Refereed Academic Publications

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“The Labor Market Effects of Mexican Repatriations: Longitudinal Evidence from the 1930s”

• co-authored with JongKwan Lee and Giovanni Peri
• Journal of Public Economics (2022) 25, 104558
• latest version; NBER WP #26399, IZA DP #12689, IPL WP #19-08 (previously NBER WP #23885)
• replication package
• Selected media: The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Economist, Bloomberg, This American Life
• Main takeaway: A large-scale program of repatriating Mexicans and Mexican Americans during the Great Depression did not achieve its goal – more jobs for native workers.

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“The Role of Labor Market Institutions in the Impact of Immigration on Wages and Employment”

• co-authored with Mette Foged and Linea Hasager
• Scandinavian Journal of Economics (2022) 124(1), 164-213
• latest version; IPL WP #19-07, IZA DP #14158, CReAM DP #07/21
• replication package
• Main takeaway: Labor market institutions may reduce the wage inequality effect of immigration while weakening the associated economic benefits.

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“Does Halting Refugee Resettlement Reduce Crime? Evidence from the US Refugee Ban” (2020)

• co-authored with Daniel Masterson
• American Political Science Review (2021) 115(3), 1066-1073
• latest version; IZA DP #12551, IPL WP #18-03
• replication package; appendix
• Selected media: Bloomberg, The World Bank Blog
• Main takeaway: The refugee ban introduced by Trump in early 2017 did not lower local crime rates.

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“Association between Health Care Utilization and Immigration Enforcement Events in San Francisco”

• lead author; co-authored with J. Hainmueller, M. Hotard, D. Lawrence, L. Gottlieb, and J. Torres
• JAMA Network Open (2020) 3(11), e2025065-e2025065
• replication code; additional appendix; pre-analysis plan
• Selected media: Stanford IPL Policy Brief
• Main takeaway: Healthcare utilization among likely undocumented immigrants in San Francisco did not respond to local ICE raids or anti-immigration rhetoric and policies.

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“Public Health Insurance Expansion for Immigrant Children and Interstate Migration of Low-income Immigrants”

• lead author; co-authored with D. Lawrence, F. Mendoza, and J. Hainmueller
• JAMA Pediatrics (2020) Vol 174(1), pp22-28
• replication package
• Selected media: Vox, Reuters, Yahoo! News, Stanford News, Stanford IPL Policy Brief
  • Videos: Healthcare Triage
• Main takeaway: Public health insurance expansion for recent immigrants did not lead to an increased interstate in-migration among eligible foreign-born.

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“Standardizing the Fee-Waiver Application Increased Naturalization Rates of Low-Income Immigrants”

• lead author; co-authored with M. Hotard, D. Lawrence, J. Hainmueller, and D. Laitin
• PNAS Vol 116(34), pp16768-16772 (2019)
• latest version; IPL WP #19-06
• replication package
• Selected media: The Washington Post, Fortune Magazine, The Hill, Stanford IPL Policy Brief
• Main takeaway: Standardizing the fee waiver for citizenship applications raised naturalization rates among low-income immigrants.

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“Does Schedule Irregularity Affect Productivity? Evidence from Random Assignment into College Classes”

• co-authored with Lester Lusher and Phuc Luong
• Labour Economics Vol 60, pp115-128 (2019)
• latest version; IZA DP #11079
• replication package
• Main takeaway: More volatile school start schedules throughout the week do not lead to lower college test scores.

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“The Labor Market Effects of a Refugee Wave: Synthetic Control Method Meets the Mariel Boatlift”

• co-authored with Giovanni Peri
• Journal of Human Resources Vol 54(2), pp267-309 (2019)
• latest version; NBER WP #21801, IZA DP #10605
• replication package
• Selected media: The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, Vox, The Atlantic, Bloomberg (#1, #2), The Chicago Tribune, CBS News, Newsweek (#1, #2), Business Insider, Yahoo! Finance
  • Videos: WSJ Mariel Boatlift Recap, JHR Threads
• Main takeaway: The Mariel Boatlift of 1980 did not result in large, statistically detectable wage or employment changes among low-skilled Miamians.

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“Gender Performance Gaps: Quasi-Experimental Evidence on the Role of Gender Differences in Sleep Cycles”

• co-authored with Lester Lusher
• Economic Inquiry Vol 56(1), pp252-262 (2018)
• latest version; IZA DP #10012
• replication package
• Selected media: The Washington Post, The Independent
• Main takeaway: Girls benefit from earlier school start times relative to boys, partially contributing to the observed gender performance gap.

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“Double-Shift Schooling and Student Success: Quasi-experimental Evidence from Europe”

• co-authored with Lester Lusher
• Economics Letters Vol.139, pp36-39 (2016)
• latest version
• replication package
• Main takeaway: Students achieve slightly higher grades when taking classes in the morning compared to the afternoon.

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Other Publications

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“Immigration in Local US Economies was Associated with Strong Native Wage Growth for 40 Years”

• co-authored with Giovanni Peri
• Global Migration Center (UC Davis) 03/2020

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“New Evidence on Immigration and Jobs”

• co-authored with Giovanni Peri
• The Wall Street Journal, 01/2016

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Academic Working Papers

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NEW: “Does Access to Citizenship Confer Socioeconomic Returns? Evidence from a Randomized Control Design”

• co-authored with J. Hainmueller, E. Cascardi, M. Hotard, R. Koslowski, D. Lawrence, and D. Laitin
• latest version: IZA DP #16173, IPL WP #23-01
• pre-analysis plan #1, #2
• funded by Robin Hood and the The New York Community Trust
• Main takeaway: Access to citizenship among low-income green card holders did not lead to socioeconomic benefits.

“Identifying Opportunities to Improve the Network of Immigration Legal Services Providers”

• lead author; co-authored with D. Hausman, M. Hotard, D. Lawrence, A. Siegel, J. Wolff, D. Laitin, and J. Hainmueller
• latest version; IPL WP #20-07
• Main takeaway: We assemble and analyze the first comprehensive database of 2,138 geocoded immigration legal service providers in the US.

“Automated Chat Application Surveys Using WhatsApp”

• co-authored with J. Fei, J. Wolf, M. Hotard, H. Ingham, S. Khanna, D. Lawrence, B. Tesfaye, J. Weinstein, and J. Hainmueller
• latest version; IZA DP #15263; Stanford King Center WP #2015
• Main takeaway: WhatsApp offers an alternative to traditional data collection methods that minimizes costs and enables continued engagement, especially with mobile populations.

“Association between Parents’ Nativity Status and Influenza Vaccination Rates among Children”

• co-authored with M. Hotard, D. Lawrence, and J. Hainmueller
• latest version; IZA DP #14,746
• Main takeaway: Children with at least one immigrant parent are more likely to receive the influenza vaccine compared to their counterparts with native-born parents.

“Who Can Work from Home?”

• latest version; IZA DP #13197, IPL WP #20-05
• replication package
• Main takeaway: Lower-wage workers are up to three times less likely to be able to work from home.

“Immigrants and the US Wage Distribution”

• latest version: Upjohn Institute WP #20-320
• funded by the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research and the US 2050 Initiative of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation and Ford Foundation
• Main takeaway: Immigrants have heterogeneous wage effects across the US wage distribution.