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Working Papers

2024

1. Long-Run Effects of Food Assistance: Evidence from the Food Stamp Program and Administrative Data
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2022

2. Mothers as Insurance: Family Spillovers in WIC
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Mothers as insurance: Family spillovers in WIC, Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier (2023) View citations (1) (2023)

2020

3. The Social Safety Net in the Wake of COVID-19
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (55)
   See also Journal Article The Social Safety Net in the Wake of COVID-19, Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution (2020) View citations (1) (2020)

2019

4. Do Food Assistance Programs Affect Retailers?
   2019 Annual Meeting, July 21-23, Atlanta, Georgia, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
5. Effects of Direct Care Provision to the Uninsured: Evidence from Federal Breast and Cervical Cancer Programs
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
6. Impact of WIC changes on retailer participation and sales
   2019 Annual Meeting, July 21-23, Atlanta, Georgia, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
7. SNAP and Paycheck Cycles
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
   See also Journal Article SNAP and Paycheck Cycles, Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons (2019) View citations (5) (2019)
8. Teacher Effects on Student Achievement and Height: A Cautionary Tale
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)

2016

9. Child Poverty, the Great Recession, and the Social Safety Net in the United States
   Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, Working Paper Series, Institute of Industrial Relations, UC Berkeley View citations (5)
   Also in Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley (2016) View citations (2)
   Working Papers, eSocialSciences (2016) View citations (3)
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2016) View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Child Poverty, the Great Recession, and the Social Safety Net in the United States, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (2017) View citations (46) (2017)

2014

10. Can Variation in Subgroups' Average Treatment Effects Explain Treatment Effect Heterogeneity? Evidence from a Social Experiment
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article Can Variation in Subgroups' Average Treatment Effects Explain Treatment Effect Heterogeneity? Evidence from a Social Experiment, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2017) View citations (21) (2017)
11. Child Poverty and the Great Recession in the United States
    Innocenti Working Papers View citations (7)
12. Do In-Work Tax Credits Serve as a Safety Net?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (14)
    See also Journal Article Do In-Work Tax Credits Serve as a Safety Net?, Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press (2017) View citations (30) (2017)
13. Experimental Evidence on Distributional Effects of Head Start
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (58)
14. Medicaid: A Review of the Literature
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)

2013

15. Distributional Effects of a School Voucher Program: Evidence from New York City
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
16. The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same? The Safety Net and Poverty in the Great Recession
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (15)
    See also Chapter The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same? The Safety Net and Poverty in the Great Recession, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2013) View citations (14) (2013)
    Journal Article The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same? The Safety Net and Poverty in the Great Recession, Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press (2016) View citations (69) (2016)

2011

17. Health Insurance Mandates, Mammography, and Breast Cancer Diagnoses
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Health Insurance Mandates, Mammography, and Breast Cancer Diagnoses, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Economic Association (2016) View citations (16) (2016)
18. Immigrants, Welfare Reform, and the U.S. Safety Net
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
19. Utilization of Infertility Treatments: The Effects of Insurance Mandates
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
    Also in Department of Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics, Williams College (2008)
    See also Journal Article Utilization of Infertility Treatments: The Effects of Insurance Mandates, Demography, Springer (2012) View citations (39) (2012)

2010

20. The State of the Safety Net in the Post-Welfare Reform Era
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (40)
    Also in Working Paper Series, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (2010) View citations (11)

2009

21. Effects of Venue-Specific State Clean Indoor Air Laws on Smoking-Related Outcomes
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Effects of venue‐specific state clean indoor air laws on smoking‐related outcomes, Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (2010) View citations (19) (2010)

2007

22. The Consequences of Couples' Pregnancy Intentions for Early Parental Behaviors and Infant Health: Does It Matter Who Is Asked?
    Working Papers, Princeton University, School of Public and International Affairs, Center for Research on Child Wellbeing.

2006

23. Effects of Increased Access to Infertility Treatment on Infant and Child Health Outcomes Evidence from Health Insurance Mandates
    Working Papers, RAND Corporation View citations (4)
    Also in PPIC Working Papers, Public Policy Institute of California (2005)
24. Health disparities and infertility: impacts of state-level insurance mandates
    Department of Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics, Williams College
25. Welfare Reform and Indirect Impacts on Health
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)

2005

26. Distributional Impacts of the Self-Sufficiency Project
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (13)
    Also in Working Papers, University of California, Davis, Department of Economics (2005) View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Distributional impacts of the Self-Sufficiency Project, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2008) View citations (29) (2008)
27. What Mean Impacts Miss: Distributional Effects of Welfare Reform Experiments
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (12)
    Also in Working Papers, RAND Corporation (2004) View citations (1)
    Working Papers, University of California, Davis, Department of Economics (2005) View citations (4)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2003) View citations (21)
    See also Journal Article What Mean Impacts Miss: Distributional Effects of Welfare Reform Experiments, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2006) View citations (301) (2006)

2004

28. Medicaid at Birth, WIC Take Up, and Children's Outcomes
    Working Papers, RAND Corporation View citations (5)
29. The Impact of Welfare Reform on Marriage and Divorce
    Working Papers, RAND Corporation View citations (98)
    Also in FRB Atlanta Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (2002) View citations (24)
    See also Journal Article The impact of welfare reform on marriage and divorce, Demography, Springer (2004) View citations (110) (2004)
30. Welfare Reform and Children's Living Arrangements
    Working Papers, RAND Corporation
    See also Journal Article Welfare Reform and Children's Living Arrangements, Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press (2006) View citations (45) (2006)
31. Welfare Reform and Health
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (14)
    Also in Working Papers, RAND Corporation (2004) View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article Welfare Reform and Health, Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press (2005) View citations (67) (2005)

2002

32. The Impact of Welfare Reform on Living Arrangements
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (28)

2001

33. Small business and computers: adoption and performance
    Working Paper Series, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco View citations (1)

2000

34. The effect of Medicaid eligibility expansions on births
    FRB Atlanta Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta View citations (4)

Journal Articles

2025

1. Impact of the 2009 WIC revision on infant and maternal health: A quasi-experimental multi-state study
   Social Science & Medicine, 2025, 373, (C)

2024

2. New Evidence on the Cycle in the Women, Infants, and Children Program: What Happens When Benefits Expire
   National Tax Journal, 2024, 77, (1), 175 - 197
3. The Macroeconomy and Poverty
   The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2024, 711, (1), 82-99

2023

4. Mothers as insurance: Family spillovers in WIC
   Journal of Health Economics, 2023, 91, (C) View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Mothers as Insurance: Family Spillovers in WIC, NBER Working Papers (2022) View citations (1) (2022)
5. The Effects of the 2021 Child Tax Credit on Poverty
   The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2023, 710, (1), 75-89 View citations (2)

2022

6. Incomplete program take-up during a crisis: evidence from the COVID-19 shock in one U.S. state
   International Tax and Public Finance, 2022, 29, (6), 1373-1394 View citations (4)

2021

7. Effects of the Colorectal Cancer Control Program
   Health Economics, 2021, 30, (11), 2667-2685
8. Means-Tested Safety Net Programs and Hispanic Families: Evidence from Medicaid, SNAP, and WIC
   The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2021, 696, (1), 274-305 View citations (1)
9. Working for Your Bread: The Labor Supply Effects of SNAP
   AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2021, 111, 496-500 View citations (4)

2020

10. Cyclicality of the U.S. Safety Net: Evidence from the 2000s and Implications for the COVID-19 Crisis
    National Tax Journal, 2020, 73, (3), 759-780 View citations (5)
11. The Social Safety Net in the Wake of COVID-19
    Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 2020, 51, (2 (Summer)), 119-158 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper The Social Safety Net in the Wake of COVID-19, NBER Working Papers (2020) View citations (55) (2020)

2019

12. Food Access, Program Participation, and Health: Research Using FoodAPS
    Southern Economic Journal, 2019, 86, (1), 9-17
13. Health Impacts of Food Assistance: Evidence from the United States
    Annual Review of Resource Economics, 2019, 11, (1), 261-287 View citations (5)
14. SNAP and Paycheck Cycles
    Southern Economic Journal, 2019, 86, (1), 18-48 View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper SNAP and Paycheck Cycles, NBER Working Papers (2019) View citations (7) (2019)

2018

15. Boosting school readiness: Should preschool teachers target skills or the whole child?
    Economics of Education Review, 2018, 65, (C), 107-125 View citations (4)

2017

16. Can Variation in Subgroups' Average Treatment Effects Explain Treatment Effect Heterogeneity? Evidence from a Social Experiment
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2017, 99, (4), 683-697 View citations (21)
    See also Working Paper Can Variation in Subgroups' Average Treatment Effects Explain Treatment Effect Heterogeneity? Evidence from a Social Experiment, NBER Working Papers (2014) View citations (6) (2014)
17. Child Poverty, the Great Recession, and the Social Safety Net in the United States
    Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2017, 36, (2), 358-389 View citations (46)
    See also Working Paper Child Poverty, the Great Recession, and the Social Safety Net in the United States, Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, Working Paper Series (2016) View citations (5) (2016)
18. Do In-Work Tax Credits Serve as a Safety Net?
    Journal of Human Resources, 2017, 52, (2), 319-350 View citations (30)
    See also Working Paper Do In-Work Tax Credits Serve as a Safety Net?, NBER Working Papers (2014) View citations (14) (2014)
19. The impact of welfare reform on the health insurance coverage, utilization and health of low education single mothers
    Social Science & Medicine, 2017, 180, (C), 28-35 View citations (9)

2016

20. Health Insurance Mandates, Mammography, and Breast Cancer Diagnoses
    American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2016, 8, (3), 39-68 View citations (16)
    See also Working Paper Health Insurance Mandates, Mammography, and Breast Cancer Diagnoses, NBER Working Papers (2011) View citations (2) (2011)
21. The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same? The Safety Net and Poverty in the Great Recession
    Journal of Labor Economics, 2016, 34, (S1), S403 - S444 View citations (69)
    See also Chapter The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same? The Safety Net and Poverty in the Great Recession, NBER Chapters, 2013, 403-444 (2013) View citations (14) (2013)
    Working Paper The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same? The Safety Net and Poverty in the Great Recession, NBER Working Papers (2013) View citations (15) (2013)

2015

22. Heterogeneity in the Impact of Economic Cycles and the Great Recession: Effects within and across the Income Distribution
    American Economic Review, 2015, 105, (5), 154-60 View citations (31)
23. INTENDED AND UNINTENDED EFFECTS OF THE WAR ON POVERTY: WHAT RESEARCH TELLS US AND IMPLICATIONS FOR POLICY
    Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2015, 34, (3), 639-696 View citations (14)
24. Living Arrangements, Doubling Up, and the Great Recession: Was This Time Different?
    American Economic Review, 2015, 105, (5), 166-70 View citations (31)

2012

25. Birth Rates and the Vietnam Draft
    American Economic Review, 2012, 102, (3), 566-69 View citations (9)
26. Utilization of Infertility Treatments: The Effects of Insurance Mandates
    Demography, 2012, 49, (1), 125-149 View citations (39)
    See also Working Paper Utilization of Infertility Treatments: The Effects of Insurance Mandates, NBER Working Papers (2011) View citations (4) (2011)

2011

27. An economic view of food deserts in the united states
    Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2011, 30, (1), 153-176 View citations (57)

2010

28. Effects of venue‐specific state clean indoor air laws on smoking‐related outcomes
    Health Economics, 2010, 19, (12), 1425-1440 View citations (19)
    See also Working Paper Effects of Venue-Specific State Clean Indoor Air Laws on Smoking-Related Outcomes, NBER Working Papers (2009) View citations (3) (2009)
29. The State of Social Safety Net in the Post-Welfare Reform Era
    Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 2010, 41, (2 (Fall)), 71-147 View citations (48)
30. The effect of Medicaid eligibility expansions on fertility
    Social Science & Medicine, 2010, 71, (5), 918-924 View citations (33)

2008

31. Distributional impacts of the Self-Sufficiency Project
    Journal of Public Economics, 2008, 92, (3-4), 748-765 View citations (29)
    See also Working Paper Distributional Impacts of the Self-Sufficiency Project, NBER Working Papers (2005) View citations (13) (2005)

2006

32. Welfare Reform and Children's Living Arrangements
    Journal of Human Resources, 2006, 41, (1) View citations (45)
    See also Working Paper Welfare Reform and Children's Living Arrangements, Working Papers (2004) (2004)
33. What Mean Impacts Miss: Distributional Effects of Welfare Reform Experiments
    American Economic Review, 2006, 96, (4), 988-1012 View citations (301)
    See also Working Paper What Mean Impacts Miss: Distributional Effects of Welfare Reform Experiments, IZA Discussion Papers (2005) View citations (12) (2005)

2005

34. Are WIC Nonrecipients at Less Nutritional Risk Than Recipients? An Application of the Food Security Measure
    Review of Agricultural Economics, 2005, 27, (3), 433-438 View citations (11)
    Also in Review of Agricultural Economics, 2005, 27, (3), 433-438 (2005) View citations (11)
35. Does WIC work? The effects of WIC on pregnancy and birth outcomes
    Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2005, 24, (1), 73-91 View citations (120)
36. Testing Agency Theory with Entrepreneur Effort and Wealth
    Journal of Finance, 2005, 60, (2), 539-576 View citations (112)
37. The changing association between prenatal participation in WIC and birth outcomes in New York City: What does it mean?
    Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2005, 24, (4), 687-690 View citations (9)
38. Welfare Reform and Health
    Journal of Human Resources, 2005, 40, (2) View citations (67)
    See also Working Paper Welfare Reform and Health, NBER Working Papers (2004) View citations (14) (2004)

2004

39. Child Maltreatment, Abortion Availability, and Economic Conditions
    Review of Economics of the Household, 2004, 2, (2), 119-141 View citations (19)
40. The impact of welfare reform on marriage and divorce
    Demography, 2004, 41, (2), 213-236 View citations (110)
    See also Working Paper The Impact of Welfare Reform on Marriage and Divorce, Working Papers (2004) View citations (98) (2004)

2003

41. Some Evidence on Race, Welfare Reform, and Household Income
    American Economic Review, 2003, 93, (2), 293-298 View citations (23)

2002

42. Child Abuse and Abortion Availability
    American Economic Review, 2002, 92, (2), 363-367 View citations (13)

2001

43. Financial services used by small businesses: evidence from the 1998 survey of small business finances
    Federal Reserve Bulletin, 2001, 87, (Apr), 183-205 View citations (60)
44. The effect of abortion restrictions on the timing of abortions
    Journal of Health Economics, 2001, 20, (6), 1011-1032 View citations (45)

Chapters

2017

1. Medicaid
   Chapter 6 in The Law and Economics of Federalism, 2017, pp 183-213

2013

2. The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same? The Safety Net and Poverty in the Great Recession
   A chapter in Labor Markets in the Aftermath of the Great Recession, 2013, pp 403-444 View citations (14)
   See also Working Paper The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same? The Safety Net and Poverty in the Great Recession, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2013) View citations (15) (2013)
   Journal Article The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same? The Safety Net and Poverty in the Great Recession, University of Chicago Press (2016) View citations (69) (2016)