Working Papers

The Federal Effort to Desegregate Southern Hospitals and the Black-White Infant Mortality Gap
(with D. Mark Anderson and Daniel I. Rees)

The Effects of Sexism on American Women: The Role of Norms vs. Discrimination
(with Jonathan Guryan and Jessica Pan)

Selected Recent Articles

Demand Conditions and Worker Safety: Evidence from Price Shocks in Mining
(with Matthew S. Johnson, Melvin Stephens Jr., and Do Q. Lee)
Journal of Labor Economics, forthcoming.

Leisure Luxuries and the Labor Supply of Young Men
(with Mark Aguiar, Mark Bils, and Erik Hurst)
Journal of Political Economy, forthcoming.

Re-examining the Contribution of Public Health Efforts and the Decline in Urban Mortality
(with D. Mark Anderson and Daniel Rees)
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, forthcoming.

Occupational Licensing and Maternal Health: Evidence from Early Midwifery Laws and Maternal Mortality
(with Mark Anderson, Ryan Brown, and Daniel I. Rees)
Journal of Political Economy, Vol.(128)(11), November 2020.

Housing Booms and Busts, Labor Market Opportunities, and College Attendance
(with Erik Hurst and Matthew J. Notowidigdo)
American Economic Review. October 2018.

Divergent Paths: A New Perspective on Earnings Differences Between Black and White Men Since 1940
(with Patrick Bayer)
Quarterly Journal of Economics, 133(1).  August 2018.

Conspicuous Consumption and Race
(with Erik Hurst and Nick Rousanov)
Quarterly Journal of Economics, May, 2009. vol. 124(2)

Prejudice and Wages: An Empirical Assessment of Becker’s “The Economics of Discrimination”
(with Jonathan Guryan)
Journal of Political Economy,  October 2008, Vol. 116.

Disability, Job Displacement and Divorce
 (with Melvin Stephens Jr.)
Journal of Labor Economics,  22(2), 2004.

The Correlation of Wealth Across Generations
(with Erik Hurst)
Journal of Political Economy,  111(6), 2003.