Working Papers:

• I am an IZA research fellow. My discussion/working papers can be viewed here.

Selected Publications: 

• International student-migrant flows and growth in low- and middle-income countries: brain gain or brain drain? with Jean Donovan Rasomoelison and David Stifel.
• Light Pollution, Sleep Deprivation and Infant Health at Birth. with Laura Argys and Muzhe Yang

• “Residential noise exposure and health: Evidence from aviation noise and birth outcomes” with Laura Argys and Muzhe Yang

• Medicaid Expansion and Opioid Deaths with Julie K. Smith and Yang Wang

• “Do hospitals respond to changing incentive structures? Evidence from Medicare’s 2007 DRG restructuring.” with Amanda Cook.

• “Behind Every High Earning Man is a Conscientious Woman: The Impact of Spousal Personality on Earnings and Marriage” with Julie Smith and Cynthia Bansak.

• “The effect of family size on education: new evidence from China’s one-child policy” with Laura Argys.

• “Medical marijuana laws and their effect on opioid-related mortality,” with Emily Smith. 
•  “Minimum Wages and the Health of Hispanic Women with Julie Smith and Yang Wang. 
• The effects of minimum wages on the health of working teenagers with Julie Smith and Yang Wang

• Effects of Higher EITC Payments on Children’s Health, Quality of Home Environment, and Noncognitive Skills . With Yang Wang

• Minimum Wages and the Health of Hispanic Women. With Julie K. Smith and Yang Wang

• Welfare Reform and Immigrant Fertility. With Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes and Cynthia Bansak

• Prepregnancy Obesity and Birth outcomes. With Erin Fletcher.
• The Effect of Sorority Membership on Eating Disorders, Body Weight, and Disordered-Eating Behaviors. with Yang Wang and Sabrina Terrizzi
• The Effects of Earned Income Tax Credit Payment Expansion on Maternal Smoking. with Yang Wang
• Financial Hardship and Obesity. with Julie K. Smith. Webtables  
• press coverage:   Time Magazine
• Effects of Higher EITC Payments on Children’s Health, Quality of Home Environment, and Noncognitive Skills. with Yang Wang.
• The Effect of Relationship Status on Health with Dynamic Health and Persistent Relationships.With Jennifer Kohn.
• press coverage:  WSJ