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Working Papers

2019

1. Behavioral Impediments to Valuing Annuities: Complexity and Choice Bracketing
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

2017

2. 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 (1)

2015

3. Are Cognitive Constraints a Barrier to Annuitization?
   Issues in Brief, Center for Retirement Research
4. The Value of Medicaid: Interpreting Results from the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (23)
5. The Welfare Cost of Perceived Policy Uncertainty: Evidence from Social Security
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2018)

2014

6. Tax Morale
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (34)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2014) View citations (34)
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Perspectives (2014)
7. 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 (4)
   See also Chapter (2012)
   Journal Article in Tax Policy and the Economy (2012)

2013

8. Cognitive Constraints on Valuing Annuities
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
9. Screening Peers Softly: Inferring the Quality of Small Borrowers
   Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government View citations (6)
   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)
   See also Journal Article in Management Science (2016)

2012

10. Do Consumers Know How to Value Annuities? Complexity as a Barrier to Annuitization
    Working Papers, RAND Corporation
11. 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 (9)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2010) View citations (21)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Journal: Economic Policy (2014)

2011

12. 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 (27)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Journal: Economic Policy (2015)

2010

13. The Insurance Value of State Tax-and-Transfer Programs
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
    See also Chapter (2010)
    Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (2011)

2009

14. Approaches to Estimating the Health State Dependence of the Utility Function
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (48)
    Also in Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2009) View citations (52)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2009)
15. Do Race and Fairness Matter in Generosity? Evidence from a Nationally Representative Charity Experiment
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government View citations (3)
    Also in Scholarly Articles, Harvard Kennedy School of Government (2009) View citations (2)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2009) View citations (3)
16. Labor Supply Responses to Marginal Social Security Benefits: Evidence from Discontinuities
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard Kennedy School of Government View citations (61)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2008) View citations (1)
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2009) View citations (58)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (2009)
17. 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 (16)
    Also in Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2009) View citations (14)

2008

18. Culture, Context, and the Taste for Redistribution
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government View citations (28)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2008) View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Journal: Economic Policy (2011)
19. Schedule Selection by Agents: from Price Plans to Tax Tables
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government View citations (2)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2008) View citations (2)
    2008 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics (2008)
20. 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 (32)
    Also in Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2008) View citations (47)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of the European Economic Association (2013)

2007

21. Does the Minimum Wage Cause Inefficient Rationing?
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (13)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2007) View citations (16)
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2007) View citations (13)
    See also Journal Article in The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy (2007)
22. The Role of Religious and Social Organizations in the Lives of Disadvantaged Youth
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
    Also in Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2007) View citations (5)
    See also Chapter (2007)
23. What Determines Giving to Hurricane Katrina Victims? Experimental Evidence on Income, Race, and Fairness
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
    Also in Artefactual Field Experiments, The Field Experiments Website (2007) View citations (2)
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2007) View citations (3)

2006

24. Permits to Elicit Information
    Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government
25. Private Investment and Government Protection
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (24)
    Also in Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2006) View citations (27)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Risk and Uncertainty (2006)
26. Who Misvotes? The Effect of Differential Cognition Costs on Election Outcomes
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
    Also in Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2006) View citations (4)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2006) View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Journal: Economic Policy (2009)

2005

27. Insuring Consumption and Happiness Through Religious Organizations
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)
    Also in Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2005) View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (2007)

2004

28. Neighbors as Negatives: Relative Earnings and Well-Being
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (58)
    Also in Working Paper Series, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (2004) View citations (35)
    See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (2005)

2001

29. Measuring poverty dynamics and inequality in transition economies - disentangling real events from noisy data
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (9)

1999

30. 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) View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Political Economy (2001)
31. Network Effects and Welfare Cultures
    Working Papers, Harris School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago
    Also in Working papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics (1998) View citations (21)
    Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section. (1998) View citations (2)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1998) View citations (5)
    JCPR Working Papers, Northwestern University/University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research (1999) View citations (12)
    Working Papers, Princeton, Woodrow Wilson School - Public and International Affairs (1998) View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (2000)

1997

32. The Misallocation of Housing Under Rent Control
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2003)

Journal Articles

2018

1. 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
2. The Welfare Cost of Perceived Policy Uncertainty: Evidence from Social Security
   American Economic Review, 2018, 108, (2), 275-307 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper (2015)

2016

3. Screening Peers Softly: Inferring the Quality of Small Borrowers
   Management Science, 2016, 62, (6), 1554-1577 View citations (14)
   See also Working Paper (2013)

2015

4. 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 (29)
   See also Working Paper (2011)

2014

5. 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 (48)
   See also Working Paper (2012)
6. Tax Morale
   Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2014, 28, (4), 149-68 View citations (34)
   See also Working Paper (2014)

2013

7. 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 (103)
   See also Working Paper (2008)

2012

8. Reprint of: The insurance value of state tax-and-transfer programs
   Journal of Public Economics, 2012, 96, (11), 1110-1128
9. 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 (4)
   See also Working Paper (2014)
   Chapter (2012)

2011

10. Culture, Context, and the Taste for Redistribution
    American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2011, 3, (1), 157-79 View citations (165)
    See also Working Paper (2008)
11. 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 (42)
    Also in Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95, (5), 372-394 (2011) View citations (41)
12. The insurance value of state tax-and-transfer programs
    Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95, (11), 1466-1484 View citations (9)
    See also Working Paper (2010)
    Chapter (2010)

2009

13. Approaches to Estimating the Health State Dependence of the Utility Function
    American Economic Review, 2009, 99, (2), 116-21 View citations (53)
    See also Working Paper (2009)
14. Labor supply responses to marginal Social Security benefits: Evidence from discontinuities
    Journal of Public Economics, 2009, 93, (11-12), 1208-1223 View citations (55)
    See also Working Paper (2009)
15. 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 (62)
16. Who Misvotes? The Effect of Differential Cognition Costs on Election Outcomes
    American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2009, 1, (1), 229-57 View citations (17)
    See also Working Paper (2006)

2007

17. Does the Minimum Wage Cause Inefficient Rationing?
    The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2007, 7, (1), 1-42 View citations (13)
    See also Working Paper (2007)
18. Insuring consumption and happiness through religious organizations
    Journal of Public Economics, 2007, 91, (1-2), 259-279 View citations (53)
    See also Working Paper (2005)

2006

19. Private investment and government protection
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2006, 33, (1), 73-100 View citations (25)
    See also Working Paper (2006)

2005

20. Neighbors as Negatives: Relative Earnings and Well-Being
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2005, 120, (3), 963-1002 View citations (1038)
    See also Working Paper (2004)

2003

21. The Misallocation of Housing Under Rent Control
    American Economic Review, 2003, 93, (4), 1027-1046 View citations (75)
    See also Working Paper (1997)

2001

22. Group Loyalty and the Taste for Redistribution
    Journal of Political Economy, 2001, 109, (3), 500-528 View citations (333)
    See also Working Paper (1999)

2000

23. Network Effects and Welfare Cultures
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2000, 115, (3), 1019-1055 View citations (378)
    See also Working Paper (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 (5)
   See also Working Paper (2014)
   Journal Article in Tax Policy and the Economy (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 (4)
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (2011)
   Working Paper (2010)

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 (5)
   See also Working Paper (2007)