Automated Linking of Historical Data. Joint with Ran Abramitzky, Leah Boustan, Katherine Eriksson, and Santiago Perez. Journal of Economic Literature, Accepted.
The Return to Education in the Mid-20th Century: Evidence from Twins. 2020. Joint with Huiren Tan. Journal of Economic History, Forthcoming.
Regional and Racial Inequality in Infectious Disease Mortality in U.S. Cities, 1900–1948. 2019. Joint with Christopher Muller and Elizabeth Wrigley-Field. Demography 56(4):1371-1388.
Multiple Measures of Historical Intergenerational Mobility: Iowa 1915 to 1940. 2018. Economic Journal 128(612):F446-F481.
Tenancy, Marriage, and the Boll Weevil Infestation, 1892-1930. 2017. Joint with Deirdre Bloome and Christopher Muller. Demography 54(3):1029-1049.
Racial inequality in the annual risk of Tuberculosis infection in the United States, 1910-1933. 2017. Joint with Jon Zelner and Christopher Muller. Epidemiology and Infection 145(9):1797-1840.
The Majority-Party Disadvantage: Revising Theories of Legislative Organization. 2017. Joint with Alexander Fouirnaies and Andrew B. Hall. Quarterly Journal of Political Science 12(3):269-300.
Lead Exposure and Violent Crime in the Early Twentieth Century. 2016. Joint with Christopher Muller. Explorations in Economic History 62:51-86.
How Legislators Respond To Localized Economic Shocks. 2015. Joint with Andrew B. Hall. Journal of Politics 77(4):1012-1030.
The Vicious Cycle: Fundraising and Perceived Viability in US Presidential Primaries. 2013. Joint with Cameron A. Shelton. Quarterly Journal of Political Science 8(1):1-40.
Capital Destruction and Economic Growth: The Effects of Sherman’s March, 1850-1920. Joint with James Lee and Filippo Mezzanotti. Revise and Resubmit, AEJ: Applied Economics.
Intergenerational Mobility during the Great Depression
Automated Census Record Linking: A Machine Learning Approach
From the Bargaining Table to the Ballot Box: Political Effects of Right to Work Laws. Joint with Alexander Hertel-Fernandez and Vanessa Williamson.
Who Becomes a Member of Congress? Evidence From De-Anonymized Census Data. Joint with Daniel M. Thompson, Andrew B. Hall, and Jesse Yoder.
Automation and the Fate of Young Workers: Evidence from Telephone Operation in the Early 20th Century. Joint with Daniel Gross.
‘Descended from Immigrants and Revolutionists’: How Family Immigration History Shapes Representation in Congress. Joint with Maxwell Palmer and Benjamin Schneer.
When Coercive Economies Fail: The Political Economy of the US South After the Boll Weevil. Joint with Soumyajit Mazumder and Cory Smith.
How the Other Half Died: Immigration and Mortality in US Cities. Joint with Philipp Ager, Casper Worm Hansen, Huiren Tan.
Long-Term Causes of Partisanship: Evidence from Linked Census and Voterfile Data. Joint with Jacob Brown, Ryan Enos, and Soumyajit Mazumder.
Women’s Suffrage and Intergenerational Mobility
Information and Investment: Impacts of the Introduction of Rural Free Delivery. Joint with Martin Rotemberg.
How High-Income Neighborhoods Receive More Service from Municipal Government: Evidence from City Administrative Data. Joint with Andrew B. Hall.