Research
ARTICLES
The Model T with Joshua Hausman and Paul Rhode - revision requested at The Journal of Economic History
Measurement of Socioeconomic Status in the Canadian Census, 1871-1901 with Nicholas Li and Janki Shah - requested at Historical Methods
The Impact of Cash Transfers to Poor Mothers on Family Structure and Maternal Well-Being with Anna Aizer, Sungwoo Cho, and Adriana Lleras-Muney - American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, April 2024.
Do Youth Employment Programs Work? Evidence from the New Deal with Anna Aizer, Nancy Early, Guido Imbens, Keyoung Lee, Adriana Lleras-Muney and Alexander Strand - accepted at The Quarterly Journal of Economics
The Transportation Revolution: The Car in the 1920s with Joshua Hausman and Paul Rhode, American Economics Review: Papers and Proceedings, May 2022.
The Enduring Effects of Racial Discrimination on Income and Health: Evidence from American Civil War Veterans with Trevon Logan and Boriana Miloucheva - The Journal of Economic Literature, September 2023.
Caloric Intake and Energy Expenditures in India with Nicholas Li, The World Bank Economic Review, July 2020.
Ideology and Migration After the American Civil War with Laura Salisbury and Allison Shertzer, The Journal of Economic History, September 2018.
Patronage Politics and the Development of the Welfare State: Evidence from Confederate Pensions in the American South with Laura Salisbury (2014, NBER Working Paper #20829) -The Journal of Economic History, December 2016.
The Long Run Impact of Cash Transfers to Poor Families with Anna Aizer, Joseph Ferrie and Adriana Lleras-Muney - American Economic Review, April 2016. Corrigendum.
Review of Unprotected Labor: Household Workers, Politics, and Middle-Class Reform in New York 1870-1940 by Vanessa May, The Journal of Economic History, September 2013: 888-890.
Income Effects on Health: Evidence from Union Army Pensions. The Journal of Economic History, June 2015.
Income Effects on Late-Life Health: Evidence from Union Army Pensions. The Journal of Economic History, June 2010. (Article Summary)
WORK IN PROGRESS
The Multigenerational Persistence of Welfare Receipt with Laura Salisbury
The Emergence of the Modern Welfare System: Evidence from the Mothers' Pension Program with Price Fishback, Niketana Kannan, Adriana Lleras-Muney and James Uguccioni
The Long Run Impact of Cash Transfers to Children: New Estimates using Larger Samples and New Methods with Anna Aizer, Sungwoo Cho, Joseph Ferrie and Adriana Lleras-Muney