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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

2022

2. 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
   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) (2023)

2021

3. Immigrant Labor and the Institutionalization of the U.S.-born Elderly
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc 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) (2022)
4. The Effect of Safety Net Generosity on Maternal Mental Health and Risky Health Behaviors
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc 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) (2023)

2019

5. 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 View citations (7)
6. The Impact of the ACA Medicaid Expansion on Disability Program Applications
   Department of Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics, Williams College
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2019) 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) View citations (9) (2020)

2017

7. 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 View citations (3)

2013

8. Enforcement and Immigrant Location Choice
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (42)
   Also in Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (2013) View citations (41)
9. The Effect of Safety Net Programs on Food Insecurity
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc 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) View citations (36) (2016)

2010

10. Inside the Refrigerator: Immigration Enforcement and Chilling Effects in Medicaid Participation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc 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) View citations (80) (2014)

2009

11. Inequality and the Measurement of Residential Segregation by Income In American Neighborhoods
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (86)
    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) View citations (85) (2009)
12. Marriage Meets the Joneses: Relative Income, Identity, and Marital Status
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc 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) View citations (39) (2011)

2008

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

2024

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

2023

3. Living with children and food insecurity in seniors
   Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 2023, 45, (1), 234-261
4. 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)
   See also Working Paper Loss Aversion or Lack of Trust: Why Does Loss Framing Work to Encourage Preventative Health Behaviors?, NBER Working Papers (2022) (2022)
5. 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
   See also Working Paper The Effect of Safety Net Generosity on Maternal Mental Health and Risky Health Behaviors, NBER Working Papers (2021) View citations (2) (2021)

2022

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

2020

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

2016

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

2014

9. Inside the Refrigerator: Immigration Enforcement and Chilling Effects in Medicaid Participation
   American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2014, 6, (3), 313-38 View citations (80)
   See also Working Paper Inside the Refrigerator: Immigration Enforcement and Chilling Effects in Medicaid Participation, NBER Working Papers (2010) View citations (7) (2010)

2013

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

2011

11. Marriage Meets the Joneses: Relative Income, Identity, and Marital Status
    Journal of Human Resources, 2011, 46, (3) View citations (39)
    See also Working Paper Marriage Meets the Joneses: Relative Income, Identity, and Marital Status, NBER Working Papers (2009) View citations (14) (2009)

2010

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

2009

13. INEQUALITY AND THE MEASUREMENT OF RESIDENTIAL SEGREGATION BY INCOME IN AMERICAN NEIGHBORHOODS
    Review of Income and Wealth, 2009, 55, (3), 820-844 View citations (85)
    See also Working Paper Inequality and the Measurement of Residential Segregation by Income In American Neighborhoods, NBER Working Papers (2009) View citations (86) (2009)
14. Minimum drinking age laws and infant health outcomes
    Journal of Health Economics, 2009, 28, (3), 737-747 View citations (54)
    See also Working Paper Minimum Drinking Age Laws and Infant Health Outcomes, NBER Working Papers (2008) View citations (3) (2008)

2007

15. 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

2006

16. 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 View citations (72)

1999

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

Books

2022

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