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Workplace:National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), (more information at EDIRC)
Economics Department, Williams College, (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2025

  1. Does Old Age Social Security Help Children? The Impact of Social Security on Grandchild Resources
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads

2022

  1. Loss Aversion or Lack of Trust: Why Does Loss Framing Work to Encourage Preventative Health Behaviors?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads
    See also Journal Article Loss aversion or lack of trust: Why does loss framing work to encourage preventive health behaviors?, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier (2023) Downloads (2023)

2021

  1. Immigrant Labor and the Institutionalization of the U.S.-born Elderly
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Immigrant labor and the institutionalization of the U.S.‐born elderly, Review of International Economics, Wiley Blackwell (2022) Downloads (2022)
  2. The Effect of Safety Net Generosity on Maternal Mental Health and Risky Health Behaviors
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article The Effect of Safety Net Generosity on Maternal Mental Health and Risky Health Behaviors, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (2023) Downloads (2023)

2019

  1. The Impact of Expanding Public Health Insurance on Safety Net Program Participation: Evidence from the ACA Medicaid Expansion
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (7)
  2. The Impact of the ACA Medicaid Expansion on Disability Program Applications
    Department of Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics, Williams College Downloads
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2019) Downloads View citations (3)

    See also Journal Article The Impact of the ACA Medicaid Expansion on Disability Program Applications, American Journal of Health Economics, University of Chicago Press (2020) Downloads View citations (9) (2020)

2017

  1. Measuring Loan Outcomes at Postsecondary Institutions: Cohort Repayment Rates as an Indicator of Student Success and Institutional Accountability
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (3)

2013

  1. Enforcement and Immigrant Location Choice
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (42)
    Also in Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (2013) Downloads View citations (41)
  2. The Effect of Safety Net Programs on Food Insecurity
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article The Effect of Safety-Net Programs on Food Insecurity, Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press (2016) Downloads View citations (36) (2016)

2010

  1. Inside the Refrigerator: Immigration Enforcement and Chilling Effects in Medicaid Participation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article Inside the Refrigerator: Immigration Enforcement and Chilling Effects in Medicaid Participation, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Economic Association (2014) Downloads View citations (78) (2014)

2009

  1. Inequality and the Measurement of Residential Segregation by Income In American Neighborhoods
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (85)
    See also Journal Article INEQUALITY AND THE MEASUREMENT OF RESIDENTIAL SEGREGATION BY INCOME IN AMERICAN NEIGHBORHOODS, Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth (2009) Downloads View citations (84) (2009)
  2. Marriage Meets the Joneses: Relative Income, Identity, and Marital Status
    Working Papers, Princeton University, School of Public and International Affairs, Center for Research on Child Wellbeing. Downloads View citations (7)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2009) Downloads View citations (14)

    See also Journal Article Marriage Meets the Joneses: Relative Income, Identity, and Marital Status, Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press (2011) Downloads View citations (37) (2011)

2008

  1. Minimum Drinking Age Laws and Infant Health Outcomes
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Minimum drinking age laws and infant health outcomes, Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier (2009) Downloads View citations (54) (2009)

Journal Articles

2025

  1. Did Welfare Reform End the Safety Net as We Knew It? The Record since 1996
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2025, 39, (1), 101-28 Downloads

2024

  1. Safety-Net Program Spillovers and Administrative Burden
    National Tax Journal, 2024, 77, (1), 199 - 221 Downloads

2023

  1. Living with children and food insecurity in seniors
    Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 2023, 45, (1), 234-261 Downloads
  2. Loss aversion or lack of trust: Why does loss framing work to encourage preventive health behaviors?
    Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2023, 104, (C) Downloads
    See also Working Paper Loss Aversion or Lack of Trust: Why Does Loss Framing Work to Encourage Preventative Health Behaviors?, NBER Working Papers (2022) Downloads (2022)
  3. The Effect of Safety Net Generosity on Maternal Mental Health and Risky Health Behaviors
    Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2023, 42, (3), 706-736 Downloads
    See also Working Paper The Effect of Safety Net Generosity on Maternal Mental Health and Risky Health Behaviors, NBER Working Papers (2021) Downloads View citations (2) (2021)

2022

  1. Immigrant labor and the institutionalization of the U.S.‐born elderly
    Review of International Economics, 2022, 30, (5), 1375-1413 Downloads
    See also Working Paper Immigrant Labor and the Institutionalization of the U.S.-born Elderly, NBER Working Papers (2021) Downloads View citations (2) (2021)

2020

  1. The Impact of the ACA Medicaid Expansion on Disability Program Applications
    American Journal of Health Economics, 2020, 6, (4), 444 - 476 Downloads View citations (9)
    See also Working Paper The Impact of the ACA Medicaid Expansion on Disability Program Applications, Department of Economics Working Papers (2019) Downloads (2019)

2016

  1. The Effect of Safety-Net Programs on Food Insecurity
    Journal of Human Resources, 2016, 51, (3), 589-614 Downloads View citations (36)
    See also Working Paper The Effect of Safety Net Programs on Food Insecurity, NBER Working Papers (2013) Downloads View citations (10) (2013)

2014

  1. Inside the Refrigerator: Immigration Enforcement and Chilling Effects in Medicaid Participation
    American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2014, 6, (3), 313-38 Downloads View citations (78)
    See also Working Paper Inside the Refrigerator: Immigration Enforcement and Chilling Effects in Medicaid Participation, NBER Working Papers (2010) Downloads View citations (7) (2010)

2013

  1. Immigrants as a potential source of growth for New England’s highly skilled workforce
    New England Public Policy Center Policy Brief, 2013 Downloads

2011

  1. Marriage Meets the Joneses: Relative Income, Identity, and Marital Status
    Journal of Human Resources, 2011, 46, (3) Downloads View citations (37)
    See also Working Paper Marriage Meets the Joneses: Relative Income, Identity, and Marital Status, Working Papers (2009) Downloads View citations (7) (2009)

2010

  1. Local Fiscal Policies and Urban Wage Structures
    Public Finance Review, 2010, 38, (5), 540-584 Downloads View citations (2)

2009

  1. INEQUALITY AND THE MEASUREMENT OF RESIDENTIAL SEGREGATION BY INCOME IN AMERICAN NEIGHBORHOODS
    Review of Income and Wealth, 2009, 55, (3), 820-844 Downloads View citations (84)
    See also Working Paper Inequality and the Measurement of Residential Segregation by Income In American Neighborhoods, NBER Working Papers (2009) Downloads View citations (85) (2009)
  2. Minimum drinking age laws and infant health outcomes
    Journal of Health Economics, 2009, 28, (3), 737-747 Downloads View citations (54)
    See also Working Paper Minimum Drinking Age Laws and Infant Health Outcomes, NBER Working Papers (2008) Downloads View citations (3) (2008)

2007

  1. The Geography of American Poverty: Is There a Need for Place‐Based Policies? by Mark D. Partridge and Dan S. Rickman
    Journal of Regional Science, 2007, 47, (5), 1002-1004 Downloads

2006

  1. Public health investments and the infant mortality gap: Evidence from federal sanitation interventions on U.S. Indian reservations
    Journal of Public Economics, 2006, 90, (8-9), 1537-1560 Downloads View citations (72)

1999

  1. Fundamental Flaws of Social Regulation: The Case of Airplane Noise
    Journal of Law and Economics, 1999, 42, (2), 723-43 Downloads View citations (11)

Books

2022

  1. The Border Within
    University of Chicago Press Economics Books, University of Chicago Press View citations (2)
 
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