Working Papers


Applied Econometrics 

A Practical Guide to Shift-Share IV. With Kirill Borusyak and Xavier Jaravel

Updated March 2024. Solicited, Journal of Economic Perspectives


Design-Based Estimation of Structural Parameters, with an Application to Demand. With Kirill Borusyak and Mauricio Caceres Bravo

In progress


Efficient Estimation with Non-Random Exposure to Exogenous Shocks. With Kirill Borusyak

Updated December 2021


Crime 

"Something Works" in U.S. Jails: Misconduct and Recidivism Effects of the IGNITE Program. With Marcella Alsan, Arkey Barnett, & Crystal Yang

Updated May 2024. Revise and resubmit, Quarterly Journal of Economics. Non-technical summary. Twitter thread


Discrimination

Systemic Discrimination: Theory and Measurement. With J. Aislinn Bohren & Alex Imas

Updated December 2023. Reject and resubmit, Quarterly Journal of Economics. Twitter thread


Unwarranted Racial Disparity in U.S. Foster Care Placement. With E. Jason Baron, Joseph J. Doyle, Jr., & Natalia Emanuel

Updated May 2024. Revise and resubmit, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management


What Marginal Outcome Tests Can Tell Us About Racially Biased Decision-Making 

Updated February 2021. Twitter thread 


Education

Putting School Surveys to the Test. With Joshua Angrist, Russell Legate-Yang, Parag Pathak, & Christopher Walters

Updated October 2024


Healthcare 

Intentions are Good; Instrumental Variables are Better. With Joshua Angrist, Carol Gao, & Robert Yeh 

Updated June 2024.  Revise and resubmit, NEJM Evidence


Geographic Variation in Healthcare Utilization: The Role of Physicians. With Ivan Badinski, Amy Finkelstein, & Matthew Gentzkow

Updated September 2023.  Revise and resubmit, Review of Economic Studies


Temporarily Resting

Estimating Hospital Quality with Quasi-Experimental Data

Updated January 2020.


Estimating Treatment Effects in Mover Designs

Updated April 2018.


IsoLATEing: Identifying Counterfactual-Specific Treatment Effects with Cross-Stratum Comparisons

Updated February 2018.