Welcome! I am a Hoover Fellow at Stanford's Hoover Institution. I completed my Ph.D. in Economics at UC Berkeley in 2024.
My primary fields are Public Economics and Labor Economics.
My current research addresses the following questions:
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Job Market Paper 23-24: College aid in the US is means-tested against parent income, creating an implicit tax with high marginal phase-out rates (upwards of 30%) that affects a wide range of middle income families (approx. $40k to $140k). I address the following:
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What is the elasticity of parent taxable income with respect to the college aid implicit tax?
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Does misperception of the complex implicit tax schedule in aid increase or decrease the efficiency cost of means testing aid?
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When are race-blind policies equity enhancing? (With application to a novel local preference college admissions policy.)
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What is the causal impact of childhood exposure to specific neighborhood characteristics - including unemployment or crime - on later life outcomes?
