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Working Papers

2021

1. Does Marijuana Legalization Affect Work Capacity? Evidence from Workers’ Compensation Benefits
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)

2020

2. Is the Rise in Illicit Opioids Affecting Labor Supply and Disability Claiming Rates?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Health Economics (2021)
3. The Evolving Consequences of OxyContin Reformulation on Drug Overdoses
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article in American Journal of Health Economics (2021)
4. Variation in Performance of Commonly Used Statistical Methods for Estimating Effectiveness of State-Level Opioid Policies on Opioid-Related Mortality
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)

2019

5. Do Temporary Workers Experience Additional Employment and Earnings Risk After Workplace Injuries?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (2022)
6. Origins of the Opioid Crisis and Its Enduring Impacts
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (23)
   See also Journal Article in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (2022)
7. Understanding Job Transitions and Retirement Expectations Using Stated Preferences for Job Characteristics
   Working Papers, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center

2018

8. The Value of Working Conditions in the United States and Implications for the Structure of Wages
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (71)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2018) View citations (72)
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2018) View citations (77)

2017

9. Inference with Correlated Clusters
   Working Papers, RAND Corporation
10. Supply-Side Drug Policy in the Presence of Substitutes Evidence from the Introduction of Abuse-Deterrent Opioids
    Working Papers, RAND Corporation View citations (21)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2017) View citations (28)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Journal: Economic Policy (2018)
11. The Effect of the 2009 Influenza Pandemic on Absence from Work
    Working Papers, RAND Corporation View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article in Health Economics (2017)

2016

12. 2015 American Working Conditions Survey: Focus on Older Versus Younger Workers
    Working Papers, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center
13. Disentangling Moral Hazard and Adverse Selection in Private Health Insurance
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Econometrics (2021)
14. How Increasing Medical Access to Opioids Contributes to the Opioid Epidemic Evidence from Medicare Part D
    Working Papers, RAND Corporation View citations (1)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2015) View citations (12)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Health Economics (2020)
15. Synthetic Control Estimation Beyond Case Studies Does the Minimum Wage Reduce Employment?
    Working Papers, RAND Corporation View citations (21)
16. The Effect of Population Aging on Economic Growth, the Labor Force and Productivity
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (100)
    Also in Working Papers, RAND Corporation (2016) View citations (96)

2015

17. Do Medical Marijuana Laws Reduce Addictions and Deaths Related to Pain Killers?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (20)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Health Economics (2018)
18. Do Payroll Taxes in the United States Create Bunching at Kink Points?
    Working Papers, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center

2014

19. Did the Economic Stimulus Payments of 2008 Reduce Labor Supply? Evidence from Quantile Panel Data Estimation
    Working Papers, RAND Corporation View citations (16)
20. Estimating Intensive and Extensive Tax Responsiveness Do Older Workers Respond to Income Taxes?
    Working Papers, RAND Corporation View citations (5)
21. Generalized Quantile Regression in Stata
    2014 Stata Conference, Stata Users Group View citations (4)
22. Medical Care Spending and Labor Market Outcomes Evidence from Workers' Compensation Reforms
    Working Papers, RAND Corporation View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2018)
23. Moral Hazard and Adverse Selection in Private Health Insurance
    Working Papers, RAND Corporation
24. The Effect of Population Aging on Economic Growth
    Discussion Papers, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research View citations (10)

2013

25. A New Framework for Estimation of Quantile Treatment Effects Nonseparable Disturbance in the Presence of Covariates
    Working Papers, RAND Corporation View citations (7)
26. Assessing the Effects of Medical Marijuana Laws on Marijuana and Alcohol Use: The Devil is in the Details
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (42)
27. Optimal Health Insurance and the Distortionary Effects of the Tax Subsidy
    Working Papers, RAND Corporation
28. The Effect of Local Labor Demand Conditions on the Labor Supply Outcomes of Older Americans
    Working Papers, RAND Corporation View citations (8)
    Also in Discussion Papers, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (2013) View citations (7)

2012

29. Tax Elasticity of Labor Earnings for Older Individuals
    Working Papers, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center View citations (8)

2011

30. Heterogeneity in Income Tax Incidence Are the Wages of Dangerous Jobs More Responsive to Tax Changes than the Wages of Safe Jobs?
    Working Papers, RAND Corporation
31. Income Taxes, Compensating Differentials, and Occupational Choice How Taxes Distort the Wage-Amenity Decision
    Working Papers, RAND Corporation
    Also in Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) (2010) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Journal: Economic Policy (2012)
32. The Exporter Productivity Premium along the Productivity Distribution Evidence from Unconditional Quantile Regression with Firm Fixed Effects
    Working Papers, RAND Corporation View citations (14)

2010

33. The Exporter Productivity Premium along the Productivity Distribution: First Evidence from a Quantile Regression Approach for Fixed Effects Panel Data Models
    Working Paper Series in Economics, University of Lüneburg, Institute of Economics View citations (2)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2010) View citations (3)
34. Unconditional Quantile Treatment Effects in the Presence of Covariates
    Working Papers, RAND Corporation View citations (4)

Journal Articles

2022

1. Do temporary workers experience additional employment and earnings risk after workplace injuries?
   Journal of Public Economics, 2022, 209, (C)
   See also Working Paper (2019)
2. Origins of the Opioid Crisis and its Enduring Impacts*
   (Synthetic Control Methods for Comparative Case Studies: Estimating the Effect of California's Tobacco Control Program)
   The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2022, 137, (2), 1139-1179
   See also Working Paper (2019)
3. Synthetic Control Estimation Beyond Comparative Case Studies: Does the Minimum Wage Reduce Employment?
   Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 2022, 40, (3), 1302-1314 View citations (2)

2021

4. Can electronic prescribing mandates reduce opioid-related overdoses?
   Economics & Human Biology, 2021, 42, (C)
5. Disentangling moral hazard and adverse selection in private health insurance
   Journal of Econometrics, 2021, 222, (1), 141-160 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper (2016)
6. Is the rise in illicit opioids affecting labor supply and disability claiming rates?
   Journal of Health Economics, 2021, 76, (C) View citations (5)
   See also Working Paper (2020)
7. The Evolving Consequences of OxyContin Reformulation on Drug Overdoses
   American Journal of Health Economics, 2021, 7, (1), 41 - 67 View citations (4)
   See also Working Paper (2020)

2020

8. Does Labor Supply Respond to Transitory Income? Evidence from the Economic Stimulus Payments of 2008
   Journal of Labor Economics, 2020, 38, (1), 1 - 38 View citations (3)
9. ESTIMATING INTENSIVE AND EXTENSIVE TAX RESPONSIVENESS
   Economic Inquiry, 2020, 58, (4), 1855-1873 View citations (3)
10. How increasing medical access to opioids contributes to the opioid epidemic: Evidence from Medicare Part D
    Journal of Health Economics, 2020, 71, (C) View citations (8)
    See also Working Paper (2016)
11. Quantile Treatment Effects in the Presence of Covariates
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2020, 102, (5), 994-1005 View citations (13)
12. When is a Match Sufficient? A Score-based Balance Metric for the Synthetic Control Method
    Journal of Causal Inference, 2020, 8, (1), 209-228

2019

13. The Distortionary Effects of the Health Insurance Tax Exclusion
    American Journal of Health Economics, 2019, 5, (4), 428-464 View citations (1)
    Also in American Journal of Health Economics, 2019, 5, (4), 428-464 (2019) View citations (1)

2018

14. A SUPPLY‐SIDE PERSPECTIVE ON THE OPIOID CRISIS
    Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2018, 37, (2), 438-446 View citations (7)
15. Do medical marijuana laws reduce addictions and deaths related to pain killers?
    Journal of Health Economics, 2018, 58, (C), 29-42 View citations (57)
    See also Working Paper (2015)
16. Medical Care Spending and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from Workers' Compensation Reforms
    American Economic Review, 2018, 108, (10), 2995-3027 View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper (2014)
17. RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS ON POLICING AND INSURANCE BENEFIT DESIGN AS THEY PERTAIN TO THE OPIOID CRISIS
    Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2018, 37, (2), 449-451
18. Supply-Side Drug Policy in the Presence of Substitutes: Evidence from the Introduction of Abuse-Deterrent Opioids
    American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2018, 10, (4), 1-35 View citations (66)
    See also Working Paper (2017)

2017

19. The Effect of the 2009 Influenza Pandemic on Absence from Work
    Health Economics, 2017, 26, (12), 1682-1695 View citations (8)
    See also Working Paper (2017)

2015

20. Assessing the Effects of Medical Marijuana Laws on Marijuana Use: The Devil is in the Details
    Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2015, 34, (1), 7-31 View citations (69)

2014

21. The exporter productivity premium along the productivity distribution: evidence from quantile regression with nonadditive firm fixed effects
    Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv), 2014, 150, (4), 763-785 View citations (42)
    See also Chapter (2021)

2012

22. Compensating Differentials and Income Taxes: Are the Wages of Dangerous Jobs More Responsive to Tax Changes than the Wages of Safe Jobs?
    Journal of Human Resources, 2012, 47, (4) View citations (1)
23. Income Taxes, Compensating Differentials, and Occupational Choice: How Taxes Distort the Wage-Amenity Decision
    American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2012, 4, (1), 224-47 View citations (25)
    See also Working Paper (2011)

Chapters

2021

1. The Exporter Productivity Premium Along the Productivity Distribution: Evidence from Quantile Regression with Nonadditive Firm Fixed Effects
   Chapter 9 in MICROECONOMETRIC STUDIES OF FIRMS’ IMPORTS AND EXPORTS Advanced Methods of Analysis and Evidence from German Enterprises, 2021, pp 121-149
   See also Journal Article in Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv) (2014)

Software Items

2016

1. GENQREG: Stata module to perform Generalized Quantile Regression
   Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics
2. QREGPD: Stata module to perform Quantile Regression for Panel Data
   Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics View citations (1)