Current Research

Working Papers:

“Gender Diversity in Academic Entrepreneurship: Social Impact Motives and the NSF I-Corps Program” (with April Burrage and Nilanjana Dasgupta), Revise and Resubmit, Research Policy.

“Return on Returns: Building Scientific Capacity in AIDS Endemic Countries” (with Caroline Fry)

Economic Shocks and Skill Acquisition: Evidence from a National Online Learning Platform at the Onset of COVID-19 (with Jamal I. Haidar, Asim Ijaz Khwaja, Samuel W. Stemper & Basit Zafar)

“Information and Social Norms: Experimental Evidence on the Labor Market Aspirations of Saudi Women” (with Monira Essa Aloud, Sara Al-Rashood, and Basit Zafar)

“Closing the Gates: Assessing Impacts of the Immigration Act of 1917” (with Jenny Withrow)

“Mapping Inventions in the Space of Ideas, 1836-2022: Representation, Measurement, and Validation” (with Jeffrey Lin, Vitaly Meursault and Nicholas Reynolds)

“Closing Gender Wage Gaps in Ukraine: Composition, Returns and the Minimum Wage” (with Katherine Terrell), Revise and Resubmit, Industrial & Labor Relations Review.

“Price Shocks and Scientific Production: Evidence from Minimum Wages, Grad Unions and University Procurement Contracts” (with Raviv Murciano-Goroff)

“Location and Scientific Productivity: Evidence from the Soviet Brain Drain”

“Do Scientists Care About Kudos? A Field Experiment on Status Rewards in Academia” (with Patrick Gaulé, Eva Guinan and Karim Lakhani)

Research in Progress:

“Did the Soviets Solve the “Productivity Puzzle”? Gender Differences in Science in the Soviet Union”

“The Long-run Impacts of Patents on Inventors: Evidence from Patent Interferences” (with Jeffrey Lin and Nicholas Reynolds)

“How Does Return Migration Impact Knowledge Production? Evidence from China’s Thousand Talents Program” (with Zheng Wang)

“Factor Demand Adjustment in University Research Laboratories” (with Raviv Murciano-Goroff)

“Multi-Disciplinary Researchers: Field Experimental Evidence” (with Kevin Boudreau)