Publications
1. Stable Income, Stable Family
With Jason Lindoand Isaac Swensen
Accepted at Review of Economics and Statistics
IZA Working Paper [Link]
2. Effect of Collective Bargaining Laws and Returns to STEM Majors in the Teachers' Labor Market
With Andrew Ju, Jacksonville State University
Accepted at Education Economics
[Link]
3. Maternity Leave
With Le Wang
Forthcoming at the Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics
4. New Evidence on Teacher Pay
ILR Review October 2022, Volume 75(5), pp. 1240–1268
5. The Effect of the Minimum Wage on Children's Cognitive Achievement
Labour Economics, Volume 65,
August 2020
6. Labor Demand Shocks at Birth and Cognitive Achievement during Childhood
With Daniel Henderson
Economics of Education Review Volume 73, December 2019
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1252 [Link]
7. Examining the Externality of Unemployment Insurance on Children's Educational Achievements
Economic Inquiry, January 2019, Volume 57, Issue 1, pp. 172-187
8. Impact of the Minimum Wage on Youth Labor Markets
With Shanshan Liu and Thomas Hyclak
LABOUR: Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations, March 2016, Volume 30, Issue 1, pp. 18-37
Media Coverage: The Wall Street Journal [Link]
9. To Be or Not to Be: An Optimum Currency Area for South Asia?
With Alex Nikolsko-Rzhevskyy and Robert Thornton
Journal of Policy Modeling, November-December 2015, Volume 37, Issue 6, pp. 930-944
10. Extended Unemployment Insurance and Job Search: Evidence from Time Use Data
The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy (Contributions) , April 2015, Volume 15, Issue 2, pp. 653-683
Working Papers
11. Minimum Wages and the Take-Up of Supplemental Security Income
2nd R&R at Labour Economics
12. Paid Maternity Leave and Children's Educational Outcomes: Evidence from the Pregnancy Discrimination Act
With Le Wang, Virginia Tech
13. The Mitigating Effects of Unemployment Insurance on Short-Run Mortality
With Isaac Swensen and Andrew Hill, Montana State University
14. School District Size, the Bargaining Power of Unions, and Student Achievement
With Ben Scafidi, Kennesaw State University
15. Marriage as an Economic Safety Net
With Jason Lindo, Georgia Tech and Isaac Swensen, Montanta State University