Forthcoming Publications

"The Mechanics of Individually- and Socially-Optimal Decisions during an Epidemic"
B E Journal of Macroeconomics

"Fertility Shocks and Equilibrium Marriage-Rate Dynamics"
with  John Knowles
International Economic Review

Journal Publications

"Comparative Advantage and Moonlighting"
with  Stéphane Auray and  David L. Fuller
European Economic Review, October 2021, Vol. 139, 103897, pp. 103897
Working Paper

"The Baby Boomer and the Productivity Slowdown"
European Economic Review, February 2021, Vol. 132, 103609

"Fertility Shocks and Equilibrium Marriage-Rate Dynamics"
International Economic Review, November 2019, Vol. 4, No. 60, pp. 1505-1537
https://doi.org/10.1111/iere.12395

"Explaining Cross-Cohort Differences in Life Cycle Earnings"
with  Yu-Chien Kong and B. Ravikumar
European Economic Review, August 2018, Vol. 107, pp. 157-184
Working Paper
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2018.06.005

"Family Economics Writ Large"
with  Jeremy Greenwood and  Nezih Guner
Journal of Economic Literature, December 2017, Vol. 55, No. 4, pp. 1346-1434
Working Paper
https://doi.org/10.1257/jel.20161287

"Measurement Without Theory, Once Again"
with  Jeremy Greenwood and  Ananth Seshadri
Journal of Demographic Economics, September 2015, Vol. 81, No. 3, pp. 317–329
https://doi.org/10.1017/dem.2015.9

"Explaining Educational Attainment Across Countries And Over Time"
with  Diego Restuccia
Review of Economic Dynamics, October 2014, Vol. 17, No. 4, pp. 824-841
http://doi.org/10.1016/j.red.2014.03.002

"Fertility and Wars: The Case of World War I in France"
American Economic Journal-Macroeconomics, April 2014, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 108-136
https://doi.org/10.1257/mac.6.2.108

"The Evolution of Education: A Macroeconomic Analysis"
with  Diego Restuccia
International Economic Review, August 2013, Vol. 54, No. 3, pp. 915-936
https://doi.org/10.1111/iere.12022

"A Century of Human Capital and Hours"
with  Diego Restuccia
Economic Inquiry, July 2013, Vol. 51, No. 3, pp. 1849-1866
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-7295.2012.00497.x

"A Quantitative Analysis of China's Structural Transformation"
with  Robert Dekle
Journal of Economic Dynamics & Control, January 2012, Vol. 36, No. 1, pp. 119-135
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jedc.2011.07.004

"Whither Chinese Growth? A Sectoral Growth Accounting Approach"
with  Robert Dekle
Review of Development Economics, August 2010, Vol. 14, No. 3, pp. 487-498
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9361.2010.00566.x

"Trends in Hours: The U.S. from 1900 to 1950"
Journal of Economic Dynamics & Control, January 2009, Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 237-249
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jedc.2008.06.004

"The American Frontier: Technology versus Immigration"
Review of Economic Dynamics, April 2008, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 283-301
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.red.2007.07.001

"The U.S. Westward Expansion"
International Economic Review, February 2008, Vol. 49, No. 1, pp. 81-110
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2354.2008.00474.x

"The Baby Boom and Baby Bust"
with  Jeremy Greenwood and  Ananth Seshadri
American Economic Review, March 2005, Vol. 95, No. 1, pp. 183-207
http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/0002828053828680