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Working Papers

2021

1. Do Stronger Employment Discrimination Protections Decrease Reliance on Social Security Disability Insurance? Evidence from the U.S. Social Security Reforms
   Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research
   Also in Upjohn Working Papers, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research (2020)
   See also Journal Article in The Journal of the Economics of Ageing (2022)
2. Infrequent Identity Signals and Detection Risks in Audit Correspondence Studies
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2020

3. Early Evidence on the Impact of COVID-19 and the Recession on Older Workers
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (12)
4. Gender Identity, Race, and Ethnicity Discrimination in Access to Mental Health Care: Preliminary Evidence from a Multi-Wave Audit Field Experiment
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
5. Older Workers Need Not Apply? Ageist Language in Job Ads and Age Discrimination in Hiring
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2019) View citations (6)
6. Why Retirement, Social Security, and Age Discrimination Policies Need to Consider the Intersectional Experiences of Older Women
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)

2019

7. Do Tax Incentives Affect Business Location and Economic Development? Evidence from State Film Incentives
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2019) View citations (5)
   See also Journal Article in Regional Science and Urban Economics (2019)
8. Employment Discrimination against Indigenous Peoples in the United States: Evidence from a Field Experiment
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2019)
   See also Journal Article in Labour Economics (2020)
9. Population Aging, Age Discrimination, and Age Discrimination Protections at the 50th Anniversary of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2019) View citations (2)

2018

10. Do State Laws Protecting Older Workers from Discrimination Reduce Age Discrimination in Hiring? Evidence from a Field Experiment
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Law and Economics (2019)
11. How Valuable are National Parks? Evidence from a Proposed National Park Expansion in Alaska
    Working Papers, Tulane University, Department of Economics

2017

12. Do State Laws Protecting Older Workers from Discrimination Reduce Age Discrimination in Hiring? Experimental (and Nonexperimental) Evidence
    Working Papers, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center View citations (2)
    Also in Working Papers, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center (2016) View citations (1)
13. Seniors for Hire? Age Discrimination, "Sex-Plus-Age" Discrimination, and the Effectiveness of Age Discrimination Laws
    Working Papers, Tulane University, Department of Economics

2016

14. Expanding Employment Discrimination Protections for Individuals with Disabilities: Evidence from California
    Working Papers, Tulane University, Department of Economics View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article in ILR Review (2018)

2015

15. A Replication of 'Do Voters Affect or Elect Policies? Evidence from the U.S. House' (The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2004)
    Working Papers, Tulane University, Department of Economics View citations (1)
16. Does Protecting Older Workers from Discrimination Make It Harder to Get Hired? Evidence from Disability Discrimination Laws
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)
17. Does Protecting Older Workers from Discrimination Make It Harder to Get Hired? Revised with Additional Analysis of SIPP Data and Appendix of Disability Laws
    Working Papers, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center
18. Is It Harder for Older Workers to Find Jobs? New and Improved Evidence from a Field Experiment
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (40)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Political Economy (2019)

2013

19. Did Age Discrimination Protections Help Older Workers Weather the Great Recession?
    Working Papers, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center View citations (1)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2013) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (2014)

Journal Articles

2022

1. Do stronger employment discrimination protections decrease reliance on Social Security Disability Insurance? Evidence from the U.S. Social Security reforms
   The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2022, 22, (C)
   See also Working Paper (2021)
2. Does Ageist Language in Job Ads Predict Age Discrimination in Hiring?
   Journal of Labor Economics, 2022, 40, (3), 613 - 667 View citations (1)

2021

3. Teaching controversial and contemporary topics in economics using a jigsaw literature review activity
   The Journal of Economic Education, 2021, 52, (4), 286-295

2020

4. Employment discrimination against Indigenous Peoples in the United States: Evidence from a field experiment
   Labour Economics, 2020, 65, (C)
   See also Working Paper (2019)

2019

5. Do State Laws Protecting Older Workers from Discrimination Reduce Age Discrimination in Hiring? Evidence from a Field Experiment
   Journal of Law and Economics, 2019, 62, (2), 373 - 402 View citations (12)
   See also Working Paper (2018)
6. Do tax incentives affect business location and economic development? Evidence from state film incentives
   Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2019, 77, (C), 315-339 View citations (5)
   See also Working Paper (2019)
7. Is It Harder for Older Workers to Find Jobs? New and Improved Evidence from a Field Experiment
   Journal of Political Economy, 2019, 127, (2), 922 - 970 View citations (45)
   See also Working Paper (2015)

2018

8. A Replication of “Do Voters Affect or Elect Policies? Evidence from the U.S. House†(Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2004)
   Public Finance Review, 2018, 46, (5), 886-893
9. Disability Saliency and Discrimination in Hiring
   AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2018, 108, 262-66 View citations (2)
10. Expanding Employment Discrimination Protections for Individuals with Disabilities: Evidence from California
    ILR Review, 2018, 71, (2), 365-393 View citations (8)
    See also Working Paper (2016)

2017

11. Age Discrimination and Hiring of Older Workers
    FRBSF Economic Letter, 2017 View citations (2)

2016

12. Experimental Age Discrimination Evidence and the Heckman Critique
    American Economic Review, 2016, 106, (5), 303-08 View citations (25)
13. Model Uncertainty and Model Averaging in Regression Discontinuity Designs
    Journal of Econometric Methods, 2016, 5, (1), 103-116 View citations (1)

2014

14. Age discrimination and the Great Recession
    FRBSF Economic Letter, 2014 View citations (1)
15. Did Age Discrimination Protections Help Older Workers Weather the Great Recession?
    Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2014, 33, (3), 566-601 View citations (23)
    See also Working Paper (2013)