Published Papers

The Intergenerational Transmission of Employers and the Earnings of Young Workers

2026, Working Paper. (Accepted at the Review of Economics and Statistics)

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Job Displacement and Earnings Losses: The Role of Joblessness

with Bruce Fallick, John Haltiwanger, and Erika McEntarfer, 2025, American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics.

Cyclical Worker Flows:  Cleansing vs. Sullying

with John Haltiwanger, Henry Hyatt, and Erika McEntarfer, 2025, Review of Economic Dynamics.

Female Executives and the Motherhood Penalty

with Seth Murray and Danielle Sandler, 2025, Journal of Human Resources.

The Children of HOPE VI Demolitions: National Evidence on Labor Market Outcomes

with John Haltiwanger, Mark Kutzbach, Giordano Palloni, Henry Pollakowski, and Daniel Weinberg, 2024, Journal of Public Economics.

Media coverage: The NBER Digest

Working Papers

Creating High-Opportunity Neighborhoods: Evidence from the HOPE VI Program

with Raj Chetty, Rebecca Diamond, Thomas B. Foster, Lawrence Katz, Sonya R. Porter, and Laura Tach, 2026, NBER Working Paper No. 34720. (R&R at the American Economic Review)

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Neighborhood Revitalization and Residential Sorting

with Giordano Palloni and John Voorheis, 2024, Working Paper. (R&R at the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy)

When Children Rule: Parenting in Modern Families

with Sebastian Galiani and Gustavo Torrens, 2017, NBER Working Paper No. 23087.

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