Working Papers

How do cognitive skills shape fertility timing? I estimate a life-cycle model showing that contraception frictions, not just opportunity costs, drive the ability gradient in teen childbearing.

Parental altruism explains most of the college graduation gap between low-ability children with wealthy versus poor parents.

We estimate the U.S. federal fiscal imbalance at $202.9 trillion in perpetuity using Penn Wharton Budget Model microsimulations.