Working Papers
Informed Choices: Gender Gaps in Career Advice
Joint with Yana Gallen
Review of Economic Studies, revise and resubmit
[pdf] [NBER video] [press: NPR Planet Money, WSJ, University of Chicago BFI, UCLA Anderson Review, UChicago News, Upjohn Institute Policy Brief]
Do Long Work Hours Constrain Women’s Fertility Choices?
Journal of Public Economics, revise and resubmit
[pdf]
Publications
The Effects of Gender Integration on Men: Evidence from the U.S. Military
Joint with Kyle Greenberg and Anna Weber
Quarterly Journal of Economics, forthcoming
[pdf] [publisher version] [press: The Dispatch]
The Summer Drop in Female Employment
Joint with Brendan Price
Review of Economics and Statistics, forthcoming
[pdf] [replication files] [NBER WP version] [press: Bloomberg, Yahoo Finance, Harvard Business Review, Marketwatch, UCLA Anderson Review, FRED Blog]
Global Evidence on Children’s Living Arrangements
Joint with Anne Ardila Brenøe
American Economic Association Papers & Proceedings, May 2025
[pdf]
Males at the Tails: How Socioeconomic Status Shapes the Gender Gap
Joint with David Autor, David Figlio, Krzysztof Karbownik, and Jeffrey Roth
Economic Journal, November 2023 [pdf] [NBER WP version] [press: New York Times, VoxEU]
Does Information Affect Homophily?
Joint with Yana Gallen
Journal of Public Economics, June 2023 [pdf] [press: WSJ, University of Chicago BFI, UCLA Anderson Review, VoxEU]
Hours Constraints, Occupational Choice, and Gender: Evidence from Medical Residents
Review of Economic Studies, May 2023
Winner, 2017 CESifo Distinguished Research Affiliate Award; Honorable Mention, 2016 Upjohn Institute Dissertation Award
[pdf] [online appendix] [press: New York Times, UCLA Anderson Review, Visible Hand Podcast, How the World Works Podcast]
Gender Differences in Politician Persistence
Review of Economics and Statistics, March 2023
[pdf] [press: Politico, Texas Observer, UCLA Anderson Review]
Do Male and Female Students Use Networks Differently?
Joint with Yana Gallen
American Economic Association Papers & Proceedings, May 2021
[pdf] [online appendix]
Up the Political Ladder: Gender Parity in the Effects of Electoral Defeats
American Economic Association Papers & Proceedings, May 2021
[pdf] [online appendix]
The Disparate Effects of Family Structure
The Future of Children, June 2020
[pdf] [Brookings event]
Family Disadvantage and the Gender Gap in Behavioral and Educational Outcomes
Joint with David Autor, David Figlio, Krzysztof Karbownik, and Jeffrey Roth
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, July 2019
[pdf] [online appendix] [NBER WP version] [press: Washington Post, New York Times]
School Quality and the Gender Gap in Educational Achievement
Joint with David Autor, David Figlio, Krzysztof Karbownik, and Jeffrey Roth
American Economic Review Papers & Proceedings, May 2016
[pdf] [press: Washington Post, VoxEU]
Wayward Sons: The Emerging Gender Gap in Labor Markets and Education
Joint with David Autor
Third Way Report, March 2013
[pdf] [press: New York Times, The Economist, Los Angeles Times]
Policy/Non-Technical Writing and Speaking
School’s Out: Summer Breaks Tied to Women Leaving Work
Joint with Brendan Price
SIEPR Policy Brief, July 2023 [link]
Gender Gaps in the Labor Market Widen Every Summer
Joint with Brendan Price
FEDS Notes, March 2023 [link]
Gendered Barriers in Higher Education
Harvard Radcliffe Institute Conference, April 2026 [link to video]