Can state and federal policies deter undocumented workers from entering the U.S.? In Working Paper 1604, PERC's Rex Grey Professor Mark Hoekstra, and Sandra Orozco-Aleman, address this timely and critical immigration policy ...

Recent years have witnessed the emergence of increasingly provocative anti-immigrant politicians in both Europe and the United States. The authors examine whether the 2016 election of Donald Trump, who made illegal immigration ...

There is little question as to the lack of racial diversity at selective U.S. universities. However, there is considerable debate regarding the benets of various policy options to increase diversity. Proponents of ...

My dissertation research spans several subfields of applied microeconomics, including public, health and urban economics. In particular, my dissertation is concerned with identifying the longrun effects of large, ...

There's a great deal of research on how classmates can affect test scores and discipline in school, but what about later in life? In Working Paper 1605, the authors look at the long-term impact of childhood peers, particularly ...

Despite strong demand for attending high schools with better peers, there is mixed evidence on whether doing so improves academic outcomes. The authors estimate the cognitive returns to high school quality using administrative ...

Although it is well known that childhood peers affect future outcomes, little is known about the effects of different neighborhood factors. In working paper 1909, PERC’s Rex Grey Professor Mark Hoekstra and coauthor ...

This dissertation analyzes the effects of three public policies using quasi-experimental methods. These policies include U.S. cell phone bans that prevent drivers from using cell phones while driving, U.S. castle doctrine ...

This dissertation analyzes the impact of three public policies. Each essay attempts to identify the effects of a specific public policy using different methods. The first studies the effect of low-cost intervention on tax ...

This dissertation introduces three essays on public economics with a focus on the developing country setting. The first two essays present evidence that the accountability generated by electoral institutions positively ...