Publications and Working Papers

Does Getting Health Insurance Affect Women’s Fertility? Evidence From the United Mine Workers’ Health Insurance
with Theodore Figinski
American Economic Association Papers and Proceedings 2019

Modest, Secure and Informed: Successful Development in Conflict Zones
with Eli Berman, Joseph Felter, and Jacob Shapiro
American Economic Association Papers and Proceedings 2013

Health Insurance and Hospital Supply: Evidence from 1950s Coal Country
with Theodore Figinski

Can Fiscal Transfers Increase Local Revenue Collection? Evidence From The Philippines

Predation, Taxation, Investment, and Violence: Evidence From The Philippines
with Eli Berman, Joseph Felter, and Ethan Kapstein

Research in Progress

Integrating Isolated Communities: How Does First-Time Mobile Phone Access Affect Remote Communities in the Philippines?
with Joshua Blumenstock, Niall Keleher, and Arman Rezaee
Funding from the Development Impact Lab and the Gates Foundation

School Finance and Property Assessor Elections: Evidence from Expanded State-Level Oversight
with Alex Combs and John Foster

Economic Vulnerability in Rural America: Consumer Credit and the Coal Boom-Bust in the 2000s
with Brigitte Roth Tran

Long Run Impacts of Early Childhood Health Insurance on Earnings: Evidence from the United Mine Workers Health Programs in Appalachia
with Theodore Figinski

Photo: Exposed coal along roadway. Eastern Kentucky, April 2018.

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