Research Publications

Peer-Reviewed

• “The socioeconomic returns to citizenship: A randomized controlled trial” (w/ J. Hainmueller, E. Cascardi, M. Hotard, R. Koslowski, D. Lawrence, and D. Laitin)
  • PNAS (2026) Vol 123(5); first version; replication package
  • Summary: A randomized trial of citizenship fee vouchers for New York’s low‑income, permanent residents reveals that citizenship does not improve economic or integration outcomes, except for reducing deportation fears.

• “The Labor Market Effects of Mexican Repatriations: Longitudinal Evidence from the 1930s” (w/ JongKwan Lee and Giovanni Peri)
  • Journal of Public Economics (2022) 25, 104558; latest version; replication package
  • Media: The Washington Post,The New York Times, The Economist, Bloomberg, This American Life, The Guardian, Forbes
  • Summary: A large-scale program of repatriating Mexicans and Mexican Americans during the Great Depression did not achieve its goal – more jobs for native workers.

• “The Role of Labor Market Institutions in the Impact of Immigration on Wages and Employment” (w/ Mette Foged and Linea Hasager)
  • Scandinavian Journal of Economics (2022) 124(1), 164-213; latest version; replication package
  • Summary: Labor market institutions may reduce the wage inequality effect of immigration while weakening the associated economic benefits.

• “Does Halting Refugee Resettlement Reduce Crime? Evidence from the US Refugee Ban” (2020) (w/ Daniel Masterson)
  • American Political Science Review (2021) 115(3), 1066-1073; latest version; replication package; appendix
  • Media: Bloomberg, The World Bank Blog
  • Summary: The refugee ban introduced by Trump in early 2017 did not lower local crime rates.
    

• “Association between Health Care Utilization and Immigration Enforcement Events in San Francisco” (w/ J. Hainmueller, M. Hotard, D. Lawrence, L. Gottlieb, and J. Torres)
  • JAMA Network Open (2020) 3(11), e2025065-e2025065; replication code; appendix; pre-analysis plan
  • Summary: Healthcare utilization among likely undocumented immigrants in San Francisco did not respond to local ICE raids or anti-immigration rhetoric and policies.

• “Public Health Insurance Expansion for Immigrant Children and Interstate Migration of Low-income Immigrants” (w/ D. Lawrence, F. Mendoza, and J. Hainmueller)
  • JAMA Pediatrics (2020) Vol 174(1), pp22-28.; replication package
  • Media: Vox, Reuters, Yahoo! News
  • Summary: Public health insurance expansion for recent immigrants did not lead to an increased interstate in-migration among eligible foreign-born.

• “Standardizing the Fee-Waiver Application Increased Naturalization Rates of Low-Income Immigrants” (w/ M. Hotard, D. Lawrence, J. Hainmueller, and D. Laitin)
  • PNAS Vol 116(34), pp16768-16772 (2019); latest version; replication package
  • Media: The Washington Post, Fortune
  • Summary: Standardizing the fee waiver for citizenship applications raised naturalization rates among low-income immigrants.

• “Does Schedule Irregularity Affect Productivity? Evidence from Random Assignment into College Classes” (w/ Lester Lusher and Phuc Luong)
  • Labour Economics Vol 60, pp115-128 (2019); latest version; replication package
  • Summary: More volatile school start schedules throughout the week do not lead to lower college test scores.

• “The Labor Market Effects of a Refugee Wave: Synthetic Control Method Meets the Mariel Boatlift” (w/ Giovanni Peri)
  • Journal of Human Resources
  • 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
  • Summary: The Mariel Boatlift of 1980 did not result in large, statistically detectable wage or employment changes among low-skilled Miamians.

• “Gender Performance Gaps: Quasi-Experimental Evidence on the Role of Gender Differences in Sleep Cycles” (w/ Lester Lusher)
  • Economic Inquiry Vol 56(1), pp252-262 (2018); latest version; replication package
  • Media: The Washington Post, The Independent
  • Summary: Girls benefit from earlier school start times relative to boys, partially contributing to the observed gender performance gap.

• “Double-Shift Schooling and Student Success: Quasi-experimental Evidence from Europe” (w/ Lester Lusher)
  • Economics Letters Vol.139, pp36-39 (2016); latest version; replication package
  • Summary: Students achieve slightly higher grades when taking classes in the morning compared to the afternoon.

• “Who Can Work from Home?’ (2020) [NOT PEER-REVIEWED]
  • IZA WP No. 13197; replication package.

Non-Academic

• “Immigration in Local US Economies was Associated with Strong Native Wage Growth for 40 Years” (w/ Giovanni Peri) Global Migration Center (UC Davis) 03/2020

• “New Evidence on Immigration and Jobs” (w/ Giovanni Peri) The Wall Street Journal, 01/2016