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Working Papers

2025

  1. Large Language Models: An Applied Econometric Framework
    Papers, arXiv.org Downloads
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2025) Downloads

2024

  1. Does nothing stop a bullet like a job? The effects of income on crime
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (1)
  2. Predicting Police Misconduct
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads
  3. The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Algorithms
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads
    See also Journal Article The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Algorithms, AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association (2024) Downloads (2024)

2023

  1. Automating Automaticity: How the Context of Human Choice Affects the Extent of Algorithmic Bias
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (7)
  2. Machine Learning as a Tool for Hypothesis Generation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article Machine Learning as a Tool for Hypothesis Generation*, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2024) Downloads View citations (2) (2024)

2022

  1. Policing and Management
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads

2021

  1. Body-Worn Cameras in Policing: Benefits and Costs
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (2)
  2. Evaluating Contradictory Experimental and Non-Experimental Estimates of Neighborhood Effects on Economic Outcomes for Adults
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article Evaluating Contradictory Experimental and Nonexperimental Estimates of Neighborhood Effects on Economic Outcomes for Adults, Housing Policy Debate, Taylor & Francis Journals (2023) Downloads View citations (1) (2023)
  3. Fragile Algorithms and Fallible Decision-Makers: Lessons from the Justice System
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (13)
    See also Journal Article Fragile Algorithms and Fallible Decision-Makers: Lessons from the Justice System, Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association (2021) Downloads View citations (13) (2021)
  4. Long-term effects of neighborhood environments on low-income families: a summary of results from the Moving to Opportunity experiment
    Working Papers, HAL Downloads
  5. Not Too Late: Improving Academic Outcomes Among Adolescents
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (13)
    See also Journal Article Not Too Late: Improving Academic Outcomes among Adolescents, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2023) Downloads View citations (5) (2023)
  6. Scope Challenges to Social Impact
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (2)

2020

  1. An Economic Approach to Regulating Algorithms
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (17)
  2. The Effect of Mentoring on School Attendance and Academic Outcomes: A Randomized Evaluation of the Check & Connect Program
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article The Effect of Mentoring on School Attendance and Academic Outcomes: A Randomized Evaluation of the Check & Connect Program, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (2021) Downloads View citations (1) (2021)

2019

  1. Discrimination In The Age Of Algorithms
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (9)
  2. Machine-Learning Tests for Effects on Multiple Outcomes
    Papers, arXiv.org Downloads View citations (1)

2017

  1. Human Decisions and Machine Predictions
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (55)
    See also Journal Article Human Decisions and Machine Predictions, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2018) Downloads View citations (150) (2018)
  2. The Economics of Scale-Up
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (29)

2015

  1. Low-Income Housing Policy
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (43)
    See also Chapter Low-Income Housing Policy, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2015) Downloads View citations (24) (2015)
  2. Thinking, Fast and Slow? Some Field Experiments to Reduce Crime and Dropout in Chicago
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article Thinking, Fast and Slow? Some Field Experiments to Reduce Crime and Dropout in Chicago, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2017) Downloads View citations (138) (2017)

2014

  1. Associations of Housing Mobility Interventions for Children in High-Poverty Neighborhoods With Subsequent Mental Disorders During Adolescence
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics Downloads View citations (13)
  2. Elusive Facts About Gun Violence: Where Good Surveys Go Bad
    SADO - Working Papers, Small Arms Data Observatory Downloads View citations (1)
  3. Human Capital Effects of Anti-Poverty Programs: Evidence from a Randomized Housing Voucher Lottery
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (6)
  4. The (Surprising) Efficacy of Academic and Behavioral Intervention with Disadvantaged Youth: Results from a Randomized Experiment in Chicago
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (44)

2013

  1. Long-Term Effects of the Moving to Opportunity Residential Mobility Experiment on Crime and Delinquency
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics Downloads View citations (15)
  2. Long-Term Neighborhood Effects on Low-Income Families: Evidence from Moving to Opportunity
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (134)
    Also in Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics (2013) Downloads View citations (131)

    See also Journal Article Long-Term Neighborhood Effects on Low-Income Families: Evidence from Moving to Opportunity, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2013) Downloads View citations (136) (2013)
  3. Preventing Youth Violence and Dropout: A Randomized Field Experiment
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (23)

2012

  1. Neighborhood Effects on the Long-Term Well-Being of Low-Income Adults
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics Downloads View citations (143)
  2. The Long-Term Effects of Moving to Opportunity on Adult Health and Economic Self-Sufficiency
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics Downloads View citations (17)
  3. The Long-Term Effects of Moving to Opportunity on Youth Outcomes
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics Downloads View citations (15)

2011

  1. Does Head Start Do Any Lasting Good?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (21)
  2. Mechanism Experiments and Policy Evaluations
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (88)
    See also Journal Article Mechanism Experiments and Policy Evaluations, Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association (2011) Downloads View citations (85) (2011)
  3. Neighborhoods, Obesity and Diabetes –-- A Randomized Social Experiment
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics Downloads View citations (54)
  4. The Effects of Housing and Neighborhood Conditions on Child Mortality
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads
    See also Journal Article The effects of housing and neighborhood conditions on child mortality, Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier (2013) Downloads View citations (17) (2013)

2010

  1. Economical Crime Control
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (10)

2009

  1. Gun Control after Heller: Litigating against Regulation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (2)
    See also Chapter Gun Control after "Heller": Litigating against Regulation, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2010) Downloads (2010)
  2. The Effects of School Desegregation on Crime
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (26)

2008

  1. Improving Educational Outcomes for Poor Children
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (13)
  2. The Effects of Housing Assistance on Labor Supply: Evidence from a Voucher Lottery
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article The Effects of Housing Assistance on Labor Supply: Evidence from a Voucher Lottery, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2012) Downloads View citations (119) (2012)
  3. What Can We Learn about Neighborhood Effects from the Moving to Opportunity Experiment?
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics Downloads View citations (70)

2007

  1. Anti-depressants and Suicide
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Anti-depressants and suicide, Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier (2009) Downloads View citations (32) (2009)
  2. Segregation and the Black-White Test Score Gap
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (9)
  3. The Benefits and Costs of Head Start
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (24)

2006

  1. Does Head Start Improve Children's Life Chances? Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) Downloads View citations (33)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2005) Downloads View citations (57)
    Working Papers, University of California, Davis, Department of Economics (2005) Downloads View citations (38)

    See also Journal Article Does Head Start Improve Children's Life Chances? Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2007) Downloads View citations (405) (2007)
  2. Is Crime Contagious?
    Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section. Downloads View citations (12)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2006) Downloads View citations (12)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2006) Downloads View citations (12)
    Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Center for Economic Policy Studies. (2005) Downloads View citations (3)

    See also Journal Article Is Crime Contagious?, Journal of Law and Economics, University of Chicago Press (2007) Downloads View citations (65) (2007)

2005

  1. Assigning Deviant Youths to Minimize Total Harm
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (1)
  2. Underground Gun Markets
    Working Papers, eSocialSciences Downloads View citations (6)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2005) Downloads View citations (7)

    See also Journal Article Underground Gun Markets, Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2007) View citations (20) (2007)

2004

  1. Neighborhood Effects on Crime for Female and Male Youth: Evidence from a Randomized Housing Voucher Experiment
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (12)
    See also Journal Article Neighborhood Effects on Crime for Female and Male Youth: Evidence from a Randomized Housing Voucher Experiment, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2005) Downloads View citations (413) (2005)
  2. The Social Costs of Gun Ownership
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article The social costs of gun ownership, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2006) Downloads View citations (67) (2006)
  3. Youth Criminal Behavior in the Moving to Opportunity Experiment
    Working Papers, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section. Downloads View citations (18)

2002

  1. The Effects of Gun Prevalence on Burglary: Deterrence vs Inducement
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (9)

2000

  1. Sex, Drugs, and Catholic Schools: Private Schooling and Non-Market Adolescent Behaviors
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (16)
    See also Journal Article Sex, Drugs, and Catholic Schools: Private Schooling and Non-Market Adolescent Behaviors, German Economic Review, Verein für Socialpolitik (2012) Downloads View citations (1) (2012)

1999

  1. Housing Vouchers and Economic Self-Sufficiency: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment
    Berkeley Program on Housing and Urban Policy, Working Paper Series, Berkeley Program on Housing and Urban Policy Downloads View citations (4)
  2. The Benefits of Reducing Gun Violence: Evidence from Contingent-Valuation Survey Data
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (12)
    See also Journal Article The Benefits of Reducing Gun Violence: Evidence from Contingent-Valuation Survey Data, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Springer (2001) Downloads View citations (47) (2001)

Undated

  1. Megastudies Improve the Impact of Applied Behavioural Science
    Mathematica Policy Research Reports, Mathematica Policy Research Downloads
    See also Journal Article Megastudies improve the impact of applied behavioural science, Nature, Nature (2021) Downloads View citations (25) (2021)
  2. School Spending and Student Achievement: New Evidence from Longitudinal Data
    IPR working papers, Institute for Policy Resarch at Northwestern University

Journal Articles

2025

  1. Valuing the benefits of reducing firearm violence in the United States
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2025, 122, (4), e2419864122 Downloads

2024

  1. Machine Learning as a Tool for Hypothesis Generation*
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2024, 139, (2), 751-827 Downloads View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper Machine Learning as a Tool for Hypothesis Generation, NBER Working Papers (2023) Downloads View citations (6) (2023)
  2. The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Algorithms
    AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2024, 114, 623-27 Downloads
    See also Working Paper The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Algorithms, NBER Working Papers (2024) Downloads (2024)

2023

  1. Evaluating Contradictory Experimental and Nonexperimental Estimates of Neighborhood Effects on Economic Outcomes for Adults
    Housing Policy Debate, 2023, 33, (2), 453-486 Downloads View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper Evaluating Contradictory Experimental and Non-Experimental Estimates of Neighborhood Effects on Economic Outcomes for Adults, NBER Working Papers (2021) Downloads View citations (7) (2021)
  2. Not Too Late: Improving Academic Outcomes among Adolescents
    American Economic Review, 2023, 113, (3), 738-65 Downloads View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper Not Too Late: Improving Academic Outcomes Among Adolescents, NBER Working Papers (2021) Downloads View citations (13) (2021)

2022

  1. A 680,000-person megastudy of nudges to encourage vaccination in pharmacies
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2022, 119, (6), e2115126119 Downloads View citations (5)

2021

  1. Fragile Algorithms and Fallible Decision-Makers: Lessons from the Justice System
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2021, 35, (4), 71-96 Downloads View citations (13)
    See also Working Paper Fragile Algorithms and Fallible Decision-Makers: Lessons from the Justice System, NBER Working Papers (2021) Downloads View citations (13) (2021)
  2. Megastudies improve the impact of applied behavioural science
    Nature, 2021, 600, (7889), 478-483 Downloads View citations (25)
    See also Working Paper Megastudies Improve the Impact of Applied Behavioural Science, Mathematica Policy Research Reports Downloads
  3. The Effect of Mentoring on School Attendance and Academic Outcomes: A Randomized Evaluation of the Check & Connect Program
    Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2021, 40, (3), 841-882 Downloads View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper The Effect of Mentoring on School Attendance and Academic Outcomes: A Randomized Evaluation of the Check & Connect Program, NBER Working Papers (2020) Downloads View citations (2) (2020)

2020

  1. An Economic Perspective on Algorithmic Fairness
    AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2020, 110, 91-95 Downloads View citations (9)

2019

  1. Augmenting Pre-Analysis Plans with Machine Learning
    AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2019, 109, 71-76 Downloads View citations (4)
  2. RESPONSE TO COUNTERPOINT: VIOLENCE ITSELF IS A ROOT CAUSE OF VIOLENCE
    Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2019, 38, (3), 802-804 Downloads
  3. Reforming Housing Assistance
    The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2019, 686, (1), 250-285 Downloads View citations (6)
  4. The social costs of gun ownership: a reply to Hayo, Neumeier, and Westphal
    Empirical Economics, 2019, 56, (1), 13-22 Downloads View citations (4)
  5. UNDERSTANDING GUN VIOLENCE: PUBLIC HEALTH VS. PUBLIC POLICY
    Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2019, 38, (3), 788-795 Downloads View citations (1)

2018

  1. Algorithmic Fairness
    AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2018, 108, 22-27 Downloads View citations (21)
  2. Human Decisions and Machine Predictions
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2018, 133, (1), 237-293 Downloads View citations (150)
    See also Working Paper Human Decisions and Machine Predictions, NBER Working Papers (2017) Downloads View citations (55) (2017)

2017

  1. Thinking, Fast and Slow? Some Field Experiments to Reduce Crime and Dropout in Chicago
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2017, 132, (1), 1-54 Downloads View citations (138)
    See also Working Paper Thinking, Fast and Slow? Some Field Experiments to Reduce Crime and Dropout in Chicago, NBER Working Papers (2015) Downloads View citations (9) (2015)

2016

  1. Option Awareness: The Psychology of What We Consider
    American Economic Review, 2016, 106, (5), 425-29 Downloads View citations (2)
  2. Productivity and Selection of Human Capital with Machine Learning
    American Economic Review, 2016, 106, (5), 124-27 Downloads View citations (62)

2015

  1. Housing and neighborhoods and a new national household panel
    Journal of Economic and Social Measurement, 2015, (1-4), 309-340
  2. Prediction Policy Problems
    American Economic Review, 2015, 105, (5), 491-95 Downloads View citations (184)
  3. The Impact of Housing Assistance on Child Outcomes: Evidence from a Randomized Housing Lottery
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2015, 130, (1), 465-506 Downloads View citations (41)

2013

  1. Long-Term Neighborhood Effects on Low-Income Families: Evidence from Moving to Opportunity
    American Economic Review, 2013, 103, (3), 226-31 Downloads View citations (136)
    See also Working Paper Long-Term Neighborhood Effects on Low-Income Families: Evidence from Moving to Opportunity, NBER Working Papers (2013) Downloads View citations (134) (2013)
  2. The effects of housing and neighborhood conditions on child mortality
    Journal of Health Economics, 2013, 32, (1), 195-206 Downloads View citations (17)
    See also Working Paper The Effects of Housing and Neighborhood Conditions on Child Mortality, NBER Working Papers (2011) Downloads (2011)

2012

  1. Sex, Drugs, and Catholic Schools: Private Schooling and Non-Market Adolescent Behaviors
    German Economic Review, 2012, 13, (4), 385-415 Downloads View citations (1)
    Also in German Economic Review, 2012, 13, (4), 385-415 (2012) Downloads

    See also Working Paper Sex, Drugs, and Catholic Schools: Private Schooling and Non-Market Adolescent Behaviors, NBER Working Papers (2000) Downloads View citations (16) (2000)
  2. Special Issue on the Economics of Crime: Editorial
    German Economic Review, 2012, 13, (4), 363-365 Downloads
    Also in German Economic Review, 2012, 13, (4), 363-365 (2012) Downloads
  3. The Effects of Housing Assistance on Labor Supply: Evidence from a Voucher Lottery
    American Economic Review, 2012, 102, (1), 272-304 Downloads View citations (119)
    See also Working Paper The Effects of Housing Assistance on Labor Supply: Evidence from a Voucher Lottery, NBER Working Papers (2008) Downloads View citations (9) (2008)

2011

  1. Call for Papers: Special Issue of the German Economic Review on The Economics of Crime
    German Economic Review, 2011, 12, (2), 1-1 Downloads
    Also in German Economic Review, 2011, 12, (2), 242-242 (2011) Downloads
  2. Mechanism Experiments and Policy Evaluations
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2011, 25, (3), 17-38 Downloads View citations (85)
    See also Working Paper Mechanism Experiments and Policy Evaluations, NBER Working Papers (2011) Downloads View citations (88) (2011)

2009

  1. Anti-depressants and suicide
    Journal of Health Economics, 2009, 28, (3), 659-676 Downloads View citations (32)
    See also Working Paper Anti-depressants and Suicide, NBER Working Papers (2007) Downloads View citations (3) (2007)

2007

  1. Does Head Start Improve Children's Life Chances? Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2007, 122, (1), 159-208 Downloads View citations (405)
    See also Working Paper Does Head Start Improve Children's Life Chances? Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design, IZA Discussion Papers (2006) Downloads View citations (33) (2006)
  2. Is Crime Contagious?
    Journal of Law and Economics, 2007, 50, (3), 491-518 Downloads View citations (65)
    See also Working Paper Is Crime Contagious?, Working Papers (2006) Downloads View citations (12) (2006)
  3. Underground Gun Markets
    Economic Journal, 2007, 117, (524), F588-F618 View citations (20)
    See also Working Paper Underground Gun Markets, Working Papers (2005) Downloads View citations (6) (2005)

2006

  1. Aiming for evidence-based gun policy
    Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2006, 25, (3), 691-735 Downloads View citations (15)
  2. The social costs of gun ownership
    Journal of Public Economics, 2006, 90, (1-2), 379-391 Downloads View citations (67)
    See also Working Paper The Social Costs of Gun Ownership, NBER Working Papers (2004) Downloads View citations (5) (2004)

2005

  1. Anti-depressants, suicide, and drug regulation
    Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2005, 24, (2), 249-272 Downloads View citations (8)
  2. Housing mobility programs and economic self-sufficiency: Evidence from a randomized experiment
    Journal of Public Economics, 2005, 89, (1), 131-156 Downloads View citations (18)
  3. Interpreting the WIC debate
    Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2005, 24, (4), 691-701 Downloads View citations (10)
  4. Neighborhood Effects on Crime for Female and Male Youth: Evidence from a Randomized Housing Voucher Experiment
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2005, 120, (1), 87-130 Downloads View citations (413)
    See also Working Paper Neighborhood Effects on Crime for Female and Male Youth: Evidence from a Randomized Housing Voucher Experiment, NBER Working Papers (2004) Downloads View citations (12) (2004)

2001

  1. The Benefits of Reducing Gun Violence: Evidence from Contingent-Valuation Survey Data
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2001, 22, (3), 207-26 Downloads View citations (47)
    See also Working Paper The Benefits of Reducing Gun Violence: Evidence from Contingent-Valuation Survey Data, NBER Working Papers (1999) Downloads View citations (12) (1999)
  2. Urban Poverty and Juvenile Crime: Evidence from a Randomized Housing-Mobility Experiment
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2001, 116, (2), 655-679 Downloads View citations (261)

2000

  1. School-to-Work Programs in the United States: A Multi-Firm Case Study of Training, Benefits, and Costs
    ILR Review, 2000, 53, (2), 219-239 Downloads View citations (1)

1999

  1. Household gun ownership [2] (multiple letters)
    American Journal of Public Health, 1999, 89, (9), 1442
  2. Information and inner city educational attainment
    Economics of Education Review, 1999, 18, (1), 17-30 Downloads View citations (11)

1998

  1. Concealed-gun-carrying laws and violent crime: evidence from state panel data
    International Review of Law and Economics, 1998, 18, (3), 239-254 Downloads View citations (49)
  2. The gender gap in reporting household gun ownership
    American Journal of Public Health, 1998, 88, (11), 1715-1718 View citations (4)
  3. Webster and colleagues respond: No proof that shall-issue laws reduce violence
    American Journal of Public Health, 1998, 88, (6), 982-983

1997

  1. Federal Housing Assistance, Residential Relocation, and Educational Opportunities: Evidence from Baltimore
    American Economic Review, 1997, 87, (2), 272-77 Downloads View citations (22)
  2. Flawed gun policy research could endanger public safety
    American Journal of Public Health, 1997, 87, (6), 918-921 View citations (3)
  3. The gun debate's new mythical number: How many defensive uses per year?
    Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 1997, 16, (3), 463-469 View citations (6)
  4. Weighing the “burden of 'acting white'”: Are there race differences in attitudes toward education?
    Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 1997, 16, (2), 256-278 View citations (7)

Books

2025

  1. Unforgiving Places
    University of Chicago Press Economics Books, University of Chicago Press

2011

  1. Controlling Crime: Strategies and Tradeoffs
    NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (39)

2002

  1. Gun Violence: The Real Costs
    OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press

Edited books

2011

  1. Controlling Crime
    National Bureau of Economic Research Books, University of Chicago Press

Chapters

2015

  1. Low-Income Housing Policy
    A chapter in Economics of Means-Tested Transfer Programs in the United States, Volume 2, 2015, pp 59-126 Downloads View citations (24)
    See also Working Paper Low-Income Housing Policy, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2015) Downloads View citations (43) (2015)

2010

  1. Child Development
    A chapter in Targeting Investments in Children: Fighting Poverty When Resources Are Limited, 2010, pp 27-58 Downloads View citations (1)
  2. Family Income, Neighborhood Poverty, and Crime
    A chapter in Controlling Crime: Strategies and Tradeoffs, 2010, pp 419-459 Downloads View citations (1)
  3. Gun Control after "Heller": Litigating against Regulation
    A chapter in Regulation vs. Litigation: Perspectives from Economics and Law, 2010, pp 103-135 Downloads
    See also Working Paper Gun Control after Heller: Litigating against Regulation, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2009) Downloads View citations (2) (2009)
  4. Neighborhood and Community Initiatives
    A chapter in Targeting Investments in Children: Fighting Poverty When Resources Are Limited, 2010, pp 303-321 Downloads View citations (2)

2007

  1. Production Planning in Dynamic and Seasonal Markets
    Springer
 
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