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Working Papers

2015

Heterogeneity in Spousal Matching Models
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
Understanding Heterogeneity in the Effects of Birth Weight on Adult Cognition and Wages
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (26)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Health Economics (2015)

2014

Do High School Peers Have Persistent Effects on College Attainment and Other Life Outcomes?
Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group View citations (42)
See also Journal Article in Labour Economics (2014)
EXAMINING THE LONG TERM MORTALITY EFFECTS OF EARLY HEALTH SHOCKS
Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies View citations (8)
See also Journal Article in Applied Economics Letters (2019)
Estimating the Value Added of Attending Physicians on Patient Outcomes
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
The Determinants and Consequences of Friendship Composition
Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group
Also in Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics (2013) View citations (14)

2013

Estimating Benefits from University Level Diversity
CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2013)
Friends or Family? Revisiting the Effects of High School Popularity on Adult Earnings
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
See also Journal Article in Applied Economics (2014)
Religion and Risky Health Behaviors among U.S. Adolescents and Adults
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)
See also Chapter (2013)
Journal Article in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2014)
The Effects of Childhood ADHD on Adult Labor Market Outcomes
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
See also Journal Article in Health Economics (2014)
Tracing the Effects of Guaranteed Admission through the College Process: Evidence from a Policy Discontinuity in the Texas 10% Plan
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
See also Journal Article in Contemporary Economic Policy (2014)

2012

Adolescent Depression and Adult Labor Market Outcomes
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
See also Journal Article in Southern Economic Journal (2013)
Am I my Brother's Keeper? Sibling Spillover Effects: The Case of Developmental Disabilities and Externalizing Behavior
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University (2012) View citations (7)
Do Classmate Effects Fade Out?
Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics View citations (4)
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2012) View citations (4)
Estimating the Effects of Friendship Networks on Health Behaviors of Adolescents
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (14)
Also in Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group (2011)
Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG) Working Papers, HEDG, c/o Department of Economics, University of York (2011) View citations (1)
Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics (2011)
Increasing Our Understanding of the Health-Income Gradient in Children
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
See also Journal Article in Health Economics (2014)
The Effects of Personality Traits on Adult Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from Siblings
IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2013)

2009

Cumulative Effects of Job Characteristics on Health
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
Also in Department of Economics Working Papers, McMaster University (2008) View citations (5)
See also Journal Article in Health Economics (2011)
Estimating Causal Effects of Early Occupational Choice on Later Health: Evidence Using the PSID
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (41)
Job Loss: Eat, drink and try to be merry?
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)
Sin Taxes: Do Heterogeneous Responses Undercut Their Value?
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)
The Effect of Adolescent Health on Educational Outcomes: Causal Evidence using Ã¢â‚¬ËœGenetic LotteriesÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ between Siblings
CLSSRN working papers, Vancouver School of Economics View citations (2)
The Effect of Classmate Characteristics on Individual Outcomes: Evidence from the Add Health
Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics View citations (8)
Also in Working papers, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics (2009) View citations (5)
Tobacco Use, Taxation and Self Control in Adolescence
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (26)
Using Genetic Lotteries within Families to Examine the Causal Impact of Poor Health on Academic Achievement
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (20)

2008

Education and Labor Market Consequences of Teenage Childbearing: Evidence Using the Timing of Pregnancy Outcomes and Community Fixed Effects
CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University View citations (28)
Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2008) View citations (27)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Human Resources (2009)
Is obesity contagious?: social networks vs. environmental factors in the obesity epidemic
Supervisory Research and Analysis Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston View citations (100)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Health Economics (2008)

2007

Child Mental Health and Human Capital Accumulation: The Case of ADHD Revisited
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
See also Journal Article in Journal of Health Economics (2008)
Impact of First Occupation on Health at Older Ages
NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (12)

Journal Articles

2022

GWAS on birth year infant mortality rates provides evidence of recent natural selection
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2022, 119, (12), e2117312119
Health, Wealth, and Voting Trajectories in Later Life
Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 2022, 77, (4), 827-837
Jason Fletcher Backdoor to a Dead End: A Review Essay1 The Genetic Lottery: Why DNA Matters for Social Equality by Kathryn Paige Harden
Population and Development Review, 2022, 48, (1), 253-258

2021

Estimating genetic nurture with summary statistics of multigenerational genome-wide association studies
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2021, 118, (25), e2023184118 View citations (2)
Genetic risks, adolescent health, and schooling attainment
Health Economics, 2021, 30, (11), 2905-2920
See also Working Paper (2020)
Health policy and genetic endowments: Understanding sources of response to Minimum Legal Drinking Age laws
Health Economics, 2021, 30, (1), 194-203 View citations (2)
Intergenerational health mobility: Magnitudes and Importance of Schools and Place
Health Economics, 2021, 30, (7), 1648-1667
See also Working Paper (2019)
The Effects of Foreign-Born Peers in US High Schools and Middle Schools
Journal of Human Capital, 2021, 15, (3), 432 - 468 View citations (1)
See also Working Paper (2019)
The effects of education on cognition in older age: Evidence from genotyped Siblings
Social Science & Medicine, 2021, 280, (C) View citations (2)
The effects of relative body weight on socioemotional and schooling outcomes among female adolescents in the United States
Social Science & Medicine, 2021, 289, (C)
Undue Burden Beyond Texas: An Analysis of Abortion Clinic Closures, Births, and Abortions in Wisconsin
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2021, 40, (3), 774-813 View citations (3)
See also Working Paper (2019)

2020

Assessing the Importance of Childhood Context in the Development of Hope and Optimism
Journal of Happiness Studies, 2020, 21, (7), 2419-2427
Out of sync, out of society: Political beliefs and social networks
Network Science, 2020, 8, (3), 445-468
The consequences of friendships: Evidence on the effect of social relationships in school on academic achievement
Journal of Urban Economics, 2020, 116, (C) View citations (12)
See also Working Paper (2019)

2019

Assessing cumulative neighborhood effects on adult health
PLOS ONE, 2019, 14, (4), 1-9
Caesarean section and children’s health: A quasi-experimental design
Population Studies, 2019, 73, (3), 353-368
ESTIMATING CAUSAL EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL ACCESS AND USE ON A BROAD SET OF RISKY BEHAVIORS: REGRESSION DISCONTINUITY EVIDENCE
Contemporary Economic Policy, 2019, 37, (3), 427-448 View citations (6)
See also Working Paper (2018)
Environmental bottlenecks in children’s genetic potential for adult socio-economic attainments: Evidence from a health shock
Population Studies, 2019, 73, (1), 139-148 View citations (1)
See also Working Paper (2018)
Examining the long-term mortality effects of early health shocks
Applied Economics Letters, 2019, 26, (11), 902-908 View citations (1)
See also Working Paper (2014)
Genome-wide association study reveals sex-specific genetic architecture of facial attractiveness
PLOS Genetics, 2019, 15, (4), 1-18
Intergenerational Mobility in Education: Variation in Geography and Time
Journal of Human Capital, 2019, 13, (4), 585 - 634 View citations (2)
See also Working Paper (2018)
Learning hope and optimism: classmate experiences and adolescent development
Applied Economics Letters, 2019, 26, (5), 409-412 View citations (2)
See also Working Paper (2018)
Multigenerational Effects of Early-Life Health Shocks
Demography, 2019, 56, (5), 1855-1874 View citations (8)
See also Working Paper (2018)
Peer effects of obesity on child body composition
Economics & Human Biology, 2019, 34, (C), 49-57
The effect of sibship size on non-cognitive Skills: Evidence from natural experiments
Labour Economics, 2019, 56, (C), 36-43 View citations (1)

2018

Crushing hope: Short term responses to tragedy vary by hopefulness
Social Science & Medicine, 2018, 201, (C), 59-62 View citations (5)
See also Working Paper (2018)
Dynamic and heterogeneous effects of sibling death on children’s outcomes
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2018, 115, (1), 115-120 View citations (1)
Estimating the effects of friends on health behaviors of adolescents
Health Economics, 2018, 27, (10), 1450-1483 View citations (6)
Genetic analysis of social-class mobility in five longitudinal studies
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2018, 115, (31), E7275-E7284 View citations (13)
High-school genetic diversity and later-life student outcomes: micro-level evidence from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study
Journal of Economic Growth, 2018, 23, (3), 307-339 View citations (14)
See also Working Paper (2017)
The effects of in utero exposure to the 1918 influenza pandemic on family formation
Economics & Human Biology, 2018, 30, (C), 59-68 View citations (11)
See also Working Paper (2017)
The social genome of friends and schoolmates in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2018, 115, (4), 702-707 View citations (6)

2017

Causal Spousal Health Spillover Effects and Implications for Program Evaluation
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2017, 9, (4), 144-66 View citations (25)
Origins of Adulthood Personality: The Role of Adverse Childhood Experiences
The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2017, 17, (2), 22 View citations (20)
See also Working Paper (2017)
Tobacco Control, Medicaid Coverage, and the Demand for Smoking Cessation Drugs
American Journal of Health Economics, 2017, 3, (4), 528-549 View citations (2)
Also in American Journal of Health Economics, 2017, 3, (4), 528-549 (2017) View citations (2)

2016

Peer Effects on Teenage Fertility: Social Transmission Mechanisms and Policy Recommendations
American Journal of Health Economics, 2016, 2, (3), 300-317 View citations (4)
Also in American Journal of Health Economics, 2016, 2, (3), 300-317 (2016) View citations (4)
The effects of changes in kindergarten entry age policies on educational achievement
Economics of Education Review, 2016, 50, (C), 45-62 View citations (13)
The effects of teenage childbearing on adult soft skills development
Journal of Population Economics, 2016, 29, (3), 883-910 View citations (4)
The importance of family income in the formation and evolution of non-cognitive skills in childhood
Economics of Education Review, 2016, 54, (C), 143-154 View citations (27)
See also Working Paper (2016)

2015

Can education rescue genetic liability for cognitive decline?
Social Science & Medicine, 2015, 127, (C), 159-170 View citations (5)
Learning from Teen Childbearing Experiences of Close Friends: Evidence using Miscarriages as a Natural Experiment
The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2015, 97, (1), 29-43 View citations (24)
New evidence of the effects of education on health in the US: Compulsory schooling laws revisited
Social Science & Medicine, 2015, 127, (C), 101-107 View citations (34)
Non‐Linear Effects of Soda Taxes on Consumption and Weight Outcomes
Health Economics, 2015, 24, (5), 566-582 View citations (20)
The Promise of Integrating Genetics into Policy Analysis
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2015, 34, (3), 493-496 View citations (1)
Understanding heterogeneity in the effects of birth weight on adult cognition and wages
Journal of Health Economics, 2015, 41, (C), 107-116 View citations (27)
See also Working Paper (2015)

2014

Do high school peers have persistent effects on college attainment and other life outcomes?
Labour Economics, 2014, 29, (C), 83-90 View citations (42)
See also Working Paper (2014)
Friends or family? Revisiting the effects of high school popularity on adult earnings
Applied Economics, 2014, 46, (20), 2408-2417
See also Working Paper (2013)
INCREASING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE HEALTH‐INCOME GRADIENT IN CHILDREN
Health Economics, 2014, 23, (4), 473-486 View citations (17)
See also Working Paper (2012)
Interactive effects of in utero nutrition and genetic inheritance on cognition: New evidence using sibling comparisons
Economics & Human Biology, 2014, 13, (C), 144-154 View citations (8)
Late life transitions and social networks: The case of retirement
Economics Letters, 2014, 125, (3), 459-462 View citations (7)
Religion and risky health behaviors among U.S. adolescents and adults
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2014, 104, (C), 123-140 View citations (12)
See also Chapter (2013)
Working Paper (2013)
THE EFFECTS OF CHILDHOOD ADHD ON ADULT LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES
Health Economics, 2014, 23, (2), 159-181 View citations (22)
See also Working Paper (2013)
TRACING THE EFFECTS OF GUARANTEED ADMISSION THROUGH THE COLLEGE PROCESS: EVIDENCE FROM A POLICY DISCONTINUITY IN THE TEXAS 10% PLAN
Contemporary Economic Policy, 2014, 32, (1), 169-186 View citations (1)
See also Working Paper (2013)
The Effects of Smoking Cessation on Weight Gain: New Evidence Using Workplace Smoking Bans
Forum for Health Economics & Policy, 2014, 17, (2), 25 View citations (2)
The interplay between gender, race and weight status: Self perceptions and social consequences
Economics & Human Biology, 2014, 14, (C), 79-91
The long run health returns to college quality
Review of Economics of the Household, 2014, 12, (2), 295-325 View citations (14)

2013

A Sibling Death in the Family: Common and Consequential
Demography, 2013, 50, (3), 803-826 View citations (8)
Adolescent Depression and Adult Labor Market Outcomes
Southern Economic Journal, 2013, 80, (1), 26-49 View citations (11)
See also Working Paper (2012)
SOCIAL INTERACTIONS AND COLLEGE ENROLLMENT: EVIDENCE FROM THE NATIONAL EDUCATION LONGITUDINAL STUDY
Contemporary Economic Policy, 2013, 31, (4), 762-778 View citations (1)
The challenge of causal inference in gene-environment interaction research: Leveraging research designs from the social sciences
American Journal of Public Health, 2013, 103, (SUPPL.1), S42-S45 View citations (16)
The effects of personality traits on adult labor market outcomes: Evidence from siblings
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2013, 89, (C), 122-135 View citations (96)
See also Working Paper (2012)
UNDERSTANDING HETEROGENEITY IN PRICE ELASTICITIES IN THE DEMAND FOR ALCOHOL FOR OLDER INDIVIDUALS
Health Economics, 2013, 22, (1), 89-105 View citations (23)

2012

Peer influences on adolescent alcohol consumption: evidence using an instrumental variables/fixed effect approach
Journal of Population Economics, 2012, 25, (4), 1265-1286 View citations (39)
THE EFFECTS OF TEENAGE FATHERHOOD ON YOUNG ADULT OUTCOMES
Economic Inquiry, 2012, 50, (1), 182-201 View citations (15)
The Effects of First Occupation on Long Term Health Status: Evidence from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study
Journal of Labor Research, 2012, 33, (1), 49-75 View citations (3)
The effects of family stressors on substance use initiation in adolescence
Review of Economics of the Household, 2012, 10, (1), 99-114 View citations (4)
The effects of teenage childbearing on the short- and long-term health behaviors of mothers
Journal of Population Economics, 2012, 25, (1), 201-218 View citations (13)
Why Have Tobacco Control Policies Stalled? Using Genetic Moderation to Examine Policy Impacts
PLOS ONE, 2012, 7, (12), 1-6 View citations (17)

2011

Are soft drink taxes an effective mechanism for reducing obesity?
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2011, 30, (3), 655-662 View citations (6)
College selectivity and young adult health behaviors
Economics of Education Review, 2011, 30, (5), 826-837 View citations (15)
Cumulative effects of job characteristics on health
Health Economics, 2011, 20, (5), 553-570 View citations (71)
See also Working Paper (2009)
Genetic lotteries within families
Journal of Health Economics, 2011, 30, (4), 647-659 View citations (58)
Long‐term effects of health investments and parental favoritism: the case of breastfeeding
Health Economics, 2011, 20, (11), 1349-1361 View citations (5)
Social identity as a determinant of college enrollment
Rationality and Society, 2011, 23, (3), 267-303
Soda Taxes and Substitution Effects: Will Obesity be Affected?
Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resource Issues, 2011, 26, (3), 4 View citations (6)
The Effect of Classmate Characteristics on Post-secondary Outcomes: Evidence from the Add Health
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2011, 3, (1), 25-53 View citations (175)
The effect of job loss on overweight and drinking
Journal of Health Economics, 2011, 30, (2), 317-327 View citations (113)
The medium term schooling and health effects of low birth weight: Evidence from siblings
Economics of Education Review, 2011, 30, (3), 517-527 View citations (23)
The promise and pitfalls of combining genetic and economic research
Health Economics, 2011, 20, (8), 889-892 View citations (10)
The proof is in the pudding: Response to Chaloupka, Powell, and Chriqui
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2011, 30, (3), 664-665

2010

Adolescent depression and educational attainment: results using sibling fixed effects
Health Economics, 2010, 19, (7), 855-871 View citations (52)
CAN SOFT DRINK TAXES REDUCE POPULATION WEIGHT?
Contemporary Economic Policy, 2010, 28, (1), 23-35 View citations (58)
Long term effects of childhood asthma on adult health
Journal of Health Economics, 2010, 29, (3), 377-387 View citations (16)
Race and Ethnic Differences in College Achievement: Does High School Attended Matter?
The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2010, 627, (1), 144-166 View citations (1)
Social interactions and smoking: evidence using multiple student cohorts, instrumental variables, and school fixed effects
Health Economics, 2010, 19, (4), 466-484 View citations (78)
Spillover effects of inclusion of classmates with emotional problems on test scores in early elementary school
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2010, 29, (1), 69-83 View citations (11)
The effects of intimate partner violence on health in young adulthood in the United States
Social Science & Medicine, 2010, 70, (1), 130-135 View citations (1)
The effects of soft drink taxes on child and adolescent consumption and weight outcomes
Journal of Public Economics, 2010, 94, (11-12), 967-974 View citations (115)

2009

All in the Family: Mental Health Spillover Effects between Working Spouses
The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2009, 9, (1), 1-21 View citations (16)
Beauty vs. brains: Early labor market outcomes of high school graduates
Economics Letters, 2009, 105, (3), 321-325 View citations (38)
Childhood mistreatment and adolescent and young adult depression
Social Science & Medicine, 2009, 68, (5), 799-806 View citations (19)
Education and Labor Market Consequences of Teenage Childbearing: Evidence Using the Timing of Pregnancy Outcomes and Community Fixed Effects
Journal of Human Resources, 2009, 44, (2) View citations (77)
See also Working Paper (2008)
Higher Education and Health Investments: Does More Schooling Affect Preventive Health Care Use?
Journal of Human Capital, 2009, 3, (2), 144-176 View citations (28)
Is identification with school the key component in the 'Black Box' of education outcomes? Evidence from a randomized experiment
Economics of Education Review, 2009, 28, (6), 662-671 View citations (5)
The Effects of Adolescent Health on Educational Outcomes: Causal Evidence Using Genetic Lotteries between Siblings
Forum for Health Economics & Policy, 2009, 12, (2), 1-33 View citations (20)
The Effects of Inclusion on Classmates of Students with Special Needs: The Case of Serious Emotional Problems
Education Finance and Policy, 2009, 4, (3), 278-299 View citations (11)
The Impact of Occupation on Self-Rated Health: Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Evidence from the Health and Retirement Survey
Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 2009, 64B, (1), 118-124 View citations (18)

2008

Adolescent depression: diagnosis, treatment, and educational attainment
Health Economics, 2008, 17, (11), 1215-1235 View citations (45)
Child mental health and human capital accumulation: The case of ADHD revisited
Journal of Health Economics, 2008, 27, (3), 794-800 View citations (87)
See also Working Paper (2007)
Is obesity contagious? Social networks vs. environmental factors in the obesity epidemic
Journal of Health Economics, 2008, 27, (5), 1382-1387 View citations (128)
See also Working Paper (2008)
What Factors Influence the Structure of the State Income Tax?
Public Finance Review, 2008, 36, (4), 475-496 View citations (5)

2007

Social multipliers in sexual initiation decisions among U.S. high school students
Demography, 2007, 44, (2), 373-388 View citations (23)

2006

Competition over the Tax Base in the State Sales Tax
Public Finance Review, 2006, 34, (3), 258-281 View citations (13)

Chapters

2013

Religion and Risky Health Behaviors among U.S. Adolescents and Adults
A chapter in Economics of Religion and Culture, 2013, pp 123-140 View citations (1)
See also Working Paper (2013)
Journal Article in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2014)

2010

social networks and health outcomes
Palgrave Macmillan