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Working Papers

2024

1. Are Vegetable Seed Oils Fueling the Obesity Epidemic?
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

2023

2. College Attrition and the Dynamics of Information Revelation
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
   Also in 2014 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics (2014) View citations (33)
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2016) View citations (60)
   See also Journal Article College Attrition and the Dynamics of Information Revelation, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (2025) (2025)

2022

3. What the Students for Fair Admissions Cases Reveal About Racial Preferences
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2022) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article What the Students for Fair Admissions Cases Reveal about Racial Preferences, Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics, University of Chicago Press (2023) View citations (3) (2023)

2020

4. Asian American Discrimination in Harvard Admissions
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (7)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2020) View citations (7)
   See also Journal Article Asian American Discrimination in Harvard Admissions, European Economic Review, Elsevier (2022) View citations (13) (2022)
5. Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic: It Is Not Who You Teach, but How You Teach
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2020) View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Learning during the COVID-19 pandemic: It is not who you teach, but how you teach, Economics Letters, Elsevier (2021) View citations (21) (2021)
6. Selective Migration, Occupational Choice, and the Wage Returns to College Majors
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (4)
   See also Journal Article Selective Migration, Occupational Choice, and the Wage Returns to College Majors, Annals of Economics and Statistics, GENES (2021) View citations (2) (2021)
7. Understanding Migration Aversion Using Elicited Counterfactual Choice Probabilities
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (8)
   Also in Staff Reports, Federal Reserve Bank of New York (2019) View citations (8)
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2019) View citations (8)
   Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group (2019) View citations (9)
   See also Journal Article Understanding migration aversion using elicited counterfactual choice probabilities, Journal of Econometrics, Elsevier (2022) View citations (12) (2022)

2019

8. Divergent: The Time Path of Legacy and Athlete Admissions at Harvard
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (6)
   Also in Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group (2019) View citations (2)
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2019) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Divergent: The Time Path of Legacy and Athlete Admissions at Harvard, Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press (2024) (2024)
9. Labor Market Frictions and Moving Costs of the Employed and Unemployed
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (14)
   See also Journal Article Labor Market Frictions and Moving Costs of the Employed and Unemployed, Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press (2022) View citations (11) (2022)
10. Legacy and Athlete Preferences at Harvard
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (9)
    Also in Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group (2019) View citations (9)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2019) View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article Legacy and Athlete Preferences at Harvard, Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press (2022) View citations (8) (2022)
11. Recruit to Reject? Harvard and African American Applicants
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (3)
    Also in Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group (2019)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2019)
    See also Journal Article Recruit to reject? Harvard and African American applicants, Economics of Education Review, Elsevier (2022) View citations (2) (2022)

2018

12. Has the College Wage Premium Continued to Rise? Evidence from Multiple U.S. Surveys
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Has the college wage premium continued to rise? Evidence from multiple U.S. surveys, Economics of Education Review, Elsevier (2019) View citations (17) (2019)

2017

13. Changes across Cohorts in Wage Returns to Schooling and Early Work Experiences
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (21)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2017) View citations (21)
    See also Journal Article Changes across Cohorts in Wage Returns to Schooling and Early Work Experiences, Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press (2021) View citations (13) (2021)
14. Do High School Sports Build or Reveal Character?
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

2016

15. Do Foreigners Crowd Natives out of STEM Degrees and Occupations? Evidence from the U.S. Immigration Act of 1990
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (17)
    See also Journal Article Do Foreigners Crowd Natives out of STEM Degrees and Occupations? Evidence from the US Immigration Act of 1990, ILR Review, Cornell University, ILR School (2021) View citations (3) (2021)

Journal Articles

2025

1. College Attrition and the Dynamics of Information Revelation
   Journal of Political Economy, 2025, 133, (1), 53 - 110
   See also Working Paper College Attrition and the Dynamics of Information Revelation, IZA Discussion Papers (2023) View citations (1) (2023)

2024

2. Divergent: The Time Path of Legacy and Athlete Admissions at Harvard
   Journal of Human Resources, 2024, 59, (3), 653-683
   See also Working Paper Divergent: The Time Path of Legacy and Athlete Admissions at Harvard, IZA Discussion Papers (2019) View citations (6) (2019)

2023

3. What the Students for Fair Admissions Cases Reveal about Racial Preferences
   Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics, 2023, 1, (4), 615 - 668 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper What the Students for Fair Admissions Cases Reveal About Racial Preferences, NBER Working Papers (2022) View citations (1) (2022)

2022

4. Asian American Discrimination in Harvard Admissions
   European Economic Review, 2022, 144, (C) View citations (13)
   See also Working Paper Asian American Discrimination in Harvard Admissions, IZA Discussion Papers (2020) View citations (7) (2020)
5. Labor Market Frictions and Moving Costs of the Employed and Unemployed
   Journal of Human Resources, 2022, 57, (S), s137-s166 View citations (11)
   See also Working Paper Labor Market Frictions and Moving Costs of the Employed and Unemployed, IZA Discussion Papers (2019) View citations (14) (2019)
6. Legacy and Athlete Preferences at Harvard
   Journal of Labor Economics, 2022, 40, (1), 133 - 156 View citations (8)
   See also Working Paper Legacy and Athlete Preferences at Harvard, IZA Discussion Papers (2019) View citations (9) (2019)
7. Recruit to reject? Harvard and African American applicants
   Economics of Education Review, 2022, 88, (C) View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper Recruit to Reject? Harvard and African American Applicants, IZA Discussion Papers (2019) View citations (3) (2019)
8. Understanding migration aversion using elicited counterfactual choice probabilities
   Journal of Econometrics, 2022, 231, (1), 123-147 View citations (12)
   See also Working Paper Understanding Migration Aversion Using Elicited Counterfactual Choice Probabilities, CESifo Working Paper Series (2020) View citations (8) (2020)

2021

9. Changes across Cohorts in Wage Returns to Schooling and Early Work Experiences
   Journal of Labor Economics, 2021, 39, (4), 931 - 964 View citations (13)
   See also Working Paper Changes across Cohorts in Wage Returns to Schooling and Early Work Experiences, IZA Discussion Papers (2017) View citations (21) (2017)
10. Do Foreigners Crowd Natives out of STEM Degrees and Occupations? Evidence from the US Immigration Act of 1990
    ILR Review, 2021, 74, (2), 321-351 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper Do Foreigners Crowd Natives out of STEM Degrees and Occupations? Evidence from the U.S. Immigration Act of 1990, IZA Discussion Papers (2016) View citations (17) (2016)
11. Learning during the COVID-19 pandemic: It is not who you teach, but how you teach
    Economics Letters, 2021, 202, (C) View citations (21)
    See also Working Paper Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic: It Is Not Who You Teach, but How You Teach, NBER Working Papers (2020) View citations (6) (2020)
12. Selective Migration, Occupational Choice, and the Wage Returns to College Majors
    Annals of Economics and Statistics, 2021, (142), 45-110 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper Selective Migration, Occupational Choice, and the Wage Returns to College Majors, IZA Discussion Papers (2020) View citations (4) (2020)

2019

13. Has the college wage premium continued to rise? Evidence from multiple U.S. surveys
    Economics of Education Review, 2019, 69, (C), 149-154 View citations (17)
    See also Working Paper Has the College Wage Premium Continued to Rise? Evidence from Multiple U.S. Surveys, IZA Discussion Papers (2018) View citations (2) (2018)

2018

14. Do high school sports build or reveal character? Bounding causal estimates of sports participation
    Economics of Education Review, 2018, 64, (C), 75-89 View citations (8)