Publications
- “The Effect of Banning Affirmative Action on Human Capital Accumulation Prior to College Entry,” with Ben Backes, IZA Journal of Labor Economics, August 2014, 3(5).
- "The Effect of Banning Affirmative Action on College Admissions Policies and Student Quality", with Ben Backes, Journal of Human Resources, Spring 2014, 49(2).
- “Affirmative Action Bans and the Chilling Effect,” with Richard Sander, American Law and Economics Review, Spring 2013, 15(1), pp 252-99.
- “Were Minority Students Discouraged From Applying to University of California Campuses After the Affirmative Action Ban?” with Ben Backes, Education Finance and Policy, Spring 2013, 8(2), pp 208-50.
- “Experimentation and Job Choice,” with Limor Golan, Journal of Labor Economics, April 2012, 30(2), pp 333-366.
- “The Effects of Gender Interactions in the Lab and in the Field,” with Peter Arcidiacono and Randall Walsh, Review of Economics and Statistics, February 2009, 91(1), pp 152-163.
- “A New Look at Racial Profiling: Evidence from the Boston Police Department,” with Brian Knight, Review of Economics and Statistics, February 2009, 91(1), pp 163-175.
- Review of Chutes and Ladders: Navigating the Low-Wage Labor Market by Katherine Newman, Journal of Economic Literature, December 2007.
- “Games and Discrimination: Lessons from ‘The Weakest Link’,” with Peter Arcidiacono and Randall Walsh, Journal of Human Resources, Fall 2005, 40(4), pp. 918-47.
- “Does Increasing Women’s Schooling Raise the Schooling of the Next Generation?—Comment,” with Arthur Goldberger, American Economic Review, December 2005, 95(5), pp. 1738-44.
- “Are All the Good Men Married? Uncovering the Sources of the Marital Wage Premium,” with Robert Town, American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings, May 2004, 94(2), pp. 317-21.
- “Attrition in the New Beneficiary Survey and Followup, and Its Correlates,” with Robert Haveman, Karen Holden and Barbara Wolfe, Social Security Bulletin, 2000, 63(1), pp. 40-49.
Working Papers
- “Patterns, Determinants, and Consequences of Ability Tracking: Evidence from Texas Public Schools,” National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series No. 30370, August 2022
- “Statistical Discrimination and Intergenerational Income Mobility,” March 2006.
- “Persistent Racial Income Inequality,” July 2004.
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