Publications

Extreme Weather Events, Mortality and Migration
(with Enrico Moretti), Review of Economics and Statistics, Forthcoming Paper

Estimating the Effect of Family Background on the Return to Schooling
Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, 25(3): 265-277, July 2007 Paper

The Economic Impacts of Climate Change: Evidence from Agricultural Output and Random Fluctuations in Weather
(with Michael Greenstone), American Economic Review, 97(1): 354-385, March 2007 Paper Appendix Data

The Long-Term Impact of Military Service on Health: Evidence from World War II and Korea Veterans
(with Kelly Bedard), American Economic Review 96(1): 176-194, March 2006 Paper Data

Sex Preferences, Marital Dissolution and the Economic Status of Women
(with Kelly Bedard), Journal of Human Resources 40: 411-434, Spring 2005 Paper

Do Unemployment Insurance Claimants Actively Seek Work? Evidence from Randomized Trial in Four U.S. States
(with Orley Ashenfelter and David Ashmore), Journal of Econometrics 125(1): 53-75, 2005 Paper

Submitted Working Papers

Climate Change, Mortality, and Adaptation: Evidence from Annual Fluctuations in Weather in the U.S.
(with Michael Greenstone)

Works in Progress

Climate Change and Mortality in India
(with Robin Burgess, David Donaldson, and Michael Greenstone)

The Impacts of Climate Change on Birth Weight and Long Run Earnings Capacity
(with Michael Greenstone)

Does Ozone Exposure Cause Substantial Losses in Life Expectancy?
Evidence from a Semi-Parametric and "Harvesting" Resistant Estimation Strategy
(with Michael Greenstone)

The Effect of Education on Mortality: Evidence from the Baby-Boom Generation
Copy of working paper available upon request

Unpublished Papers

Unobserved Ability, Comparative Advantage and the Rising Return to Education in the United States 1979-2002