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Working Papers

2024

1. Technology Regulation Reconsidered: The Effects of Certificate of Need Policies on the Quantity and Quality of Diagnostic Imaging
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2021

2. One weird trick for better inference in experimental designs
   2021 Stata Conference, Stata Users Group

2019

3. Bacon decomposition for understanding differences-in-differences with variation in treatment timing
   2019 Stata Conference, Stata Users Group View citations (1)
4. Unbiased IV in Stata
   2019 Stata Conference, Stata Users Group
   Also in London Stata Conference 2019, Stata Users Group (2019)

2018

5. Implementing machine learning methods in Stata
   London Stata Conference 2018, Stata Users Group

2017

6. Propensity Scores and Causal Inference Using Machine Learning Methods
   2017 Stata Conference, Stata Users Group View citations (1)
7. The Role of Hospital and Market Characteristics in Invasive Cardiac Service Diffusion
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article The Role of Hospital and Market Characteristics in Invasive Cardiac Service Diffusion, Review of Industrial Organization, Springer (2018) View citations (5) (2018)

2016

8. Retooling poverty targeting using out-of-sample validation and machine learning
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (12)
   See also Journal Article Retooling Poverty Targeting Using Out-of-Sample Validation and Machine Learning, The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank (2018) View citations (36) (2018)

2015

9. The Earned Income Tax Credit
   Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley View citations (55)
   Also in Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, Working Paper Series, Institute of Industrial Relations, UC Berkeley (2015) View citations (52)
   See also Chapter The Earned Income Tax Credit, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2015) View citations (56) (2015)
10. The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (36)

2014

11. Classification using Random Forests in Stata and R
    2014 Stata Conference, Stata Users Group
12. Economic Conditions and SSI Applications
    Working Papers, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center View citations (1)
13. Measuring Mobility
    2014 Stata Conference, Stata Users Group

2012

14. The Economic Security Index: A New Measure for Research and Policy Analysis
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (10)
    Also in Working Paper Series, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (2012) View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article The Economic Security Index: A New Measure for Research and Policy Analysis, Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth (2014) View citations (46) (2014)
15. The Impact of Temporary Assistance Programs on Disability Rolls and Re-Employment
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research View citations (15)
    See also Chapter The Impact of Temporary Assistance Programs on Disability Rolls and Re-employment, Research in Labor Economics, Emerald Group Publishing Limited (2014) View citations (1) (2014)

2011

16. Causal inference for binary regression with observational data
    CHI11 Stata Conference, Stata Users Group View citations (22)
17. Evaluating one-way and two-way cluster–robust covariance matrix estimates
    German Stata Users' Group Meetings 2011, Stata Users Group View citations (5)
    Also in United Kingdom Stata Users' Group Meetings 2010, Stata Users Group (2010) View citations (6)
    BOS10 Stata Conference, Stata Users Group (2010) View citations (5)
18. Immigrant Diversity and Social Security: Recent Patterns and Future Prospects
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research View citations (6)
19. Rural Hospital Ownership: Medical Service Provision, Market Mix, and Spillover Effects
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)

2010

20. Regression for nonnegative skewed dependent variables
    BOS10 Stata Conference, Stata Users Group View citations (15)

2009

21. Causal inference
    DC09 Stata Conference, Stata Users Group View citations (19)
22. Causal inference with observational data: Regression discontinuity and other methods in Stata
    German Stata Users' Group Meetings 2009, Stata Users Group View citations (3)

2008

23. GMM estimation in Mata
    Summer North American Stata Users' Group Meetings 2008, Stata Users Group
24. The Impact of Changing Earnings Volatility on Retirement Wealth
    Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research View citations (2)
25. Trends in Income Inequality, Volatility and Mobility Risk
    IRISS Working Paper Series, IRISS at CEPS/INSTEAD View citations (11)

2007

26. Causal inference with observational data: Regression Discontinuity and related methods in Stata
    North American Stata Users' Group Meetings 2007, Stata Users Group View citations (5)
27. Clustered standard errors in Stata
    United Kingdom Stata Users' Group Meetings 2007, Stata Users Group View citations (62)
28. What Do Nonprofits Maximize? Nonprofit Hospital Service Provision and Market Ownership Mix
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (23)

2006

29. Weak Instruments: An Overview and New Techniques
    North American Stata Users' Group Meetings 2006, Stata Users Group View citations (5)

2003

30. Disability Benefits as Social Insurance: Tradeoffs Between Screening Stringency and Benefit Generosity in Optimal Program Design
    Working Papers, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center View citations (4)

2002

31. The Welfare Implications of Increasing DI Benefit Generosity
    Working Papers, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center View citations (2)
32. The Welfare Implications of Increasing Disability Insurance Benefit Generosity
    Department of Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics, Williams College View citations (3)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2002) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article The welfare implications of increasing disability insurance benefit generosity, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2004) View citations (38) (2004)

2001

33. Tracking the Household Income of SSDI and SSI Applicants
    Working Papers, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center View citations (26)
    See also Chapter TRACKING THE HOUSEHOLD INCOME OF SSDI AND SSI APPLICANTS, Research in Labor Economics, Emerald Group Publishing Limited (2003) (2003)

Undated

34. BOND Implementation and Evaluation: Final Evaluation Report, Volume 1
    Mathematica Policy Research Reports, Mathematica Policy Research View citations (2)
35. BOND Implementation and Evaluation: Final Evaluation Report, Volume 2: Technical Appendices
    Mathematica Policy Research Reports, Mathematica Policy Research
36. Economic Conditions and Supplemental Security Income Application
    Mathematica Policy Research Reports, Mathematica Policy Research View citations (2)

Journal Articles

2020

1. Rising Income Inequality Through a Disability Lens: Trends in the United States 1981–2018
   Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2020, 151, (1), 81-114 View citations (2)

2018

2. Retooling Poverty Targeting Using Out-of-Sample Validation and Machine Learning
   The World Bank Economic Review, 2018, 32, (3), 531-550 View citations (36)
   See also Working Paper Retooling poverty targeting using out-of-sample validation and machine learning, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2016) View citations (12) (2016)
3. The Role of Hospital and Market Characteristics in Invasive Cardiac Service Diffusion
   Review of Industrial Organization, 2018, 53, (1), 81-115 View citations (5)
   See also Working Paper The Role of Hospital and Market Characteristics in Invasive Cardiac Service Diffusion, NBER Working Papers (2017) View citations (2) (2017)
4. Using Preferred Applicant Random Assignment (PARA) to Reduce Randomization Bias in Randomized Trials of Discretionary Programs
   Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2018, 37, (1), 167-180 View citations (2)

2014

5. Income Risk in 30 Countries
   Review of Income and Wealth, 2014, 60, (S1), S98-S116 View citations (12)
6. The Economic Security Index: A New Measure for Research and Policy Analysis
   Review of Income and Wealth, 2014, 60, (S1), S5-S32 View citations (46)
   See also Working Paper The Economic Security Index: A New Measure for Research and Policy Analysis, IZA Discussion Papers (2012) View citations (10) (2012)

2009

7. Hospital ownership and medical services: Market mix, spillover effects, and nonprofit objectives
   Journal of Health Economics, 2009, 28, (5), 924-937 View citations (43)

2008

8. Erratum and discussion of propensity-score reweighting
   Stata Journal, 2008, 8, (4), 532-539 View citations (18)

2007

9. Causal inference with observational data
   Stata Journal, 2007, 7, (4), 507-541 View citations (145)
10. Review of An Introduction to Modern Econometrics Using Stata by Baum
    Stata Journal, 2007, 7, (1), 131-136

2005

11. Tax-Transfer Policy and Labor-Market Outcomes
    American Economic Review, 2005, 95, (2), 88-93 View citations (16)

2004

12. The welfare implications of increasing disability insurance benefit generosity
    Journal of Public Economics, 2004, 88, (12), 2487-2514 View citations (38)
    See also Working Paper The Welfare Implications of Increasing Disability Insurance Benefit Generosity, Department of Economics Working Papers (2002) View citations (3) (2002)

Chapters

2015

1. The Earned Income Tax Credit
   A chapter in Economics of Means-Tested Transfer Programs in the United States, Volume 1, 2015, pp 137-218 View citations (56)
   See also Working Paper The Earned Income Tax Credit, Department of Economics, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley (2015) View citations (55) (2015)

2014

2. The Impact of Temporary Assistance Programs on Disability Rolls and Re-employment
   A chapter in Safety Nets and Benefit Dependence, 2014, vol. 39, pp 219-258 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper The Impact of Temporary Assistance Programs on Disability Rolls and Re-Employment, Center for Retirement Research (2012) View citations (15) (2012)

2003

3. TRACKING THE HOUSEHOLD INCOME OF SSDI AND SSI APPLICANTS
   A chapter in Worker Well-Being and Public Policy, 2003, pp 113-158
   See also Working Paper Tracking the Household Income of SSDI and SSI Applicants, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center (2001) View citations (26) (2001)

Software Items

2022

1. BACONDECOMP: Stata module to perform a Bacon decomposition of difference-in-differences estimation
   Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics
2. WORDY: Stata module to play a silly word game and show your guesses on a Stata graph
   Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics

2021

3. AANIV: Stata module to compute unbiased IV regression
   Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics

2018

4. PFS: Stata module to predict Financial Skill scale scores from CFPB survey instrument
   Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics

2017

5. BMP2DTA: Stata module to convert bitmap files to Stata datasets
   Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics
6. PFWB: Stata module to predict Financial Well-Being scale scores from CFPB survey instrument
   Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics

2016

7. RD: Stata module for regression discontinuity estimation
   Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics View citations (5)

2013

8. CPIGEN: Stata module to add US CPI series to current dataset
   Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics

2012

9. SPROPER: Stata module to get proper case for foreign names in variables
   Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics
10. VIOPLOT: Stata module to produce violin plots with current graphics
    Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics View citations (1)

2011

11. HMAP: Stata module to graph a heatmap
    Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics
12. LABMATCH: Stata module to find observations by label values
    Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics
13. TABSTATMAT: Stata module to save matrices saved by tabstat to single named matrix
    Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics
14. TDDENS: Stata module to estimate and graph bivariate density with heat map
    Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics

2010

15. BIHIST: Stata module to produce bihistograms
    Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics
16. BYHIST: Stata module to produce interlaced histograms
    Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics
17. DAGFIT: Stata module to fit a Generalized Beta (Type 2) distribution to grouped data via ML
    Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics
    Also in Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics (2010)
18. PNG2RTF: Stata module to include PNG graphics in RTF documents
    Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics
19. SMGFIT: Stata module to fit a Singh-Maddala distribution to grouped data via ML
    Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics
20. VLC: Stata module to compare value labels across datasets
    Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics

2009

21. CNORMP: Stata module to evaluate censored normal distribution
    Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics
22. FIND: Stata module to find matching strings across files in the current directory
    Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics
23. MATNAMES: Stata module to return matrix row and column names
    Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics

2008

24. DDF2DCT: Stata module to facilitate infiling US Government data distributed with a DDF
    Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics
25. FESE: Stata module to calculate standard errors for fixed effects
    Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics View citations (3)
26. IVPOIS: Stata module to estimate an instrumental variables Poisson regression via GMM
    Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics View citations (5)
27. LOCPR: Stata module for semi-parametric estimation
    Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics
28. OUTFIXT: Stata module to write fixed-format text file
    Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics
29. RENSHEET: Stata module to edit variable names and labels
    Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics

2007

30. VINCENTY: Stata module to calculate distances on the Earth's surface
    Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics View citations (6)