Professional Affiliations
Professor, Department of Economics, Columbia University
Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Former Member, President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers
Affiliated Professor, Norwegian School of Business and Economics
Editor, Journal of Labor Economics
Elected Executive Committee Member, American Economic Association
Advisory Board Member, Opportunity and Inclusive Growth Institute
Founding Member, Economists for Inclusive Prosperity
Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research
Research Fellow, Institution for the Study of Labor
Research Affiliate, Institute for Research on Poverty
Principal Investigator, Center for Research on Fairness, Inequality, and Rationality (FAIR)
Recent Work
Patterns and Determinants of Ability Tracking: Evidence from Texas Public Schools, NBER Working Paper #30370, August 2022. (Joint with Kate Antonovics, Julie Berry Cullen and Akiva Yonah Meiselman.) Online Appendix here.
The (Un)Importance of Inheritance, NBER Working Paper #29693, January 2022. Under revision for Journal of the European Economic Association. (Joint with Paul J. Devereux, Fanny Landaud, and Kjell G. Salvanes.)
Gender and Inheritances, AEA Papers and Proceedings, Volume 111, May 2022. (Joint with Paul J. Devereux, Fanny Landaud, and Kjell G. Salvanes.)
Where Does Wealth Come From? NBER Working Paper #28239, December 2020. Forthcoming, Journal of Economic Perspectives. (Joint with Paul J. Devereux, Fanny Landaud, and Kjell G. Salvanes.)
Taking It To the Limit: Effects of Increased Student Loan Availability on Attainment, Earnings, and Financial Well-Being, NBER Working Paper #27658, August 2020. Forthcoming, American Economic Review. (Joint with Jeffrey T. Denning, Lisa Dettling, Sarena Goodman, and Lesley Turner.) Online Appendix hereUn