Below you can find a sample of my publications and working papers spanning the fields of metascience, public/labor economics, and education. Please see my CV for a complete list of my work, including works in progress.
Metascience
"P-hacking for Popularity? Media Attention and Statistical Significance in Economics Working Papers" (with Brianna Funderburk and Sunmi Jung). Working paper. [pdf copy - February 2026]
"How Robust are Empirical Papers from the AER?" (with Abel Brodeur, Douglas Campbell, Anna Dreber, Magnus Johannesson, Joseph Kopecky, & Nikita Tsoy). Revise and resubmit at American Economic Review. [pdf copy - March 2026]
"Reproducibility and Robustness of Economics and Political Science Research" (with 348 coauthors). Nature, 2026. [pdf copy - March 2026]
“Clubs and Networks in Economics Reviewing” (with Scott Carrell and David Figlio). Journal of Political Economy, 2024. [pdf copy]
“Unpacking P-hacking and Publication Bias” (with Abel Brodeur, Scott Carrell, and David Figlio). American Economic Review, 2023. [pdf copy]
“Congestion on the Information Superhighway: Inefficiencies in Economics Working Papers” (with Wenni Yang and Scott Carrell). Journal of Public Economics, 2023. [pdf copy]
"P-hacking for Popularity? Media Attention and Statistical Significance in Economics Working Papers" (with Brianna Funderburk and Sunmi Jung). Working paper. [pdf copy - February 2026]
- Summary: Among NBER working papers, we estimate only small differences in the distribution of test statistics by whether the paper received media attention. This differs significantly from projections made by forecasters, who predicted positive associations.
"How Robust are Empirical Papers from the AER?" (with Abel Brodeur, Douglas Campbell, Anna Dreber, Magnus Johannesson, Joseph Kopecky, & Nikita Tsoy). Revise and resubmit at American Economic Review. [pdf copy - March 2026]
- Summary: We produce robustness reports for 17 AER publications, conduct a prediction survey to see if forecasters can predict robustness, and subject our reports to expert review to estimate robustness of published estimates at the AER.
"Reproducibility and Robustness of Economics and Political Science Research" (with 348 coauthors). Nature, 2026. [pdf copy - March 2026]
- Summary: 110 separate research teams reproduce original analyses and conduct robustness checks of 110 articles published in leading economics and political science journals. 72% of statistically significant estimates to remain significant in our robustness checks.
“Clubs and Networks in Economics Reviewing” (with Scott Carrell and David Figlio). Journal of Political Economy, 2024. [pdf copy]
- Summary: Authors who are better connected to referees and editors experience positive outcomes in the peer review process.
“Unpacking P-hacking and Publication Bias” (with Abel Brodeur, Scott Carrell, and David Figlio). American Economic Review, 2023. [pdf copy]
- Summary: The distribution of p-values changes through the peer review process: Editors “filter out” marginally significant estimates, whereas reviewers favor statistical significance. The overall effect of the peer review process is minimal, suggesting little concern about publication biases.
“Congestion on the Information Superhighway: Inefficiencies in Economics Working Papers” (with Wenni Yang and Scott Carrell). Journal of Public Economics, 2023. [pdf copy]
- Summary: When more NBER working papers are released together in the same week, they experience worsened outcomes (in viewership, media attention, and publication prospects).
Public/labor economics
"Praying for Prosperity: Religious Activity and the Lottery" (with Scott Carrell). Working paper. [currently revising]
"Unveiling the Unseen Illness: Public Health Warnings and Heat Strokes" (with Tim Ruberg). Accepted at Journal of Human Resources [pdf copy - December 2025]
"Dating Apps and Marriage Rates" (with Sunmi Jung). Economics Letters, 2026 [pdf copy]
“Slow Traffic, Fast Food: The Effect of Time Lost on Food Choice” (with Panka Bencsik and Rebecca Taylor). Journal of Urban Economics, 2025 [pdf copy]
"Does Automation Reduce Stigma? The Effect of Self-checkout Register Adoption on Purchasing Decisions" (with Rebecca Cardinali, Rebecca Taylor, and Sofia Villas-Boas). Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2025 [pdf copy]
“Unemployment Insurance as a Worker Indiscipline Device? Evidence from Scanner Data” (with Geoffrey Schnorr and Rebecca Taylor). American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2022 [pdf copy]
"Praying for Prosperity: Religious Activity and the Lottery" (with Scott Carrell). Working paper. [currently revising]
- Summary: Religious practice is strongly tied to the lottery.
"Unveiling the Unseen Illness: Public Health Warnings and Heat Strokes" (with Tim Ruberg). Accepted at Journal of Human Resources [pdf copy - December 2025]
- Summary: We comprehensively analyze the effects of the first heat-health warning system in Japan. We find increased hospital visits on heat alert days due to increased reporting of heat stroke.
"Dating Apps and Marriage Rates" (with Sunmi Jung). Economics Letters, 2026 [pdf copy]
- Summary: Using variation in Tinder penetration across metropolitan areas over time, we find no evidence that dating apps have shifted the trajectory of marriage rates in the US, with some evidence of increases in divorces.
“Slow Traffic, Fast Food: The Effect of Time Lost on Food Choice” (with Panka Bencsik and Rebecca Taylor). Journal of Urban Economics, 2025 [pdf copy]
- Summary: People are more likely to visit fast food restaurants on slow traffic days.
"Does Automation Reduce Stigma? The Effect of Self-checkout Register Adoption on Purchasing Decisions" (with Rebecca Cardinali, Rebecca Taylor, and Sofia Villas-Boas). Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2025 [pdf copy]
- Summary: We document changes in consumer behavior in purchasing stigmatized items (e.g. condoms) after the introduction of self-checkout registers.
“Unemployment Insurance as a Worker Indiscipline Device? Evidence from Scanner Data” (with Geoffrey Schnorr and Rebecca Taylor). American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2022 [pdf copy]
- Summary: Workers exert less effort at work when unemployment benefits increase in generosity.
Education
“From Distraction to Dedication: Commitment Against Phone Use in the Classroom” (with Billur Aksoy and Scott Carrell). Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2025 [pdf copy]
“The Effects of Exam Frames on Student Effort and Performance” (with Briana Ballis and Paco Martorell). Economics of Education Review, 2022 [pdf copy]
"Is Early Start a Better Start? Evaluating California State University's Early Start Remediation Policy" (with Michal Kurlaender and Matthew Case). Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2020 [pdf copy]
“Does Schedule Irregularity Affect Productivity? Evidence from Random Assignment into College Classes” (with Vasco Yasenov and Phuc Luong). Labour Economics, 2019 [pdf copy]
“TAs Like Me: Racial Interactions between Graduate Teaching Assistants and Undergraduates” (with Scott Carrell and Doug Campbell). Journal of Public Economics, 2018 [pdf copy]
“From Distraction to Dedication: Commitment Against Phone Use in the Classroom” (with Billur Aksoy and Scott Carrell). Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2025 [pdf copy]
- Summary: A field experiment with an app designed to reduce phone use in college classrooms mostly improved student outcomes.
“The Effects of Exam Frames on Student Effort and Performance” (with Briana Ballis and Paco Martorell). Economics of Education Review, 2022 [pdf copy]
- Summary: Loss framing on exam questions can induce students to exert more effort.
"Is Early Start a Better Start? Evaluating California State University's Early Start Remediation Policy" (with Michal Kurlaender and Matthew Case). Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2020 [pdf copy]
- Summary: California State University's Early Start program, which required incoming students needing remedial courses to take their courses in the summer, did not impact student performance or persistence.
“Does Schedule Irregularity Affect Productivity? Evidence from Random Assignment into College Classes” (with Vasco Yasenov and Phuc Luong). Labour Economics, 2019 [pdf copy]
- Summary: More volatile school start schedules throughout the week impacted sleep regularity, but did not lead to lower test scores.
“TAs Like Me: Racial Interactions between Graduate Teaching Assistants and Undergraduates” (with Scott Carrell and Doug Campbell). Journal of Public Economics, 2018 [pdf copy]
- Summary: College students experience positive outcomes when taking courses with same-ethnicity TAs.
