Working Papers
The Prison Boom and the Lack of Black Progress After Smith and Welch
With Armin Rick
The Role of Policy in Prison Growth and Decline
With Armin Rick
Early Predictors of Racial Disparities in Criminal Justice Involvement
With Andrew Jordan and Ezra Karger
The Provision of Information and Incentives in School Assignment Mechanisms
With Joseph Root
Understanding Racial Disparities in Criminal Court Outcomes
With Shawn Bushway, Andrew Jordan, and Steven Raphael
Books and Reports
2022 NASEM Report: Reducing Racial Inequality in Crime and Justice
National Academies Press
2018 BOOK: Information, Incentives, and Education Policy, Harvard University Press
JEL Review
Selected Articles
Heterogeneous Impacts of Sentencing Decisions
With Andrew Jordan and Ezra Karger
Forthcoming in Journal of Labor Economics
Educator Incentives and Educational Triage in Rural Primary Schools
With Gilligan, Karachiwalla, Kasirye, and Lucas
Journal of Human Resources, 2022
Allocating Effort and Talent in Professional Labor Markets
With Gadi Barlevy
Journal of Labor Economics, 2019
The Prison Boom and Sentencing Policy
With Armin Rick
Journal of Legal Studies, 2016
For additional results, see NBERWP2014
Pay for Percentile
With Gadi Barlevy
American Economic Review, 2012
The Design of Performance Pay in Education
Handbook of Economics of Education, 2011
Left Behind By Design: Proficiency Counts and Test-Based
With Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach
Review of Economics and Statistics, 2010
Why Has Black-White Skill Convergence Stopped?
Handbook of Economics of Education, 2006
The Measured Black-White Wage Gap Among Women Is Too Small
Journal of Political Economy, 2004
The Complexity of Job Mobility Among Young Men
Journal of Labor Economics, 1999
The Effects of Catholic Secondary Schooling on Educational Achievement
Journal of Labor Economics, 1997
The Role of Pre-Market Factors in Black-White Wage Differences
With with William Johnson
Journal of Political Economy, 1996
Industry-Specific Human Capital
Journal of Labor Economics, 1995