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Ph.D., 2006 (Wisconsin)
Assistant Professor
Yale University
School of Public Health
Division of Health Policy
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HPA Fall 2009 Seminar Series
HPA Spring 2010 Seminar Series (tentative)

Areas of Interest:
Long term consequences of mental illness (ADHD, Depression)
Social/Peer Influences on Health and Education Outcomes
Combining Genetic and Social Science Research

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Research Papers

In Press
“Social Interactions and Smoking Decisions: An IV/FE approach."
Health Economics
--SSRN Version

"The Effects of Intimate Partner Violence on Health." Accepted
Social Science and Medicine

“Effects of Inclusion of Classmates with Emotional Problems on Test Scores in Early Elementary School.” Accepted
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
--SSRN Version

“Adolescent Depression and Educational Attainment: Evidence from Sibling Fixed Effects.”
Health Economics
--SSRN Version

“Race and Ethnic Differences in College Achievement: Does High School Attended Matter?” (with Marta Tienda)
ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science February 2010
--THEOP Version

“High School Classmates and College Success.” (with Marta Tienda )
Sociology of Education, October 2009

“Assessing the Effect of Increasing Housing Costs on Food Insecurity” (with Susan Busch and Tatiana Andreyeva) Accepted
Journal of Children and Poverty Vol. 15, No. 2, September 2009, 79-92


Publications
“Beauty vs. Brains: Early Labor Market Outcomes of High School Graduates”
Economics Letters 2009, 105( 3): 321-325
--Daily Mail (UK)

“Is Identification with School the Key Component in the ‘Black Box’ of Education Outcomes? Evidence from a Randomized Experiment.”
Economics of Education Review 2009, 28: 662–671

"The Effects of Adolescent Health on Educational Outcomes: Causal Evidence using ‘Genetic Lotteries’ between Siblings." (with Steven Lehrer)
Forum for Health Economics & Policy 2009 12 ( 2), Article 8
--2008 Victor F. Fuchs Research Award in Health Economics
--CLSRN Version

“Can Soft Drink Taxes Reduce Population Weight?” (with David Frisvold and Nathan Tefft) Accepted
Contemporary Economic Policy
--WP Version
--Forbes--MSN--USNEWS--AJC--Yale Daily News--

“Long Term Consequences of Childhood ADHD on Criminal Activities” (with Barbara Wolfe)
Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics 2009, 12 (3) : 119-138
--SSRN Version
--AJC--New Haven Register--Yale Daily News---

“Higher Education and Health Investment: Does More Schooling Affect Preventive Health Care Use?” (with David Frisvold)
Journal of Human Capital Summer 2009, 3(2)
--WP Version

“The Effects of Inclusion on Classmates of Students with Disabilities: The Case of Serious Emotional Problems.”
Education Finance and Policy Summer 2009, 4(3) 278–299
-- 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

“Childhood Mistreatment and Adolescent and Young Adult Depression.”
Social Science and Medicine 2009, 68: 799-806

“All in the Family: Mental Health Spillover Effects Between Working Spouses.” pdf
BE Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy 2009, 9 (1) (Contributions)
--SSRN Version

"The Impact of Occupation on Self-Rated Health." with Ralitza Gueorguieva, Jody Sindelar, Tracy Falba, Patricia Keenan, Ran Wu, and William Gallo
Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, 2009
--NBER 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: NYT Boston Globe Washington Post Science Freakonomics Blog Science News NYT Mag

“Adolescent Depression: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Educational Attainment.”
Health Economics 2008, 17: 1215-1235 (Lead Article)
--SSRN Version

“Is Obesity Contagious? Social Networks vs. Environmental Factors in the Obesity Epidemic.” (with Ethan Cohen-Cole)
Journal of Health Economics 2008, 27(5): 1382-1387
--SSRN Version
--Our Response to Fowler and Christakis (Version 1: September 1, 2008)

“Child Mental Health and Human Capital Accumulation: The Case of ADHD Revisited.” (with Barbara Wolfe)
Journal of Health Economics 2008, 27(3): 794-800
--NBER Version ----SSRN Version
--NIMH Story

“What Factors Influence the Structure of the State Income Tax?” (with Matthew Murray)
Public Finance Review, 2008, 36: 475-496

“Social Multipliers in Sexual Initiation Decisions among U.S. High School Students.”
Demography, May 2007 Vol 44 (2): 373-388

“Competition Over the Tax Base in the State Sales Tax.” (with Matthew Murray)
Public Finance Review, May 2006 Vol 34 (3), pp. 258-281

“Social Interactions in Adolescent Television Viewing.”
Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, April 2006 Vol 160, pp. 383-386

“Is There A ‘Singles Tax’? The Relative Income Tax Treatment of Single Households.” (with James Alm and Leslie Whittington)
Public Budgeting and Finance. Summer 2002

Revising for Resubmission
“Cumulative Effects of Job Characteristics on Health.” (with Jody Sindelar and Shintaro Yamaguichi) RR Health Economics October 2009 NBER SSRN
“The Effect of Classmate Characteristics on Individual Outcomes: Evidence from the Add Health.” (with Robert Bifulco and Stephen Ross) American Economic Journal: Economic Policy October 2009
“Peer Influences on Alcohol Consumption.” Journal of Health Economics September 2009
“The Impact of First Occupation on Health at Older Ages.” (with Jody Sindelar, Patricia Keenan, William Gallo, and Tracy Falba) BEJEAP February 2009

Under Review
"Social Networks and Health" (Invited Palgrave Chapter) November 2009
“Social Identity and College Enrollment.” November 2009
“‘Genetic Lotteries’ within Families.” (With Steven Lehrer) October 2009
"The Effects of Family Stressors on Substance Use Initiation in Adolescence." (with Jody Sindelar) October 2009
"Social Interaction in College Enrollment: Results Using An IV/FE Approach." RR Economics of Education Review September 2009
"Long Term Effects of Health Investments and Parental Favoritism: The Case of Breastfeeding." September 2009
“Peer Influences on College Choices: New Evidence from Texas.” September 2009
"The Long Term Effects of Asthma." (with Jeremy Green and Matthew Neidell) RR Journal of Health Economics September 2009
"The Effects of Soft Drink Taxation on Soft Drink Consumption and Weight for Children and Adolescents." (with David Frisvold and Nathan Tefft) September 2009 SSRN
"The Medium Run Educational Effects of Low Birth Weight." September 2009
"Reducing Childhood Obesity through Limiting Soft Drink Consumption: New Evidence and Future Directions." (with David Frisvold and Nathan Tefft) September 2009
“Long Term Effects of First Occupation on Health: Evidence from Siblings” August 2009
"Adolescent Depression and Labor Market Outcomes." August 2009
"The Effect of Smoking Cessation on Weight Gain: Evidence Using Workplace Smoking Restrictions." August 2009
“Early Occupation and Health: An IV Approach.” (with Jody Sindelar) August 2009 NBER
“Social Interactions and College Enrollment: Evidence from NELS.” July 2009
"Job Loss: Eat, Drink, and Try to be Merry?" (with Partha Deb, Bill Gallo, Padmaja Ayyagari, and Jody Sindelar) June 2009
"The Effects of Teenage Childbearing on the Health Behaviors of Young Mothers." May 2009

Working Papers (email me for latest version)
"Peer Effects in Obesity." (Invited Chapter) November 2009
"The Effects of Teenage Fatherhood on Early Outcomes" (with Barbara Wolfe) November 2009
"High School Hangover and Minority College Achievement" (with Marta Tienda) November 2009
"Sin Taxes: Do Heterogeneous Responses Undercut Their Value?" (with Padmaja Ayyagari, Partha Deb, Bill Gallo, and Jody Sindelar) June 2009
--The Economist Mention
"Tobacco Use, Taxation, and Self Control in Adolescence." (with Jody Sindelar and Partha Deb) June 2009
--The Economist Mention
“The ‘Bluest Eye’ and Pathways to Success: Eurocentric Standards of Beauty.” (with Arthur Goldsmith, Darrick Hamilton, and William Darity) October 2009
"Friendship Networks and Health Behaviors." (with Stephen Ross) October 2009
"The Effects of Academic Probation on College Success." (with Mansur Tokmouline) September 2009
"The Effect of the Texas 10% Rule on Applications, Admissions, Enrollment and Student Outcomes: Regression Discontinuity Evidence ." (with Adi Mayer) October 2009
“Does Attending a More Prestigious College Improve Health?”  (with David Frisvold) October 2009
"The Effects of Prenatal Smoking on Birth Outcomes: Evidence from Genetic Markers." (with George Wehby and Steven Lehrer) October 2009
"High School Course Content and College Choices." March 2009
"The Effects of School Vending Maching Bans on Soft Drink Consumption and Weight." (with David Frisvold and Nathan Tefft) January 2009
"Does Head Start Participation Influence Parent's Behaviors?" (with David Frisvold and Heather Royer) December 2008
“Accounting for Racial Disparities in Children’s Overweight Status at 2-Years-Old.” January 2008

Work in Progress
"The Effects of Childhood ADHD on Adult Labor Market Outcomes."
"Interdependent Durations in Unhealthy Behaviors." (with Ethan Cohen-Cole)
"Heteogeneous Treatment Effects of Smoking Cessation." (with Rusty Tchernis, Justin Tobias and Mingliang Li)
"The Effects of College on Wealth Accumulation." (with David Frisvold)
"Uncovering the Pathways Linking Local Economic Conditions, Occupation, and Health" (with Shintaro Yamaguchi)
"Intergenerational Effects of Violence." (with Anna Aizer)
"Intimate Partner Violence and Wages." (with Anna Aizer)
"Social Networks and Labor Outcomes." (with Adi Mayer)
"Health Spillovers between Siblings: Historical Evidence."
"Spousal Health Spillovers: Experimental Evidence."
"New Evidence of the Income Gradient in Childhood Health." (with Barbara Wolfe)
"Pregnancy Scares."
"Skin Shade and Latino Outcomes" (with Arthur Goldsmith, Darrick Hamilton, and William Darity)
"The Emergence of the Relationship between Height and Cognitive Outcomes."
"Early Stress and Later Addictive Behavior and Self Control." (with Jody Sindelar)
“Occupational Stress and Addiction: Evidence using the HRS.” (with Bill Gallo and Jody Sindelar)

Update: November 6, 2009