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Nonlinear Policy Rules and the Identification and Estimation of Causal Effects in a Generalized Regression Kink Design, with David Card, Zhuan Pei, and Andrea Weber, NBER Working Paper #18564. Previous version: Quasi-Experimental Identification and Estimation in the Regression Kink Design, with David Card and Zhuan Pei, Industrial Relations Section Working Paper #553.

Optimal Minimum Wage Policy in Competitive Labor Markets, with Emmanuel Saez, in Journal of Public Economics, 96(2012) 739-749. Previous version: Optimal Minimum Wage Policy in Competitive Labor Markets, NBER Working Paper #14320.

Long-run Impacts of Unions on Firms: New Evidence from Financial Markets, 1961-1999, with Alexandre Mas, in Quarterly Journal of Economics, 127(1), 333-378. Online Appendix. Previous version: NBER Working Paper #14709.

Program Evaluation and Research Designs (From Science Direct), with John DiNardo, in Handbook of Labor Economics, Vol. 4A, Previous version: NBER Working Paper #16016.

Regression Discontinuity Designs in Economics, with Thomas Lemieux, in Journal of Economic Literature, 48(2) 281-355. Working paper version: Regression Discontinuity Designs in Economics NBER Working Paper #14723.

The Deterrence Effect of Prison: Dynamic Theory and Evidence , with Justin McCrary, Industrial Relations Section Working Paper #550. Previous version: Crime, Punishment, and Myopia, NBER Working Paper #11491.

Training, Wages, and Sample Selection: Estimating Sharp Bounds on Treatment Effects, in Review of Economic Studies, 76(3) 1071-1102. Previous versions: February 2008 , NBER Working Paper #11721 , Trimming for Bounds on Treatment Effects with Missing Outcomes, NBER Technical Working Paper #277, Center for Labor Economics Working Paper #51 .

Bayesian Learning and the Pricing of New Information: Evidence from Prediction Markets, with Enrico Moretti, in AEA Papers and Proceedings , 99(2) 330-342.

Regression Discontinuity Inference with Specification Error, with David Card, in Journal of Econometrics, 142(2) 655-674. Working paper version: Regression Discontinuity Inference with Specification Error, NBER Technical Working Paper #322. Previous version: Center for Labor Economics Working Paper #74.

Randomized Experiments from Non-random Selection in U.S. House Elections, in Journal of Econometrics, 142(2) 675-697. Supplemental Mathematical Appendix Previous version: The Electoral Advantage to Incumbency and Voters' Valuation of Politicians' Experience: A Regression Discontinuity Analysis of Elections to the U.S. House, NBER Working Paper #8441.
          • Received Journal of Econometrics Aigner Award for 2007-2008.

The Costs of Low Birth Weight, with Douglas Almond and Kenneth Y. Chay, in Quarterly Journal of Economics, 120(3), 1031-1083. Working paper version: The Costs of Low Birth Weight, NBER Working Paper #10552.

Economic Impacts of New Unionization on Private Sector Employers: 1984-2001, with John DiNardo, in Quarterly Journal of Economics, 119(4), 1383-1441. Working paper version: Economic Impacts of Unionization on Private Sector Employers: 1984-2001, NBER Working Paper #10598.

Do Voters Affect or Elect Policies? Evidence from the U.S. House, with Enrico Moretti and Matthew J. Butler, in Quarterly Journal of Economics, 119(3), 807-859. Working paper version: Credibility and Policy Convergence: Evidence from U.S. Roll Call Voting Records, NBER Working Paper #9315.

Changes in Relative Wages in the 1980s: Returns to Observed and Unobserved Skills and Black-White Wage Differentials, with Kenneth Y. Chay, Journal of Econometrics, 99(1), 1-38.

Wage Inequality in the United States During the 1980s: Rising Dispersion or Falling Minimum Wage? in Quarterly Journal of Economics, 114(3), 977-1023.