Published Papers

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• Faith and Philanthropy: Megachurch Scandals and Charitable Giving (2025). Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 238: 107139. Link to Paper 

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• The Asymmetric Gender Effects of High Flyers (with R. Fernàndez and E. Patacchini) (2022). Labour  Economics 79: 102287. Link to Paper

Media Coverage: MarketWatch, Research Minutes Podcast

(This Paper was previously released as NBER Working Paper No. 25763 under the title "Girls, Boys, and High Achievers." Link to NBER Paper)

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• Parents, Infants, and Voter Turnout: Evidence from the United States (2022). Quarterly Journal of Political Science 17(1): 91-119. Link to Paper, Working Paper Version

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• The Brother Earnings Penalty (with E. Patacchini) (2019). Labour Economics 58: 37-51. Link to Paper

        Media Coverage: The Independent

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Book Chapters

 

• Peer Effects in Education (with E. Patacchini) (2021). The Routledge Handbook of the Economics of Education, pp. 253-275. Link to Chapter

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Working Papers 

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• Birth order in the very long-run: Estimating first-born premiums between 1850 and 1940 (with J. Grooms, K. Karbownik, J. Price, S. O’Keefe, and A. Wray). NBER Working Paper No. 32407. Link to Paper

       Media Coverage: Marketplace​

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• Resilience of Faith: The Effect of Religious Regulations during and after the Covid-19 Pandemic (with C. Esparza and J. Park). Revisions Requested at Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion.

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• The Pulpit and the Polls: The Electoral Impact of Religious Participation  (with J. Moreno-Medina and S. Sheng) Link to Paper

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