Professor
Humphrey School of Public Affairs
MPC Primary Research Areas
Biography
I specialize in the impacts of social policies on the poor. I am a pioneer in the use of applied econometric techniques to:
- Examine racial disparities in crime
- Detect illegal discrimination in credit markets
- Assess the impacts of welfare on family stability
- Evaluate the effectiveness of government transfers in reducing poverty
- Determine the impacts of food pricing on low-income communities
- Detect disparities and discrimination in government contracting