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Working Papers

2024

1. Conviction, Incarceration, and Recidivism: Understanding the Revolving Door
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
2. Nonpayment and Eviction in the Rental Housing Market
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
3. Parents' Earnings and the Returns to Universal Pre-Kindergarten
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
4. The Effects of Emergency Rental Assistance During the Pandemic: Evidence from Four Cities
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2023

5. Eviction and Poverty in American Cities
   Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies View citations (1)
   Also in Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University (2022) View citations (3)
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2022) View citations (5)
   Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (2022) View citations (3)
   Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group (2022) View citations (3)
   See also Journal Article Eviction and Poverty in American Cities*, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2024) View citations (6) (2024)

2022

6. How Early Adolescent Skills and Preferences Shape Economics Education Choices
   Framed Field Experiments, The Field Experiments Website View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article How Early Adolescent Skills and Preferences Shape Economics Education Choices, AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association (2022) View citations (3) (2022)
7. The Effects of Advanced Degrees on the Wage Rates, Hours, Earnings and Job Satisfaction of Women and Men
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2022)
   See also Chapter The Effects of Advanced Degrees on the Wage Rates, Hours, Earnings, and Job Satisfaction of Women and Men*, Research in Labor Economics, Emerald Group Publishing Limited (2023) View citations (1) (2023)

2021

8. Small Firms and the Pandemic: Evidence From Latin America
   Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section. View citations (3)
   See also Journal Article Small firms and the pandemic: Evidence from Latin America, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2022) View citations (13) (2022)

2020

9. Information Frictions and Access to the Paycheck Protection Program
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (61)
   Also in Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University (2020) View citations (59)
   Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section. (2020) View citations (64)
   See also Journal Article Information frictions and access to the Paycheck Protection Program, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2020) View citations (49) (2020)
10. The evolving impacts of COVID-19 on small businesses since the CARES Act
    Working Papers, Princeton University. Economics Department. View citations (7)
    Also in Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University (2020) View citations (28)

2019

11. Does Eviction Cause Poverty" Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Cook County, IL
    Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University View citations (19)
    Also in Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group (2019) View citations (22)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2019) View citations (12)
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2019) View citations (18)

2018

12. Multidimensional Ability Sorting, Education Choices, and Labor Market Outcomes
    2018 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics

2017

13. College Major Choice: Sorting and Differential Returns to Skills
    2017 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (4)
14. On the interpretation of non-cognitive skills - What is being measured and why it matters
    Munich Reprints in Economics, University of Munich, Department of Economics View citations (47)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2016)
    SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) (2016) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article On the interpretation of non-cognitive skills – What is being measured and why it matters, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2017) View citations (41) (2017)
15. The Non-Market Benefits of Education and Ability
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2017) View citations (11)
    Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group (2017) View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article The Nonmarket Benefits of Education and Ability, Journal of Human Capital, University of Chicago Press (2018) View citations (24) (2018)

2016

16. On the interpretation of non-cognitive skills – what is being measured and why it matters
    Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group
17. Returns to Education: The Causal Effects of Education on Earnings, Health and Smoking
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (50)
    Also in Working Papers, eSocialSciences (2016) View citations (34)
    Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group (2016) View citations (33)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2016) View citations (36)
    See also Journal Article Returns to Education: The Causal Effects of Education on Earnings, Health, and Smoking, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (2018) View citations (141) (2018)
18. What Grades and Achievement Tests Measure
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (58)
    Also in Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group (2016) View citations (59)

2014

19. Education, Health and Wages
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (21)
    Also in Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group (2014) View citations (21)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2014) View citations (27)

2011

20. Identification Problems in Personality Psychology
    Working Paper Series, Stockholm University, Swedish Institute for Social Research View citations (81)
    Also in Research Memorandum, Maastricht University, Maastricht Research School of Economics of Technology and Organization (METEOR) (2011) View citations (101)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2011) View citations (81)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2011) View citations (80)
    ROA Research Memorandum, Maastricht University, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA) (2011) View citations (80)

2010

21. The GED
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2010) View citations (3)
    See also Chapter The GED, Handbook of the Economics of Education, Elsevier (2011) View citations (3) (2011)
22. The effects of educational choices on labor market, health, and social outcomes
    Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group View citations (46)

2008

23. Taking the Easy Way Out: How the GED Testing Program Induces Students to Drop Out
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (10)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2008) View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article Taking the Easy Way Out: How the GED Testing Program Induces Students to Drop Out, Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press (2012) View citations (14) (2012)

Journal Articles

2024

1. Eviction and Poverty in American Cities*
   The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2024, 139, (1), 57-120 View citations (6)
   See also Working Paper Eviction and Poverty in American Cities, Working Papers (2023) View citations (1) (2023)
2. The Gender Wage Gap: Skills, Sorting, and Returns
   AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2024, 114, 259-64

2022

3. How Early Adolescent Skills and Preferences Shape Economics Education Choices
   AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2022, 112, 609-13 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper How Early Adolescent Skills and Preferences Shape Economics Education Choices, Framed Field Experiments (2022) View citations (2) (2022)
4. Small firms and the pandemic: Evidence from Latin America
   Journal of Development Economics, 2022, 155, (C) View citations (13)
   See also Working Paper Small Firms and the Pandemic: Evidence From Latin America, Working Papers (2021) View citations (3) (2021)

2020

5. Information frictions and access to the Paycheck Protection Program
   Journal of Public Economics, 2020, 190, (C) View citations (49)
   See also Working Paper Information Frictions and Access to the Paycheck Protection Program, NBER Working Papers (2020) View citations (61) (2020)

2018

6. Returns to Education: The Causal Effects of Education on Earnings, Health, and Smoking
   Journal of Political Economy, 2018, 126, (S1), S197 - S246 View citations (141)
   See also Working Paper Returns to Education: The Causal Effects of Education on Earnings, Health and Smoking, NBER Working Papers (2016) View citations (50) (2016)
7. The Nonmarket Benefits of Education and Ability
   Journal of Human Capital, 2018, 12, (2), 282 - 304 View citations (24)
   See also Working Paper The Non-Market Benefits of Education and Ability, NBER Working Papers (2017) View citations (10) (2017)

2017

8. On the interpretation of non-cognitive skills – What is being measured and why it matters
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2017, 136, (C), 174-185 View citations (41)
   See also Working Paper On the interpretation of non-cognitive skills - What is being measured and why it matters, Munich Reprints in Economics (2017) View citations (47) (2017)

2016

9. Dynamic treatment effects
   Journal of Econometrics, 2016, 191, (2), 276-292 View citations (46)

2012

10. Taking the Easy Way Out: How the GED Testing Program Induces Students to Drop Out
    Journal of Labor Economics, 2012, 30, (3), 495 - 520 View citations (14)
    See also Working Paper Taking the Easy Way Out: How the GED Testing Program Induces Students to Drop Out, IZA Discussion Papers (2008) View citations (10) (2008)

Edited books

2014

1. The Myth of Achievement Tests
   University of Chicago Press Economics Books, University of Chicago Press View citations (98)

Chapters

2023

1. The Effects of Advanced Degrees on the Wage Rates, Hours, Earnings, and Job Satisfaction of Women and Men*
   A chapter in 50th Celebratory Volume, 2023, vol. 50, pp 25-81 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper The Effects of Advanced Degrees on the Wage Rates, Hours, Earnings and Job Satisfaction of Women and Men, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2022) (2022)

2011

2. The GED
   Elsevier View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper The GED, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2010) View citations (3) (2010)