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Working Papers

2025

1. Robust Fiscal Stabilization
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
2. The Growth Dividend and Excess Interest
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   See also Chapter The Growth Dividend and Excess Interest, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2024) (2024)

2021

3. Place-Based Redistribution
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (18)
4. The Rise of Pass-Throughs and the Decline of the Labor Share
   Working Papers, Princeton University. Economics Department. View citations (3)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2021) View citations (5)
   See also Journal Article The Rise of Pass-Throughs and the Decline of the Labor Share, American Economic Review: Insights, American Economic Association (2022) View citations (11) (2022)
5. Trends in U.S. Spatial Inequality: Concentrating Affluence and a Democratization of Poverty
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (20)
   See also Journal Article Trends in US Spatial Inequality: Concentrating Affluence and a Democratization of Poverty, AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association (2021) View citations (31) (2021)

2020

6. The Determinants of Income Segregation and Intergenerational Mobility: Using Test Scores to Measure Undermatching
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)

2019

7. Capitalists in the Twenty-First Century
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (132)
   Also in Working Papers, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State (2017)
   See also Journal Article Capitalists in the Twenty-First Century, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2019) View citations (115) (2019)

2017

8. Capitalists in the 21st Century
   2017 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (7)
9. Employment Hysteresis from the Great Recession
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (23)
   See also Journal Article Employment Hysteresis from the Great Recession, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (2019) View citations (128) (2019)
10. Mobility Report Cards: The Role of Colleges in Intergenerational Mobility
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (138)
    Also in Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group (2017) View citations (138)

2016

11. The Enduring Employment Impact of Your Great Recession Location
    Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, Working Paper Series, Institute of Industrial Relations, UC Berkeley View citations (7)

2015

12. Business in the United States: Who Owns it and How Much Tax Do They Pay?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (27)
    See also Journal Article Business in the United States: Who Owns It, and How Much Tax Do They Pay?, Tax Policy and the Economy, University of Chicago Press (2016) View citations (59) (2016)
    Chapter Business in the United States: Who Owns It, and How Much Tax Do They Pay?, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2014) View citations (9) (2014)
13. Capital Tax Reform and the Real Economy: The Effects of the 2003 Dividend Tax Cut
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (180)
    Also in Working Papers, Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation (2013) View citations (12)
    See also Journal Article Capital Tax Reform and the Real Economy: The Effects of the 2003 Dividend Tax Cut, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2015) View citations (181) (2015)

2014

14. Riding the Bubble? Chasing Returns into Illiquid Assets
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
15. Supply vs. Demand under an Affirmative Action Ban: Estimates from UC Law Schools
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    See also Journal Article Supply vs. demand under an affirmative action ban: Estimates from UC law schools, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2016) View citations (7) (2016)

2011

16. How Does Your Kindergarten Classroom Affect Your Earnings? Evidence from Project Star
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard Kennedy School of Government View citations (670)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2010) View citations (50)
    See also Journal Article How Does Your Kindergarten Classroom Affect Your Earnings? Evidence from Project Star, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2011) View citations (722) (2011)

2009

17. Optimal Taxation in Theory and Practice
    Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics View citations (287)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2009) View citations (289)
    Harvard Business School Working Papers, Harvard Business School (2009) View citations (267)
    See also Journal Article Optimal Taxation in Theory and Practice, Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association (2009) View citations (288) (2009)

Journal Articles

2022

1. The Rise of Pass-Throughs and the Decline of the Labor Share
   American Economic Review: Insights, 2022, 4, (3), 323-40 View citations (11)
   See also Working Paper The Rise of Pass-Throughs and the Decline of the Labor Share, Working Papers (2021) View citations (3) (2021)

2021

2. Trends in US Spatial Inequality: Concentrating Affluence and a Democratization of Poverty
   AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2021, 111, 520-25 View citations (31)
   See also Working Paper Trends in U.S. Spatial Inequality: Concentrating Affluence and a Democratization of Poverty, NBER Working Papers (2021) View citations (20) (2021)

2020

3. Income Segregation and Intergenerational Mobility Across Colleges in the United States*
   The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2020, 135, (3), 1567-1633 View citations (105)

2019

4. Capitalists in the Twenty-First Century
   The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2019, 134, (4), 1675-1745 View citations (115)
   See also Working Paper Capitalists in the Twenty-First Century, NBER Working Papers (2019) View citations (132) (2019)
5. Employment Hysteresis from the Great Recession
   Journal of Political Economy, 2019, 127, (5), 2505 - 2558 View citations (128)
   See also Working Paper Employment Hysteresis from the Great Recession, NBER Working Papers (2017) View citations (23) (2017)

2016

6. Business in the United States: Who Owns It, and How Much Tax Do They Pay?
   Tax Policy and the Economy, 2016, 30, (1), 91 - 128 View citations (59)
   See also Working Paper Business in the United States: Who Owns it and How Much Tax Do They Pay?, NBER Working Papers (2015) View citations (27) (2015)
   Chapter Business in the United States: Who Owns It, and How Much Tax Do They Pay?, NBER Chapters, 2014, 91-128 (2014) View citations (9) (2014)
7. Supply vs. demand under an affirmative action ban: Estimates from UC law schools
   Journal of Public Economics, 2016, 137, (C), 38-50 View citations (7)
   See also Working Paper Supply vs. Demand under an Affirmative Action Ban: Estimates from UC Law Schools, NBER Working Papers (2014) (2014)

2015

8. Capital Tax Reform and the Real Economy: The Effects of the 2003 Dividend Tax Cut
   American Economic Review, 2015, 105, (12), 3531-63 View citations (181)
   See also Working Paper Capital Tax Reform and the Real Economy: The Effects of the 2003 Dividend Tax Cut, NBER Working Papers (2015) View citations (180) (2015)

2011

9. How Does Your Kindergarten Classroom Affect Your Earnings? Evidence from Project Star
   The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2011, 126, (4), 1593-1660 View citations (722)
   See also Working Paper How Does Your Kindergarten Classroom Affect Your Earnings? Evidence from Project Star, Scholarly Articles (2011) View citations (670) (2011)

2009

10. Optimal Taxation in Theory and Practice
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2009, 23, (4), 147-74 View citations (288)
    See also Working Paper Optimal Taxation in Theory and Practice, Scholarly Articles (2009) View citations (287) (2009)

Chapters

2024

1. The Growth Dividend and Excess Interest
   A chapter in Tax Policy and the Economy, Volume 39, 2024
   See also Working Paper The Growth Dividend and Excess Interest, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2025) (2025)

2014

2. Business in the United States: Who Owns It, and How Much Tax Do They Pay?
   A chapter in Tax Policy and the Economy, Volume 30, 2014, pp 91-128 View citations (9)
   See also Working Paper Business in the United States: Who Owns it and How Much Tax Do They Pay?, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2015) View citations (27) (2015)
   Journal Article Business in the United States: Who Owns It, and How Much Tax Do They Pay?, University of Chicago Press (2016) View citations (59) (2016)