Working Papers
Algorithmic Recommendations and Human Discretion
with Victoria Angelova and Crystal Yang
revise and resubmit at Review of Economic Studies
Building Non-Discriminatory Algorithms in Selected Data
with David Arnold and Peter Hull
revise and resubmit at American Economic Review: Insights
with Raj Chetty, Benjamin Goldman, Sonya Porter, and Crystal Yang
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Increasing the Demand for Workers with a Criminal Record
with Zoë Cullen and Mitchell Hoffman
Quarterly Journal of Economics, 138(1): 103-150, 2023.
See also: pre-publication version, online appendix
Measuring Racial Discrimination in Bail Decisions
with David Arnold and Peter Hull
American Economic Review, 112(9): 2992-3038, 2022.
See also: pre-publication version
Measuring Bias in Consumer Lending
with Andres Liberman, Daniel Paravisini, and Vikram Pathania
Review of Economic Studies, 88(6): 2799-2832, 2021.
See also: pre-publication version, online appendix
Bad Credit, No Problem? Credit and Labor Market Consequences of Bad Credit Reports
with Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham, Neale Mahoney, and Jae Song
Journal of Finance, 75(5): 2377-2419, 2020.
See also: pre-publication version, online appendix
Charter Schools and Labor Market Outcomes
with Roland Fryer
Journal of Labor Economics, 38(4): 915-957, 2020.
See also: pre-publication version, online appendix
with Jae Song
American Economic Review, 110(4): 984-1018, 2020.
See also: pre-publication version, online appendix
with Thomas Dee, Brian Jacob, and Jonah Rockoff
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 11(3): 382-423, 2019.
See also: pre-publication version, online appendix
with David Arnold and Crystal Yang
Quarterly Journal of Economics, 133(4): 1885-1932, 2018.
See also: pre-publication version, online appendix, correction appendix
with Jacob Goldin and Crystal Yang
American Economic Review, 108(2): 201-240, 2018.
See also: pre-publication version, online appendix
Consumer Bankruptcy and Financial Health
with Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham and Crystal Yang
Review of Economics and Statistics, 99(5): 853-869, 2017.
See also: pre-publication version, online appendix
The Medium-Term Impacts of High-Achieving Charter Schools
with Roland Fryer
Journal of Political Economy, 123(5): 985-1037, 2015.
See also: pre-publication version, online appendix
Debt Relief and Debtor Outcomes: Measuring the Effects of Consumer Bankruptcy Protection
with Jae Song
American Economic Review, 105(3): 1272-1311, 2015.
See also: pre-publication version, online appendix
The Impact of Voluntary Youth Service on Future Outcomes: Evidence from Teach For America
with Roland Fryer
The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, 15(3): 1031-1066, 2015.
See also: pre-publication version, online appendix
with Roland Fryer
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 6(3): 58-75, 2014.
See also: pre-publication version, online appendix
Getting Beneath the Veil of Effective Schools: Evidence From New York City
with Roland Fryer
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 5(4): 28-60, 2013.
See also: pre-publication version, online appendix
Information Asymmetries in Consumer Credit Markets: Evidence from Payday Lending
with Paige Marta Skiba
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 5(4): 256-258, 2013.
See also: pre-publication version, online appendix
with Roland Fryer
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 3(3): 158-187, 2011.
See also: pre-publication version
Other Publications
Algorithmic Recommendations When the Stakes are High: Evidence from Judicial Elections
with Victoria Angelova and Crystal Yang
American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings, 114: 633-637, 2024.
The Economic Costs of Pretrial Detention
with Crystal Yang
Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 2021.
The U.S. Pretrial System: Balancing Individual Rights and Public Interests
with Crystal Yang
Journal of Economic Perspectives, 35(4): 49-70, 2021.
Measuring Racial Discrimination in Algorithms
with David Arnold and Peter Hull
American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings, 111: 49-54, 2021.
Equal Protection Under Algorithms: A New Statistical and Legal Framework
with Crystal Yang
Michigan Law Review, 119(2): 291-396, 2020.
Proposals for Improving the U.S. Pretrial System
with Crystal Yang
The Hamilton Project, 2019.
Unpublished Manuscripts
The Intergenerational Effects of Parental Incarceration
with Hans Grönqvist, Susan Niknami, Mårten Palme, and Mikael Priks
Macroeconomic Effects of Debt Relief: Consumer Bankruptcy Protections in the Great Recession
with Adrien Auclert and Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham
Comment on Canay, Mogstad, and Mountjoy (2020)
with David Arnold and Crystal Yang
Teacher Characteristics and Student Achievement: Evidence from Teach For America