Publications
A Rising Tide Lifts All Homes? Housing Consumption Trends for Low-Income Households Since the 1980s Journal of Public Economics, 2024
SNAP and Food Expenditures: Evaluating California Cash-out Policy (with Katherine McElroy and Shogher Ohannessian) Contemporary Economic Policy, 2024
Local Public Housing Authorities' Housing Choice Voucher Policies can Affect SSI Participation (with Carly Urban) , National Tax Journal, 2023
Examining SNAP and TANF Caseload Trends, Responsiveness, and Policies During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Contemporary Economic Policy, 2023
( SNAP & TANF Pandemic Index Data )
Tax Incentives and Housing Decisions: Effects of the Tax Cut and Jobs Act (with Raissa Dantas) , Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2022
State Income Taxes and Team Performance, International Tax and Public Finance, 2021
Low-Income Homeownership and the Role of State Subsidies (with Stephanie Moulton and Matthew Record) , Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2021
TANF Effective Benefit Guarantees, Tax Rates, and Child-Only Penalties, 2000-2016 , National Tax Journal, 2020
Online Appendix
Exploring the Rise of Mortgage Borrowing Among Older Americans (with Michael Collins and Carly Urban) , Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2020
An Examination of the First-time Homebuyer Tax Credit, Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2018
Data
Working Papers
Is This Time Different? The Safety Net Response to the Pandemic Recession (with Robert Moffitt and Jim Ziliak) (R&R JHR)
Homeownership on the Rebound: Decomposing the Rise of Low-income Homeownership
HAMP, Home Attachment, and Mortgage Default
Works in Progress
Housing Market Outcomes and the Minneapolis 2040 Plan: A Synthetic Control Analysis
Determining the Distribution of Deductions, Credits, and Exemptions
Articles
Lower-income home shoppers in Twin Cities area saw fewer options, higher costs in 2024
Homeowner expenses outpaced inflation from 2021 to 2023
Unpacking supply and demand in rent trends since the Minneapolis 2040 plan
Roofs, repairs, and rodents: How housing quality has climbed in the Twin Cities
Homeownership among lowest-income households climbs near all-time high
How new apartments create opportunities for all