I study how local environments and institutional policies shape economic and social outcomes, using modern causal inference and computational methods.
Working papers
What Buyers See: Salience and the Hyperlocal Pricing of Crime
Working PaperHow do housing markets respond over space and time to localized crime shocks?
Homebuyers observe crime infrequently, recall it imperfectly, and often overweight unusually salient incidents. This paper studies how these behavioral frictions shape the spatial and temporal pattern of crime capitalization in housing prices.
Fields Urban Economics Behavioral Economics Housing Markets
Methods Spatial–Temporal Kernel Estimation Repeat-Sales Model
The Effects of Diversity Statements in Faculty Hiring
Working Paper This project examines how mandatory diversity statements in faculty job applications influence hiring and student outcomes. Using comprehensive text from JOE and APSA postings linked to institution–year–discipline hiring records, we classify DEI-related requirements and estimate their effects using staggered-adoption DiD estimators with entropy-balancing weights.
Fields Labor Economics Higher Education Personnel Economics
Methods Callaway and Sant'Anna Difference-in-Differences Entropy Balancing Text Classification
Monte Carlo Diagnostics for Agent-Based Models
Revise & ResubmitJournal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation
We develop a statistical framework for diagnosing parameter identifiability and uncertainty in stochastic agent-based models (ABMs). The approach combines Monte Carlo experiments with simulation-based confidence intervals, providing generalizable tools for calibration, validation, and sensitivity analysis in complex ABMs.
Fields Computational Economics Econometrics
Methods Agent-Based Models Monte Carlo Simulation Simulation-Based Inference
Work in progress
Food Swamps, Obesity, and Metabolic Risks
Work in ProgressDo dollar-store rollouts affect metabolic health outcomes?
This project examines how the expansion of dollar stores and low-nutrition retail environments contribute to obesity and metabolic health risks. Using store rollouts and quasi-experimental variation in food environments, I study how changes in access to calorie-dense, nutrient-poor options affect chronic disease outcomes.
Fields Health Economics Urban Economics Public Economics
Methods Event Studies / DiD
Publications
Comparing Human-Only, AI-Assisted, and AI-Led Teams on Assessing Research Reproducibility
PublishedProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Computational Social Science Research Methodology AI
Human-AI Collaboration Reproducibility Assessment