About

I'm an applied microeconomist specializing in causal inference, econometrics, and public policy. My research focuses on developing new tools to robustly estimate causal effects in non-experimental data, measure institutional quality in education and healthcare, and test for inequity in high-stakes decisions.

Featured Research

1. "Something Works" in U.S. Jails (QJE, 2025)

2. Race and the Mismeasure of School Quality (AER:I, 2024)

3. Nonrandom Exposure to Exogenous Shocks (ECMA, 2023)

4. Measuring Racial Discrimination in Bail Decisions (AER, 2022)

5. Mortality Effects and Choice Across Private Health Insurance Plans (QJE, 2021)

Research Updates

1. Optimal Formula Instruments - New Working Paper

2. Instrumental Variables in Randomized Trials - Just Published (NEJM:E)

3. Putting School Surveys to the Test - New Working Paper

4. Unwarranted Racial Disparity in U.S. Foster Care Placement - Revised Working Paper

5. Systemic Discrimination: Theory and Measurement - Just Accepted (QJE)

Contact

peter_hull@brown.edu

Robinson Hall 102C, Brown University