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Selected Publications

“Genetic Lotteries within Families.” (With Steven Lehrer)
Journal of Health Economics 2011, 30(4): 647-659
-NBER
-BigThink Article,

“The Effect of Classmate Characteristics on Post-Secondary Outcomes: Evidence from the Add Health.” (with Robert Bifulco and Stephen Ross)
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy February 2011 3(1): 25–53
--SSRN

"The Effects of Soft Drink Taxation on Soft Drink Consumption and Weight for Children and Adolescents." (with David Frisvold and Nathan Tefft)
Journal of Public Economics 2010, 94 (11-12): 967-974
--SSRN
--Time Coverage

“Spillover effects of inclusion of classmates with emotional problems on test scores in early elementary school”
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 2010, 29(1): 69-83
--SSRN Version

"Education and Labor Market Consequences of Teenage Childbearing: Evidence Using the Timing of Pregnancy Outcomes and Community Fixed Effects" (with Barbara Wolfe)
Journal of Human Resources Spring 2009, 44: 303-325
--SSRN Version

“Detecting Implausible Social Network Effects in Acne, Height, and Headaches: Longitudinal Analysis.” (with Ethan Cohen-Cole)
British Medical Journal 2008, 337: a2533
--SSRN Version
--Media: NYTBoston GlobeWashington PostScienceFreakonomics BlogScience NewsNYT MagSlate

“Is Obesity Contagious? Social Networks vs. Environmental Factors in the Obesity Epidemic.” (with EthanCohen-Cole)
Journal of Health Economics 2008, 27(5): 1382-1387
--SSRN Version
--Chattanooga
--Our Response to Fowler and Christakis (Version 1: September 1, 2008)
--Russell Lyons' paper link (April 2010)