Selected Publications
“Ethnic Attrition, Assimilation, and the Measured Health Outcomes of Mexican Americans” (with Francisca Antman and Stephen J. Trejo). Journal of Population Economics 33, March 2020, pp. 1499-1522.
“New Evidence of Generational Progress for Mexican Americans” (with Jeffrey Grogger, Ana Sofia Leon, and Stephen J. Trejo), NBER WP No. 24067, Labour Economics 62, January 2020, pp. 1-21.
“Weighing the Military Option: The Effects of Wartime Conditions on Investments in Human Capital” (with Hani Mansour and Bryson Rintala). IZA DP No. 10211, Economic Inquiry 47(1), 2019, pp. 264-282.
“It’s Just a Game: The Super Bowl and Low Birth Weight” (with Hani Mansour and Daniel I. Rees), Journal of Human Resources 52(4), fall 2017, pp. 946-978.
“The Complexity of Immigrant Generations: Implications for Assessing the Socioeconomic Integration of Hispanics and Asians” (with Stephen J. Trejo), Industrial and Labor Relations Review 70(5), October 2017, pp. 1146-1175.
“Ethnic Attrition and the Observed Health of Later-Generation Mexican Americans” (with Francisca Antman and Stephen J. Trejo). American Economic Review 106(5), May 2016 (papers and proceedings), pp. 467-471.
“Incentives to Identify: Racial Identity in the Age of Affirmative Action” (with Francisca Antman), Review of Economics and Statistics 97(3), July 2015, pp. 710-713.
“Economic Incentives and Foster Child Adoption” (with Laura Argys), Demography 50(3), June 2013, pp. 933-54.
“The Employment of Low-Skilled Immigrant Men in the United States” (with Stephen J. Trejo), American Economic Review 102(3), May 2012 (papers and proceedings), pp. 549-554.
"Intermarriage and the Intergenerational Transmission of Ethnic Identity and Human Capital for Mexican Americans" (with Steve Trejo), Journal of Labor Economics 29(2), April 2011, pp. 195-227.
"Ancestry versus Ethnicity: The Complexity and Selectivity of Mexican Identification in the United States" (with Steve Trejo), Research in Labor Economics 29, 2009, pp. 31-66.
"Secret Santa Reveals the Secret Side of Giving: Negative Externalities," Economic Inquiry 47(1), 2009, pp. 165-181.
"Economic Incentives and Foster Care Placement," (with Laura Argys), The Southern Economic Journal 74(1), 2007, pp. 114-142.
"Using Municipal Residency Requirement to Disguise Public Policy," Public Finance Review 33(1), January 2005, pp. 84-116.
"A Theory of Impact Philanthropy," Journal of Public Economics 88(9-10), August 2004, pp. 2159-2180.
"Pumpkin Pies and Public Goods: The Raffle Fundraising Strategy," Public Choice 111(1-2), April 2002, pp. 49-79.
"Modeling Charitable Contributions of Time and Money," Journal of Public Economics 72(2), May 1999, pp. 213-242.
