Working Papers

Working papers (with drafts) and works in progress (without drafts) are below.

Difference-in-Differences Designs: A Practitioner’s Guide

with with Andrew Baker, Brantly Callaway, Scott Cunningham, and Pedro Sant'Anna. 

link | Resubmitted to the Journal of Economic Literature, March 2025

A forward engineering approach to difference-in-differences designs.

How Do Low-Income Households Respond to Basic Income? Experimental Evidence from Minneapolis

with Vanessa Palmer

link | pre-analysis plan | study materials | December 2024. 

Low-income households in Minneapolis randomly selected to receive $500 per month for two years report more stable finances and consumption, better psychological well-being, and they do not change their labor supply.

Difference-in-Differences with a Continuous Treatment

with Brantly Callaway and Pedro Sant'Anna

arXiv | January 2024. Revise and Resubmit, American Economic Review (June 2024)

To identify the causal effect of small changes in the "dose", DiD with a continuous treatment requires stronger assumption than just traditional parallel trends.

Works in Progress

The Impact of Medicare's Introduction on Life Expectancy

with with Adriana Lleras-Muney, Joe Price, and Dahai Yue

Did the introduction of Medicare in 1966 extend the lifespans of elderly Americans?

The Role Of Bureaucracies In Welfare Programs: Evidence From Flows Data

with with Honey Batra

Can data on welfare applications, acceptances, and exits show that welfare office discretion is a meaningful force shaping participation trends?

Who Benefits from Federal Welfare Spending? Evidence from the Introduction of Progressive Cost Sharing

with with Matt Pesner

How did a policy that subsidized welfare benefits more in poor states affect generosity?

The Introduction of Disability Welfare Benefits and the Size of the Safety Net

with with Dan Fetter and Lucie Schmidt

Did the introduction of a welfare program for adults with disabilities raise their welfare income?