Research

Journal Articles

Affirmative action, college access, and major choice: Redistribution with strategic behavior (2025) 

Economics of Education Review 205 (April): 102622

The Enduring Pursuit of Public Science at US Land Grant Universities (2021), with Bradford L. Barham and Jeremy Foltz. 

PLOS ONE 16(11): e0259997

Earnings, Wages, and Poverty Outcomes of US Farm and Low-Skill Workers (2020), with Bradford L. Barham and Thomas Hertz. 

Applied Economic Perspectives & Policy 42: 307-334

Book chapters

Academic Engagement, Commercialization, and Scholarship: Empirical Evidence from Agricultural and Life Scientists at US Land Grant Universities  (2021), with Bradford L. Barham and Jeremy Foltz. 

In: Economics of Research and Innovation in Agriculture, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

Policy Briefs

Reducing Ethnic and Racial Inequalities in Education (2024), with Michael França, Mariana Andrade, and Filipi Nascimento. 

T20 Policy Brief, Task Force 01: Fighting Inequalities, Poverty, and Hunger.

Resisting the heat: temperature, achievement, and the mediating role of exam stakes, with Mizuhiro Suzuki -- R&R at Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists. Previously circulated as: "Temperature, Effort, and Achievement."

Affirmative action and demand for schooling: evidence from nationwide policies, with Ursula Mello and Alei Santos

Teacher-student racial concordance when race is fluid: evidence from Brazil, with Alysson Portella and Francisco Lagos

Temperature effects on exam performance and schooling: evidence from high-stakes exams in Tanzania, with Ashlyn Osendorf and Wayne Sandholtz

Mentorship networks and the early career outcomes of college-educated women, with Ursula Mello and Maria Oaquim  -- Pre-results, Conditionally Accepted at Journal of Development Economics.

Ordeal mechanisms and centralized assignment, with Guthrie Gray-Lobe and Matheus Proença

Higher education, outside options, and labor market returns, with Andre Cabral and Ursula Mello

How digital platforms provide individualized Learning Experiences in Mathematics across school settings, grades 1-5 (2024), with Anita Sundrani, Julia Turner, and Ofer Malamud.