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Working Papers

2025

1. Failures of Contingent Reasoning in Annuitization Decisions
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2022

2. Can Fiscal Externalities Be Internalized?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)

2019

3. Behavioral Impediments to Valuing Annuities: Complexity and Choice Bracketing
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (12)
   See also Journal Article Behavioral Impediments to Valuing Annuities: Complexity and Choice Bracketing, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2021) View citations (23) (2021)

2017

4. Behavioral Impediments to Valuing Annuities: Evidence on the Effects of Complexity and Choice Bracketing
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)

2015

5. Are Cognitive Constraints a Barrier to Annuitization?
   Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research
6. The Value of Medicaid: Interpreting Results from the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (52)
   See also Journal Article The Value of Medicaid: Interpreting Results from the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (2019) View citations (55) (2019)
7. The Welfare Cost of Perceived Policy Uncertainty: Evidence from Social Security
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
   See also Journal Article The Welfare Cost of Perceived Policy Uncertainty: Evidence from Social Security, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2018) View citations (40) (2018)

2014

8. Tax Morale
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (34)
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2014) View citations (34)
   See also Journal Article Tax Morale, Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association (2014) View citations (181) (2014)
9. The Perception Of Social Security Incentives For Labor Supply And Retirement: The Median Voter Knows More Than You'd Think
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
   See also Chapter The Perception of Social Security Incentives for Labor Supply and Retirement: The Median Voter Knows More Than You'd Think, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2012) View citations (25) (2012)
   Journal Article The Perception of Social Security Incentives for Labor Supply and Retirement: The Median Voter Knows More Than You'd Think, Tax Policy and the Economy, University of Chicago Press (2012) View citations (27) (2012)

2013

10. Cognitive Constraints on Valuing Annuities
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
11. Screening Peers Softly: Inferring the Quality of Small Borrowers
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government View citations (8)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2009) View citations (3)
    CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University (2013) View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article Screening Peers Softly: Inferring the Quality of Small Borrowers, Management Science, INFORMS (2016) View citations (129) (2016)

2012

12. Do Consumers Know How to Value Annuities? Complexity as a Barrier to Annuitization
    Working Papers, RAND Corporation View citations (5)
13. Social Support Substitution and the Earnings Rebound: Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity in Disability Insurance Reform
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (13)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2010) View citations (21)
    See also Journal Article Social Support Substitution and the Earnings Rebound: Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity in Disability Insurance Reform, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Economic Association (2014) View citations (140) (2014)

2011

14. Would People Behave Differently If They Better Understood Social Security? Evidence From a Field Experiment
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (41)
    See also Journal Article Would People Behave Differently If They Better Understood Social Security? Evidence from a Field Experiment, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Economic Association (2015) View citations (113) (2015)

2010

15. The Insurance Value of State Tax-and-Transfer Programs
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
    See also Chapter The Insurance Value of State Tax-and-Transfer Programs, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2010) View citations (6) (2010)
    Journal Article The insurance value of state tax-and-transfer programs, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2011) View citations (29) (2011)

2009

16. Approaches to Estimating the Health State Dependence of the Utility Function
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government View citations (114)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2009) View citations (113)
    See also Journal Article Approaches to Estimating the Health State Dependence of the Utility Function, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2009) View citations (116) (2009)
17. Do Race and Fairness Matter in Generosity? Evidence from a Nationally Representative Charity Experiment
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
    Also in Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2009) View citations (7)
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard Kennedy School of Government (2009) View citations (7)
18. Labor Supply Responses to Marginal Social Security Benefits: Evidence from Discontinuities
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government View citations (113)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2008) View citations (1)
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard Kennedy School of Government (2009) View citations (108)
    See also Journal Article Labor supply responses to marginal Social Security benefits: Evidence from discontinuities, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2009) View citations (102) (2009)
19. Screening in New Credit Markets: Can Individual Lenders Infer Borrower Creditworthiness in Peer-to-Peer Lending?
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard Kennedy School of Government View citations (39)
    Also in Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2009) View citations (40)

2008

20. Culture, Context, and the Taste for Redistribution
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (14)
    Also in Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2008) View citations (33)
    See also Journal Article Culture, Context, and the Taste for Redistribution, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Economic Association (2011) View citations (353) (2011)
21. Schedule Selection by Agents: from Price Plans to Tax Tables
    2008 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (3)
    Also in Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2008) View citations (3)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2008) View citations (3)
22. What Good Is Wealth Without Health? The Effect of Health on the Marginal Utility of Consumption
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (62)
    Also in Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2008) View citations (71)
    See also Journal Article WHAT GOOD IS WEALTH WITHOUT HEALTH? THE EFFECT OF HEALTH ON THE MARGINAL UTILITY OF CONSUMPTION, Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association (2013) View citations (316) (2013)

2007

23. Does the Minimum Wage Cause Inefficient Rationing?
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government View citations (34)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2007) View citations (37)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2007) View citations (34)
    See also Journal Article Does the Minimum Wage Cause Inefficient Rationing?, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, De Gruyter (2007) View citations (24) (2007)
24. The Role of Religious and Social Organizations in the Lives of Disadvantaged Youth
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government View citations (7)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2007) View citations (7)
    See also Chapter The Role of Religious and Social Organizations in the Lives of Disadvantaged Youth, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2007) View citations (8) (2007)
25. What Determines Giving to Hurricane Katrina Victims? Experimental Evidence on Income, Race, and Fairness
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government View citations (5)
    Also in Artefactual Field Experiments, The Field Experiments Website (2007) View citations (4)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2007) View citations (5)

2006

26. Permits to Elicit Information
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government
27. Private Investment and Government Protection
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government View citations (40)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2006) View citations (38)
    See also Journal Article Private investment and government protection, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Springer (2006) View citations (39) (2006)
28. Who Misvotes? The Effect of Differential Cognition Costs on Election Outcomes
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2006) View citations (7)
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2006) View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article Who Misvotes? The Effect of Differential Cognition Costs on Election Outcomes, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Economic Association (2009) View citations (37) (2009)

2005

29. Insuring Consumption and Happiness Through Religious Organizations
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (13)
    Also in Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2005) View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article Insuring consumption and happiness through religious organizations, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2007) View citations (105) (2007)

2004

30. Neighbors as Negatives: Relative Earnings and Well-Being
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (75)
    Also in Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2004) View citations (53)
    See also Journal Article Neighbors as Negatives: Relative Earnings and Well-Being, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2005) View citations (1554) (2005)

2001

31. Measuring poverty dynamics and inequality in transition economies - disentangling real events from noisy data
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (12)

1999

32. Group Loyalty and the Taste for Redistribution
    JCPR Working Papers, Northwestern University/University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research View citations (1)
    Also in Working Papers, Harris School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago (1999)
    See also Journal Article Group Loyalty and the Taste for Redistribution, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (2001) View citations (521) (2001)
33. Network Effects and Welfare Cultures
    JCPR Working Papers, Northwestern University/University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research View citations (12)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1998) View citations (7)
    Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics (1998) View citations (24)
    Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section. (1998) View citations (6)
    Working Papers, Harris School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago (1999)
    Working Papers, Princeton, Woodrow Wilson School - Public and International Affairs (1998) View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Network Effects and Welfare Cultures, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2000) View citations (535) (2000)

1997

34. The Misallocation of Housing Under Rent Control
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (12)
    See also Journal Article The Misallocation of Housing Under Rent Control, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2003) View citations (150) (2003)

Journal Articles

2023

1. Report of the Editor, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
   AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2023, 113, 745-56
   Also in AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2022, 112, 709-20 (2022)
   AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2021, 111, 708-17 (2021)

2021

2. Behavioral Impediments to Valuing Annuities: Complexity and Choice Bracketing
   The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2021, 103, (3), 533-546 View citations (23)
   See also Working Paper Behavioral Impediments to Valuing Annuities: Complexity and Choice Bracketing, IZA Discussion Papers (2019) View citations (12) (2019)

2019

3. The Value of Medicaid: Interpreting Results from the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment
   Journal of Political Economy, 2019, 127, (6), 2836 - 2874 View citations (55)
   See also Working Paper The Value of Medicaid: Interpreting Results from the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment, NBER Working Papers (2015) View citations (52) (2015)

2018

4. A special issue of the Journal of Public Economics: Honoring the work of Sir Anthony B. Atkinson (1944–2017)
   Journal of Public Economics, 2018, 162, (C), 1-3
5. The Welfare Cost of Perceived Policy Uncertainty: Evidence from Social Security
   American Economic Review, 2018, 108, (2), 275-307 View citations (40)
   See also Working Paper The Welfare Cost of Perceived Policy Uncertainty: Evidence from Social Security, NBER Working Papers (2015) View citations (5) (2015)

2016

6. Screening Peers Softly: Inferring the Quality of Small Borrowers
   Management Science, 2016, 62, (6), 1554-1577 View citations (129)
   See also Working Paper Screening Peers Softly: Inferring the Quality of Small Borrowers, Working Paper Series (2013) View citations (8) (2013)

2015

7. Would People Behave Differently If They Better Understood Social Security? Evidence from a Field Experiment
   American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2015, 7, (1), 275-99 View citations (113)
   See also Working Paper Would People Behave Differently If They Better Understood Social Security? Evidence From a Field Experiment, NBER Working Papers (2011) View citations (41) (2011)

2014

8. Social Support Substitution and the Earnings Rebound: Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity in Disability Insurance Reform
   American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2014, 6, (4), 34-70 View citations (140)
   See also Working Paper Social Support Substitution and the Earnings Rebound: Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity in Disability Insurance Reform, NBER Working Papers (2012) View citations (13) (2012)
9. Tax Morale
   Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2014, 28, (4), 149-68 View citations (181)
   See also Working Paper Tax Morale, NBER Working Papers (2014) View citations (34) (2014)

2013

10. WHAT GOOD IS WEALTH WITHOUT HEALTH? THE EFFECT OF HEALTH ON THE MARGINAL UTILITY OF CONSUMPTION
    Journal of the European Economic Association, 2013, 11, 221-258 View citations (316)
    See also Working Paper What Good Is Wealth Without Health? The Effect of Health on the Marginal Utility of Consumption, NBER Working Papers (2008) View citations (62) (2008)

2012

11. Reprint of: The insurance value of state tax-and-transfer programs
    Journal of Public Economics, 2012, 96, (11), 1110-1128
12. The Perception of Social Security Incentives for Labor Supply and Retirement: The Median Voter Knows More Than You'd Think
    Tax Policy and the Economy, 2012, 26, (1), 1 - 42 View citations (27)
    See also Chapter The Perception of Social Security Incentives for Labor Supply and Retirement: The Median Voter Knows More Than You'd Think, NBER Chapters, 2012, 1-42 (2012) View citations (25) (2012)
    Working Paper The Perception Of Social Security Incentives For Labor Supply And Retirement: The Median Voter Knows More Than You'd Think, NBER Working Papers (2014) View citations (6) (2014)

2011

13. Culture, Context, and the Taste for Redistribution
    American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2011, 3, (1), 157-79 View citations (353)
    See also Working Paper Culture, Context, and the Taste for Redistribution, NBER Working Papers (2008) View citations (14) (2008)
14. Do fairness and race matter in generosity? Evidence from a nationally representative charity experiment
    Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95, (5-6), 372-394 View citations (89)
    Also in Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95, (5), 372-394 (2011) View citations (81)
15. The insurance value of state tax-and-transfer programs
    Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95, (11), 1466-1484 View citations (29)
    See also Working Paper The Insurance Value of State Tax-and-Transfer Programs, NBER Working Papers (2010) View citations (6) (2010)
    Chapter The Insurance Value of State Tax-and-Transfer Programs, NBER Chapters, 2010, 1110-1128 (2010) View citations (6) (2010)

2009

16. Approaches to Estimating the Health State Dependence of the Utility Function
    American Economic Review, 2009, 99, (2), 116-21 View citations (116)
    See also Working Paper Approaches to Estimating the Health State Dependence of the Utility Function, Working Paper Series (2009) View citations (114) (2009)
17. Labor supply responses to marginal Social Security benefits: Evidence from discontinuities
    Journal of Public Economics, 2009, 93, (11-12), 1208-1223 View citations (102)
    See also Working Paper Labor Supply Responses to Marginal Social Security Benefits: Evidence from Discontinuities, Working Paper Series (2009) View citations (113) (2009)
18. What Determines Giving to Hurricane Katrina Victims? Experimental Evidence on Racial Group Loyalty
    American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2009, 1, (2), 64-87 View citations (123)
19. Who Misvotes? The Effect of Differential Cognition Costs on Election Outcomes
    American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2009, 1, (1), 229-57 View citations (37)
    See also Working Paper Who Misvotes? The Effect of Differential Cognition Costs on Election Outcomes, NBER Working Papers (2006) View citations (8) (2006)

2007

20. Does the Minimum Wage Cause Inefficient Rationing?
    The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2007, 7, (1), 42 View citations (24)
    See also Working Paper Does the Minimum Wage Cause Inefficient Rationing?, Working Paper Series (2007) View citations (34) (2007)
21. Insuring consumption and happiness through religious organizations
    Journal of Public Economics, 2007, 91, (1-2), 259-279 View citations (105)
    See also Working Paper Insuring Consumption and Happiness Through Religious Organizations, NBER Working Papers (2005) View citations (13) (2005)

2006

22. Private investment and government protection
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2006, 33, (1), 73-100 View citations (39)
    See also Working Paper Private Investment and Government Protection, Working Paper Series (2006) View citations (40) (2006)

2005

23. Neighbors as Negatives: Relative Earnings and Well-Being
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2005, 120, (3), 963-1002 View citations (1554)
    See also Working Paper Neighbors as Negatives: Relative Earnings and Well-Being, NBER Working Papers (2004) View citations (75) (2004)

2003

24. The Misallocation of Housing Under Rent Control
    American Economic Review, 2003, 93, (4), 1027-1046 View citations (150)
    See also Working Paper The Misallocation of Housing Under Rent Control, NBER Working Papers (1997) View citations (12) (1997)

2001

25. Group Loyalty and the Taste for Redistribution
    Journal of Political Economy, 2001, 109, (3), 500-528 View citations (521)
    See also Working Paper Group Loyalty and the Taste for Redistribution, JCPR Working Papers (1999) View citations (1) (1999)

2000

26. Network Effects and Welfare Cultures
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2000, 115, (3), 1019-1055 View citations (535)
    See also Working Paper Network Effects and Welfare Cultures, JCPR Working Papers (1999) View citations (12) (1999)

Chapters

2012

1. The Perception of Social Security Incentives for Labor Supply and Retirement: The Median Voter Knows More Than You'd Think
   A chapter in Tax Policy and the Economy, Volume 26, 2012, pp 1-42 View citations (25)
   See also Working Paper The Perception Of Social Security Incentives For Labor Supply And Retirement: The Median Voter Knows More Than You'd Think, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2014) View citations (6) (2014)
   Journal Article The Perception of Social Security Incentives for Labor Supply and Retirement: The Median Voter Knows More Than You'd Think, University of Chicago Press (2012) View citations (27) (2012)

2010

2. Comment on "New Age Thinking: Alternative Ways of Measuring Age, Their Relationship to Labor Force Participation, Government Policies, and GDP"
   A chapter in Research Findings in the Economics of Aging, 2010, pp 31-35
3. The Insurance Value of State Tax-and-Transfer Programs
   A chapter in Fiscal Federalism, 2010, pp 1110-1128 View citations (6)
   See also Working Paper The Insurance Value of State Tax-and-Transfer Programs, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2010) View citations (6) (2010)
   Journal Article The insurance value of state tax-and-transfer programs, Elsevier (2011) View citations (29) (2011)

2009

4. Comment on "Removing the Disincentives in Social Security for Long Careers"
   A chapter in Social Security Policy in a Changing Environment, 2009, pp 38-41 View citations (1)

2007

5. The Role of Religious and Social Organizations in the Lives of Disadvantaged Youth
   A chapter in The Problems of Disadvantaged Youth: An Economic Perspective, 2007, pp 237-274 View citations (8)
   See also Working Paper The Role of Religious and Social Organizations in the Lives of Disadvantaged Youth, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2007) View citations (7) (2007)

Editor

1. American Economic Review
   American Economic Association