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Working Papers

Revising for Resubmission
"Interactive Effects of in Utero Nutrition and Genetic Inheritance on Cognition: New Evidence Using Sibling Comparisons" (with Justin Cook) RR Economics and Human Biology May 2013
"Tobacco Use, Taxation, and Self Control in Adolescence." (with Jody Sindelar and Partha Deb) 2nd RR Southern Economic Journal April 2013
--NBER
--The Economist Mention
"The Effects of Academic Probation on College Success." (with Mansur Tokmouline) RR Empirical Economics July 2012

Under Review
"Learning from Teen Childbearing Experiences of Close Friends: Evidence Using Miscarriages as a Natural Experiment." (with Olga Yakusheva) RR Review of Economics and Statistics May 2013
"A Simple Tool to Identify Patients at Increased Risk of Re-hospitalization." (with Olga Yakusheva,Leora Horwitz, Heather Sipsma, and Betsy Bradley) 2nd RRMedical Care May 2013
"New Evidence of the Effects of Education on Health in the US:  Compulsory Schooling Laws Revisited" May 2013
"Hierarchical Influences on the Diffusion of Health and Delinquency Behaviors in Adolescent Social Networks" (with Olga Yakusheva) April 2013
"Benefits from University Level Diversity?" (with Barbara Wolfe) April 2013
--Discussion Paper, NBER
--Daily Californian, Economist,
"Friends or Family?  Revisiting the Effects of High School Popularity on Adult Earnings" March 2013
"The Effects of Alcohol Access and Use on Risky Behaviors:  Regression Discontinuity Evidence." March 2013
"Peer Effects in Teenage Pregnancy" (with Olga Yakusheva) RR Health Economic March 2013
"The Effects of Adolescent and Maternal Health on Political Socialization and Youth Voter Turnout." (with Julianna Pacheco) March 2013
"The Importance of Family Income in the Formation and Evolution of Non-Cognitive Skills in Childhood." (with Barbara Wolfe) March 2013
"Dynamic Effects of Sibling Death on Children's Outcomes." (with Marian Vidal-Fernandez and Barbara Wolfe) March 2013
"The Effect of Smoking Cessation on Weight Gain: Evidence Using Workplace Smoking Restrictions." February 2013
"Peer Effects in Health Behaviors." (Encyclopedia of Health Economics: Edited by Anthony Culyer) February 2013
"Enhancing the Gene-Environment Interaction Framework Through A Quasi-Experimental Research Design:  Evidence from differential responses to September 11th."January 2013
"Social Interaction in College Enrollment: Results Using An IV/FE Approach." January 2013
"Non-Linear Effects of Soda Taxes on Consumption and Weight Outcomes." (with David Frisvold and Nathan Tefft) January 2013


Working Papers (email me for latest version)
"Long Term Mortality Effects of the 1918 Flu." May 2013
"Estimating the Effects of Friendship Networks on Health Behaviors of Adolescents." (with Stephen Ross) May 2012
--NBER
"Understanding Heterogeneity in the Effects of Birth Weight on Adult Outcomes" (with Justin Cook) May 2013
"The Determinants and Consequences of Friendship Composition." (with Stephen Ross and Yuxiu Zhang) April 2013
"Am I My Brother’s Keeper? Sibling Spillover Effects for Developmental Disabilities and Externalizing Behavior." (With Nicole Hair and Barbara Wolfe) April 2013
--NBER
"Religion and Health Behaviors." (with Sanjeev Kumar) March 2013
"Do Classmate Effects Fade Out?" (with Robert Bifulco, Sun Jung Oh, and Stephen Ross) December 2012
-- NBER
"The Summer Drug Holiday: Medical Adaptation to Academic Pressure & Psychiatric Financial Incentives." (with Marissa King and Jen Jennings) February 2013
"Adults Behaving Badly: The Effects of Own and Peer Parents’ Incarceration on Adolescent Criminal Activities" February 2013
"Tracing the Effects of Poor Health at Birth through Kindergarten Entry on Health and Development:  Evidence using Twins" November 2011
"Genetic Modulation of the Effects of Tobacco Taxes on Use." October 2011
“The Effects of Early Occupation on Health.” (with Jody Sindelar)August 2011
-- NBER Version

Completed Papers
"The ‘Bluest Eye’ and Pathways to Success: Eurocentric Standards of Beauty.” (with Arthur Goldsmith, Darrick Hamilton and William Darity) February 2012
"High School Course Content and College Choices." February 2010
"Achievement Effects of the Inclusion of Students with Special Needs: Evidence from North Carolina." February 2010
“The Impact of First Occupation on Health at Older Ages.” (with Jody Sindelar, Patricia Keenan, William Gallo, and Tracy Falba)February 2009
"Uncovering the Pathways Linking Local Economic Conditions, Occupation, and Health" (with Shintaro Yamaguchi) November 2010


Update: May 17, 2013