type="main" <title type="main">ABSTRACT</title> <p>Using the 1979 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth along with the child survey, we examine the relationship between urban sprawl of U.S. metro counties and the body mass index (BMI) of children who reside in these counties. We make a distinction between urban sprawl in a...</p>

We evaluate the impact of universal income on childhood obesity. While the goals of implementing universal income are many, its influence on childhood obesity is of particular interest given the growing obesity epidemic and its future threat to global public health. We use evidence from Alaska's...

One major criticism of universal basic income is that unconditional cash transfers discourage recipients from working. We estimate the causal effects of a universal cash transfer on short-run labor market activity by exploiting the timing and variation of a long-running unconditional and...

In this analysis, I use an accelerometer called SQORD to measure levels and patterns of physical activity in Alaska children. Specifically, I focus my attention on 23 elementary schools in the Anchorage School District where students between 3rd and 6th grade were provided the device. I find...