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Working Papers

2024

1. Lessons Learned and Ignored in U.S. Place-Based Policymaking
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   See also Chapter Lessons Learned and Ignored in US Place-Based Policymaking, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2024) (2024)

2022

2. Firm Responses to State Hiring Subsidies: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from a Tax Credit Formula
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)

2021

3. Combining Rules and Discretion in Economic Development Policy: Evidence on the Impacts of the California Competes Tax Credit
   Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies View citations (1)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2021) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Combining rules and discretion in economic development policy: Evidence on the impacts of the California Competes Tax Credit, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2023) View citations (4) (2023)
4. JUE Insight: The Impacts of Opportunity Zones on Zone Residents
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (16)
   See also Journal Article JUE Insight: The Impacts of Opportunity Zones on Zone Residents, Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier (2023) View citations (4) (2023)
5. The Impacts of Opportunity Zones on Zone Residents
   Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies View citations (9)

2020

6. Understanding Socioeconomic Disparities in Travel Behavior during the COVID-19 Pandemic
   Working Papers, University of California-Irvine, Department of Economics View citations (16)
   See also Journal Article Understanding socioeconomic disparities in travel behavior during the COVID‐19 pandemic, Journal of Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell (2021) View citations (21) (2021)

2018

7. Is Your Lawyer a Lemon? Incentives and Selection in the Public Provision of Criminal Defense
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
   Also in Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section. (2017)
   See also Journal Article Is Your Lawyer a Lemon? Incentives and Selection in the Public Provision of Criminal Defense, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2021) View citations (2) (2021)

2017

8. Supply-Side Subsidies to Improve Food Access and Dietary Outcomes: Evidence from the New Markets Tax Credit
   Working Papers, University of California-Irvine, Department of Economics View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Supply-side subsidies to improve food access and dietary outcomes: Evidence from the New Markets Tax Credit, Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited (2018) View citations (5) (2018)

2014

9. THE URBAN DENSITY PREMIUM ACROSS ESTABLISHMENTS
   Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies View citations (2)
   Also in Working Paper Series, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (2013) View citations (6)
   See also Journal Article The urban density premium across establishments, Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier (2016) View citations (30) (2016)

2011

10. Decomposing the Sources of Earnings Inequality: Assessing the Role of Reallocation
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
    Also in Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies (2010) View citations (1)
    Working Papers, Human Resources and Labor Studies, University of Minnesota (Twin Cities Campus) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Decomposing the Sources of Earnings Inequality: Assessing the Role of Reallocation, Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, Wiley Blackwell (2012) View citations (3) (2012)

2006

11. Reaching for the Stars: Who Pays for Talent in Innovative Industries?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (16)
    See also Journal Article Reaching for the Stars: Who Pays for Talent in Innovative Industries?, Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2009) View citations (48) (2009)

2005

12. Product Market Competition and Human Resource Practices: An Analysis of the Retail Food Sector
    Working Papers, University of Minnesota, The Food Industry Center View citations (3)
    Also in Working Papers, Human Resources and Labor Studies, University of Minnesota (Twin Cities Campus) View citations (2)

Journal Articles

2023

1. Combining rules and discretion in economic development policy: Evidence on the impacts of the California Competes Tax Credit
   Journal of Public Economics, 2023, 217, (C) View citations (4)
   See also Working Paper Combining Rules and Discretion in Economic Development Policy: Evidence on the Impacts of the California Competes Tax Credit, Working Papers (2021) View citations (1) (2021)
2. JUE Insight: The Impacts of Opportunity Zones on Zone Residents
   Journal of Urban Economics, 2023, 133, (C) View citations (4)
   See also Working Paper JUE Insight: The Impacts of Opportunity Zones on Zone Residents, NBER Working Papers (2021) View citations (16) (2021)

2022

3. Can transportation subsidies reduce failures to appear in criminal court? Evidence from a pilot randomized controlled trial
   Economics Letters, 2022, 216, (C) View citations (3)
4. Experimental evidence on the effects of means-tested public transportation subsidies on travel behavior
   Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2022, 96, (C) View citations (4)
5. Quasi‐Experimental Evidence on the Effects of Expanding Cash Welfare
   Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2022, 41, (3), 859-890 View citations (1)

2021

6. Is Your Lawyer a Lemon? Incentives and Selection in the Public Provision of Criminal Defense
   The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2021, 103, (2), 294-309 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper Is Your Lawyer a Lemon? Incentives and Selection in the Public Provision of Criminal Defense, NBER Working Papers (2018) View citations (2) (2018)
7. Understanding socioeconomic disparities in travel behavior during the COVID‐19 pandemic
   Journal of Regional Science, 2021, 61, (4), 753-774 View citations (21)
   See also Working Paper Understanding Socioeconomic Disparities in Travel Behavior during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Working Papers (2020) View citations (16) (2020)

2019

8. The rise and effects of homeowners associations
   Journal of Urban Economics, 2019, 112, (C), 1-15 View citations (10)

2018

9. Immigration, Employment Opportunities, and Criminal Behavior
   American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2018, 10, (2), 117-51 View citations (56)
10. Supply-side subsidies to improve food access and dietary outcomes: Evidence from the New Markets Tax Credit
    Urban Studies, 2018, 55, (14), 3234-3251 View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper Supply-Side Subsidies to Improve Food Access and Dietary Outcomes: Evidence from the New Markets Tax Credit, Working Papers (2017) View citations (1) (2017)
11. Why Has Urban Inequality Increased?
    American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2018, 10, (4), 1-42 View citations (80)

2017

12. Persistence in industrial policy impacts: Evidence from Depression-era Mississippi
    Journal of Urban Economics, 2017, 102, (C), 34-51 View citations (13)

2016

13. The urban density premium across establishments
    Journal of Urban Economics, 2016, 93, (C), 71-84 View citations (30)
    See also Working Paper THE URBAN DENSITY PREMIUM ACROSS ESTABLISHMENTS, Working Papers (2014) View citations (2) (2014)
14. Your Friends and Neighbors: Localized Economic Development and Criminal Activity
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2016, 98, (2), 233-253 View citations (18)

2015

15. Low‐Income Housing Development, Poverty Concentration, and Neighborhood Inequality
    Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2015, 34, (4), 805-834 View citations (13)
16. Place-based programs and the geographic dispersion of employment
    Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2015, 53, (C), 1-19 View citations (41)
17. The Criminal Justice Response to Policy Interventions: Evidence from Immigration Reform
    American Economic Review, 2015, 105, (5), 214-19 View citations (10)
18. Who Benefits from Environmental Regulation? Evidence from the Clean Air Act Amendments
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2015, 97, (3), 610-622 View citations (52)

2014

19. Agency and Compensation: Evidence from the Hotel Industry
    The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 2014, 30, (1), 72-103 View citations (5)

2013

20. Targeted Business Incentives and Local Labor Markets
    Journal of Human Resources, 2013, 48, (2) View citations (72)

2012

21. Agglomeration, product heterogeneity and firm entry
    Journal of Economic Geography, 2012, 12, (3), 601-626 View citations (17)
22. Decomposing the Sources of Earnings Inequality: Assessing the Role of Reallocation
    Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, 2012, 51, (4), 779-810 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper Decomposing the Sources of Earnings Inequality: Assessing the Role of Reallocation, IZA Discussion Papers (2011) View citations (1) (2011)
23. Teaching new markets old tricks: The effects of subsidized investment on low-income neighborhoods
    Journal of Public Economics, 2012, 96, (11), 1000-1014 View citations (57)

2011

24. Lost jobs and health insurance: an analysis of the impact of employment volatility on firm-provided health insurance
    Applied Economics, 2011, 43, (23), 3051-3073
25. Low-income housing development and crime
    Journal of Urban Economics, 2011, 70, (2), 115-131 View citations (45)
    Also in Journal of Urban Economics, 2011, 70, (2-3), 115-131 (2011) View citations (44)

2009

26. Reaching for the Stars: Who Pays for Talent in Innovative Industries?
    Economic Journal, 2009, 119, (538), F308-F332 View citations (48)
    Also in Economic Journal, 2009, 119, (538), F308-F332 (2009) View citations (13)
    See also Working Paper Reaching for the Stars: Who Pays for Talent in Innovative Industries?, NBER Working Papers (2006) View citations (16) (2006)

2008

27. Job hopping, earnings dynamics, and industrial agglomeration in the software publishing industry
    Journal of Urban Economics, 2008, 64, (3), 590-600 View citations (67)

2006

28. Supermarket Human Resource Practices and Competition from Mass Merchandisers
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2006, 88, (5), 1289-1295 View citations (1)

Chapters

2024

1. Lessons Learned and Ignored in US Place-Based Policymaking
   A chapter in The Economics of Place-Based Policies, 2024
   See also Working Paper Lessons Learned and Ignored in U.S. Place-Based Policymaking, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2024) (2024)

2022

2. The geography of crime and policing
   Chapter 3 in A Modern Guide to the Economics of Crime, 2022, pp 30-54