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Working Papers

2021

1. The Importance of Matching Effects for Labor Productivity: Evidence from Teacher-Student Interactions
   Working Papers, California Polytechnic State University, Department of Economics View citations (1)

2019

2. Equilibrium Grade Inflation with Implications for Female Interest in STEM Majors
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (17)

2015

3. The Effect of Sharing a Mother Tongue with Peers: Evidence from North Carolina Middle Schools
   Open Access publications, School of Economics, University College Dublin View citations (7)
   See also Journal Article The effect of sharing a mother tongue with peers: evidence from North Carolina middle schools, IZA Journal of Migration and Development, Springer (2015) View citations (7) (2015)

2014

4. The Impact of No Child Left Behind's Accountability Sanctions on School Performance: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from North Carolina
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (17)
5. The Short-Run Impacts of Connecticut’s Paid Sick Leave Legislation
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
   See also Journal Article The short-run impacts of Connecticut's paid sick leave legislation, Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals (2015) View citations (13) (2015)
6. When Incentives Matter Too Much: Explaining Significant Responses to Irrelevant Information
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
   See also Journal Article When Incentives Matter Too Much: Explaining Significant Responses to Irrelevant Information, Journal of Human Capital, University of Chicago Press (2021) (2021)

Journal Articles

2023

1. Lethality and deterrence in affairs of honor: The case of the Antebellum U.S. South
   Rationality and Society, 2023, 35, (3), 259-292
2. Opening the Black Box: Behavioral Responses of Teachers and Principals to Pay-for-Performance Incentive Programs
   Journal of Human Capital, 2023, 17, (3), 315 - 348

2021

3. How long have you been waiting? Explaining the role of irrelevant information in the promotion of U.S. Navy officers
   Economics Bulletin, 2021, 41, (2), 604-614
4. When Incentives Matter Too Much: Explaining Significant Responses to Irrelevant Information
   Journal of Human Capital, 2021, 15, (4), 629 - 664
   See also Working Paper When Incentives Matter Too Much: Explaining Significant Responses to Irrelevant Information, NBER Working Papers (2014) View citations (4) (2014)

2017

5. Peer delinquency and student achievement in middle school
   Labour Economics, 2017, 44, (C), 192-217 View citations (9)
6. Strategic Matching of Teachers and Schools with (and without) Accountability Pressure
   Education Finance and Policy, 2017, 12, (4), 516-535

2016

7. A theory of dynamic investment in education in response to accountability pressure
   Economics Letters, 2016, 149, (C), 75-78

2015

8. Matching strategies of teachers and schools in general equilibrium
   IZA Journal of Labor Economics, 2015, 4, (1), 1-31 View citations (1)
9. The effect of sharing a mother tongue with peers: evidence from North Carolina middle schools
   IZA Journal of Migration and Development, 2015, 4, (1), 1-21 View citations (7)
   See also Working Paper The Effect of Sharing a Mother Tongue with Peers: Evidence from North Carolina Middle Schools, Open Access publications (2015) View citations (7) (2015)
10. The short-run impacts of Connecticut's paid sick leave legislation
    Applied Economics Letters, 2015, 22, (15), 1267-1272 View citations (13)
    See also Working Paper The Short-Run Impacts of Connecticut’s Paid Sick Leave Legislation, MPRA Paper (2014) (2014)

2014

11. A NOTE ON BUBBLES, WORTHLESS ASSETS, AND THE CURIOUS CASE OF GENERAL MOTORS
    Macroeconomic Dynamics, 2014, 18, (1), 244-254 View citations (3)
12. A regression discontinuity analysis of graduation standards and their impact on students’ academic trajectories
    Economics of Education Review, 2014, 38, (C), 64-75 View citations (4)

2013

13. The Missing Link: Estimating the Impact of Incentives on Teacher Effort and Instructional Effectiveness Using Teacher Accountability Legislation Data
    Journal of Human Capital, 2013, 7, (3), 230 - 273 View citations (7)

2011

14. Distributional impacts of a local living wage increase with ability sorting
    Economics Letters, 2011, 112, (3), 283-286 View citations (1)
15. The Distributional Impacts of Minimum Wage Increases When Both Labor Supply and Labor Demand Are Endogenous
    Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 2011, 29, (1), 12-23 View citations (35)
    Also in Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 2011, 29, (1), 12-23 (2011) View citations (37)

2010

16. Explaining cross-racial differences in teenage labor force participation: Results from a two-sided matching model
    Journal of Econometrics, 2010, 156, (1), 201-211 View citations (2)

2004

17. Paying to queue: a theory of locational differences in nonunion wages
    Journal of Urban Economics, 2004, 55, (3), 565-579