We examine the impact of US colleges and universities switching from an academic quarter calendar to a semester calendar on student outcomes. Using panel data on the near universe of four-year nonprofit institutions and leveraging quasi-experimental variation in calendars across institutions and...

We examine the impact of US colleges and universities switching from an academic quarter calendar to a semester calendar on student outcomes. Using panel data on the near universe of four-year nonprofit institutions and leveraging quasi-experimental variation in calendars across institutions and...

Digital distraction, or the myopic use of technology at the expense of longer-term utility, is of growing importance as technology with the potential to distract becomes ubiquitous. We examine the consequences of digital distraction among drives in California by examining the relationship...

Motivated by the current Medicaid eligibility expansion, this paper explores how privately insured hospital patients are affected by an increase in Medicaid patients. A theoretical model shows that an expansion in Medicaid eligibility will reduce the quantity of private patients a hospital...

We study the effects of Chinese import exposure in the US on self-reported health measures. We find that average mental, physical, and general health worsens in local labor markets exposed to greater import competition between 2000 and 2007. The effects are greatest for mental health. Moving a...