253-265 View citations (37)
7. Who goes to graduate/professional school? The importance of economic fluctuations, undergraduate field, and ability
   Economics of Education Review, 2008, 27, (2), 197-210 View citations (59)

2007

8. Does single parenthood increase the probability of teenage promiscuity, substance use, and crime?
   Journal of Population Economics, 2007, 20, (1), 55-71 View citations (34)

2006

9. The Long-Term Impact of Military Service on Health: Evidence from World War II and Korean War Veterans
   American Economic Review, 2006, 96, (1), 176-194 View citations (105)
10. Unhealthy assimilation: Why do immigrants converge to American health status levels?
    Demography, 2006, 43, (2), 337-360 View citations (237)
    See also Working Paper Unhealthy Assimilation: Why Do Immigrants Converge to American Health Status Levels?, IZA Discussion Papers (2005) View citations (12) (2005)

2005

11. Are Middle Schools More Effective?: The Impact of School Structure on Student Outcomes
    Journal of Human Resources, 2005, 40, (3) View citations (19)
12. Sex Preferences, Marital Dissolution, and the Economic Status of Women
    Journal of Human Resources, 2005, 40, (2) View citations (74)
    See also Working Paper Sex Preferences, Marital Dissolution and the Economic Status of Women, University of California at Santa Barbara, Economics Working Paper Series (2003) View citations (5) (2003)

2004

13. The Racial Wage Gap: The Importance of Labor Force Attachment Differences across Black, Mexican, and White Men
    Journal of Human Resources, 2004, 39, (2) View citations (40)
14. The location of women's prisons and the deterrence effect of "harder" time
    International Review of Law and Economics, 2004, 24, (2), 147-167 View citations (5)

2003

15. School quality and the distribution of male earnings in Canada
    Economics of Education Review, 2003, 22, (4), 395-407 View citations (12)
16. Wage and test score dispersion: some international evidence
    Economics of Education Review, 2003, 22, (1), 31-43 View citations (30)

2002

17. The Relative Earnings of Young Mexican, Black, and White Women
    ILR Review, 2002, 56, (1), 122-135 View citations (13)

2001

18. Human Capital versus Signaling Models: University Access and High School Dropouts
    Journal of Political Economy, 2001, 109, (4), 749-775 View citations (139)
    See also Working Paper Human Capital Versus Signaling Models: University Access and High School Drop-outs, Canadian International Labour Network Working Papers View citations (10)

2000

19. Needs-based health care funding: implications for resource distribution in Ontario
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 2000, 33, (4), 981-1008 View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper Needs-Based Health Care Funding: Implications for Resource Distribution in Ontario, Working Papers (1999) (1999)

1999

20. Standardized Mortality Ratios and Canadian Health-Care Funding
    Canadian Public Policy, 1999, 25, (1), 47-64