Current CV

Papers and Publications

Standardized Mortality Ratios and Canadian Health Care Funding (with John Dorland, Allan W. Gregory, and Mark Rosenberg), Canadian Public Policy, 1999, 25(1): 47-64.

Needs-Based Health Care Funding: Implications for Resource Distribution in Ontario (with John Dorland, Allan W. Gregory, and Joanne Roberts), Canadian Journal of Economics, 2000, 33(4).

Human Capital Versus Signaling Models: University Access and High School Drop-outs, Journal of Political Economy, 2001, 190(4): 749-775.

The Relative Earnings of Young Mexican, Black, and White Women (with Heather Antecol), Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2002, 56(1): 122-35.

Wage and Test Score Dispersion: Some International Evidence (with Chris Ferrall), Economics of Education Review, 2003, 22(1): 31-43.

School Quality and the Distribution of Male Earnings in Canada, Economics of Education Review, 2003, 22(4): 395-407.

The Racial Wage Gap: The Importance of Labor Force Attachment Differences Across Black, Mexican and White Men (with Heather Antecol), Journal of Human Resources, 2004, 39(2): 564-583.

The Location of Women’s Prisons and the Deterrence Effect of “Harder” Time (with Eric Helland), International Review of Law and Economics, 2004, 24(2):147-167

Sex Preferences, Marital Dissolution and the Economic Status of Women (with Olivier Deschenes), Journal of Human Resources, 2005, 40(2): 411-434.

Teenage Delinquency: The Role of Child Support Payments and Father's Visitation (with Heather Antecol) in The Law and Economics of Child Support Payments (edited by William S. Comanor).

Are Middle Schools More Effective? The Impact of School Structure on Student Outcomes (with Chau Do), Journal of Human Resources, 2005, 40(3): 660-682.

The Impact of Military Service on Long-Term Health: Evidence from World War II and Korean War Veterans (with Olivier Deschenes), American Economic Review, 2006, 96(1): 176-194.

Unhealthy Assimilation: Why Do Immigrants Converge to American Health Status Levels? (with Heather Antecol), Demography, 2006, 43(2): 337-360.

Does Single Parenthood Increase the Probability of Teenage Promiscuity, Drug Use and Crime? (with Heather Antecol), Forthcoming in the Journal of Population Economics.

The Persistence of Early Childhood Maturity: International Evidence of Long-Run Age Effects (with Elizabeth Dhuey), Forthcoming in the Quarterly Journal of Economics.

Where Class Size Really Matters: Class Size and Student Ratings of Instructor Effectiveness (with Peter Kuhn), Forthcoming in the Economics of Education Review.

Who Goes to Graduate/Professional School? The Importance of Economic Fluctuations, Undergraduate Field, and Ability (with Douglas Herman) Forthcoming in the Economics of Education Review.

The Male-Female Test Score Gap Across OECD Countries (with Insook Cho)

Is September Better than January? The Effect of Minimum School Entry Age Laws on Skill Accumulation (with Elizabeth Dhuey)