Research Areas
Labor economics; internet; technology; law and economics; applied microeconomics, gender
Current Projects
Subjective well-being and economic growth, sports participation and labor market outcomes, Internet job search and worker flows, the interaction of households and the labor market, gender issues and public policy
Representative Publications
“Beyond the Classroom: Using Title IX to Measure the Return to High School Sports.”
Review of Economics and Statistic (forthcoming).
(with Justin Wolfers)
“Happiness Inequality in the United States.” Journal of Legal Studies (forthcoming).
(with Justin Wolfers)
“Economic Growth and Happiness: Reassessing the Easterlin Paradox.” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (May 2008).
“Divorce-Law and Women’s Labor Supply.” Journal of Empirical Legal Studies (forthcoming).
“Title IX and the Evolution of High School Sports.” Contemporary Economic Policy 25(4), (October 2007).
“The Impact of Divorce Laws on Investment in Marriage Specific Capital.” Journal of Labor Economics 25(1): 75-94, (January 2007).
(with Justin Wolfers)
“Bargaining in the Shadow of the Law: Divorce Laws and Family Distress” Quarterly Journal of Economics 121 (1): 267-288, (February 2006).
“The Internet and Job Search”, in Labor Market Intermediation, David Autor, ed., University of Chicago Press, forthcoming.
Education
PhD, Harvard University, 2001; AM, Harvard University, 1999; BA, Wellesley College, 1993
Recent Consulting
Accessible technology demand analysis, Microsoft, 2002-2004
Academic Positions Held
Wharton: 2004-present
Other Positions
Forrester Research Senior Consultant, 2001-2004
