Research Fields

• Labor economics; Public economics; Urban economics; Economic demography

Publications

• "Assessing the Incidence and Efficiency of a Prominent Place-Based Policy," (2013) (w/ Matias Busso and Patrick Kline) American Economic Review, 103(2):897-947. - Paper - Web Appendix
• "The Effect of Hurricane Katrina on the Prevalence of Health Impairments and Disability among Adults in New Orleans: Differences by Age, Race, and Sex," (2013) (w/ Narayan Sastry) Social Science & Medicine, 80:121-129. - Paper
• "Employment among Social Security Disability Program Beneficiaries, 1996-2007'' (2011) (w/ Arif Mamun, Paul O'leary, and David Wittenburg) Social Security Bulletin, 71(3):11-34. - Paper
• "Beneficiary Participation in Ticket to Work." (2007) (w/ David Stapleton and Gina Livermore) "Ticket to Success? Early Findings from the Ticket to Work Evaluation," special issue, Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 27(2):95-106. - Paper
• "Initial Impacts of the Ticket to Work Program on Social Security Disability Beneficiary Service Enrollment, Earnings, and Benefits." (2007) (w/ David Wittenburg, Thomas Fraker, David Stapleton, Craig Thornton, and Arif Mamun) "Ticket to Success? Early Findings from the Ticket to Work Evaluation," special issue, Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 27(2):129-140. - Paper

Working Papers

• "The Impact of Post-Katrina Rebuilding Grants on the Resettlement Choices of New Orleans Homeowners" - Paper
  (Previous title: "The Impact of Rebuilding Grants and Wage Subsidies on the Resettlement Choices of Hurricane Katrina Victims")
• "Do Basketball Scoring Patterns Reflect Wide Spread Illegal Point Shaving?" - Paper
• "The Location of Displaced New Orleans Residents in the Year after Hurricane Katrina" (w/ Narayan Sastry)
• "Returning to New Orleans in the Year after Hurricane Katrina: Disparities by Race and the Effects of Flooding" (w/ Narayan Sastry)