Publications
- “The Language of the Unheard: Legal Services and the 1960s Race Riots." Forthcoming. Review of Black Political Economy.
- “Financing the War on Drugs: The Impact of Law Enforcement Grants on Racial Disparities in Drug Arrests” w/ Robynn Cox. Forthcoming. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management.
- “Don’t Shoot! The Impact of Historical African American Protest on Police Killings of Civilians” w/ Rob Gillezeau. 2019. Journal of Quantitative Criminology.
- “A Ferguson Effect, the Drug Epidemic, Both, or Neither? Explaining the 2015 and 2016 U.S. Homicide Rises by Race and Ethnicity” w/ S. Gaston & R. Gillezeau. 2019. Homicide Studies.
- “The Effects of the Neighborhood Legal Services Program on Riots and Wealth of African Americans” w/ Rob Gillezeau. 2018. RSF: Journal of Social Sciences. 4(6), 144-157.
- “Racial Differences in Police Use of Force: Evidence from 1960s Civil Disturbances.” w/ Rob Gillezeau. 2018. American Economic Association Paper and Proceedings. 108: 217-21.
- “An Evaluation of the Federal Legal Services Program: Evidence from Crime Rates and Property Values.” 2016. Journal of Urban Economics 92: 76-90.
Working Papers
- "Family Structure and Welfare Participation in the 1960s: The Role of Legal Services" w/ Andrew Goodman-Bacon
- “The Impact of Access to Collective Bargaining Rights on Policing and Civilian Deaths” w/ Donna Feir & Rob Gillezeau
- “The Evolution of Civil Rights Enforcement and Economic Prosperity of Minorities” w/ Jose Joaquin Lopez
- “Does Race Matter? Implications from Court-ordered Police Hiring Quotas and Police Killings of Civilians” w/ Robynn Cox & Alberto Ortega
Research In Progress
- Un-Explaining the 40 Year Old Wage Differential: Race and Gender in the USA" w/ Karl Boulware
- Re-examination of Mayoral Elections Influence on Law Enforcement and Crime: Estimating the Elasticity of Police on Crime"
- “The Effect of Proposition 47 on Minority Labor Market Outcomes” w/ Robynn Cox