Does a Spoonful of Sugar Levy Help the Calories Go Down? An Analysis of the UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy (with Alex Dickson and Jonathan Kemp) (forthcoming: Review of Economics and Statistics)
Media Coverage & Publicly Accessible Versions: : IZA Newsroom, LSE Blog, F.A.S
“Rurality, socio-economic disadvantage and educational mobility: a Scottish case study.” (with Daniel Borbely, Stuart McIntyre, Graeme Roy, and Gennaro Rossi) (forthcoming: British Educational Research Journal)
Early Years Multi-grade Classes and Pupil Attainment (with Daniel Borbely, Stuart McIntyre, Gennaro Rossi, and Graeme Roy) Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics. 2023 Vol 85, Issue 6: 1295-1319
Media Coverage & Publicly Accessible Versions: TES, SCADR Data Insights, FAI-Blog, Nuffield Foundation, BBC Scotland
Jobs, Crime, and Votes: A Short-run Evaluation of the Refugee Crisis in Germany (with Martin Ungerer) Economica. 2022 Vol 89, Issue 355: 592 – 626
The Effect of Changes in Alcohol Tax Differentials on Alcohol Consumption (with Michael Grossman and Henry Saffer) Journal of Public Economics. 2021 Vol 204: 104520
Drink, Death, and Driving: Do BAC Limit Reductions Increase Road Safety? (with Benjamin Cooper and Stuart G. McIntyre) Health Economics. 2020 Vol 29(7): 841-847
Speeding, Punishment, and Recidivism: Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design
Journal of Law and Economics. 2017 Vol 60(3): 497-528
Low Emission Zones, Air Pollution, and Infant Health
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. 2017 Vol 83: 121-144.
Obesity and the Labor Market: A Fresh Look at the Weight Penalty (with Marco Caliendo)
Economics & Human Biology. 2016 Vol 23: 209–225
The Effect of Post-and-Hold Laws on Alcohol Consumption (with Henry Saffer) International Review of Law and Economics. 2016 Vol 45: 63-71
Looks and Labor – Do Attractive People Work More? LABOUR: Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations. 2014 Vol. 28(3): 269-287
Work in Progress:
“The Effect of Compulsory Schooling on Health and Hospitalizations Over the Lifecycle” (with Morgan Williams Jr.) (under review)
“The Effects of Alcohol Excise Tax Increases by Drinking Level and by Income Level.” (with Henry Saffer and Michael Grossman) (revise and resubmit: National Tax Journal)
“Does the Provision of Universal Free School Meals Improve School Attendance and Behaviour?” (with Daniel Borbely, Stuart McIntyre, and Gennaro Rossi) (revise and resubmit: Economics of Education Review)
“Permanent School Closures and Crime: Evidence from Scotland” (with Daniel Borbely, Stuart McIntyre, and Gennaro Rossi) (under review)