My research primarily focuses on the causal identification of non-monetary factors which negatively impact productivity and well-being. I utilize a broad set of applied and experimental data collection methods, including laboratory/online experiments, field surveys, and administrative data, to study the mechanisms behind these adverse responses.

Publications

1. Bringing Behavioral Economics Fully into Behavioral Public Administration (with S. Bhanot and L. Bengali)

Working Papers

1. Motivation in Endogenous Peer Comparison Choice Environments (SSRN)

2. Heating Up and Cooling Down: Mitigating Economic Consequences of Temperature and Weather Conditions on Sleep (SSRN)

Handbook Chapters

1. The Impact of COVID-19 on Mental Health (with O. Giuntella and R. Ghileb)

2. Mental Health and Health Behaviors among Vulnerable Populations during the COVID-19 Pandemic (with O. Giuntella and R. Ghileb)

Policy Reports

1. Natural Disasters and Credit Reporting (with J. Ricks)

1. • Cited in: Letter urging credit bureaus to provide credit reporting relief to consumers affected by natural disasters

2. Evaluating the Ban: Philadelphia's Plastic Bag Ban and Changes in Plastic Bag Usage in the City

   • Media Coverage: Mayor's Office Press Release; The Philadelphia Inquirer; WHYY; Swarthmore College

Works in Progress

• A Horserace of Methods for Eliciting Beliefs Online (with Jonathan Woon and Valeria Burdea)

• When Work Gets in the Way of Well-Being: Working Time Regulations and Time Use (with Osea Giuntella and Joan Costa-Font) Slides

• The Waiting Game: The Effect of Boredom on Risk-Taking, Variety-Seeking, and Other Behaviors

• The Relationship between Neighborhood Alcohol Outlet Density and Youth Violence: A Systematic Review (with Anthony Fabio)

Other Media Publications

• Philly's Soda Tax Will Disproportionally Hurt the Poor (Econ21) 

  • Cited in: Regulating Sugar-Sweetened Beverages (Miami Law School Journal) 

Research Assistantships

• Prof. Jon Woon (Pitt) 2021 - 2023

• Prof. Osea Giuntella (Pitt) 2020 - 2021

• Dr. Dustin Beckett, Ph.D. (CFPB) 2017 - 2019

• Dr. Alycia Chin, Ph.D. (CFPB) 2017 - 2019

• Prof. Syon Bhanot (Swarthmore) 2016 - 2017

• Dr. Gordon Kraft-Todd, Ph.D. (Yale) 2016

• Prof. Erin Bronchetti (Swarthmore) 2015

Assisted With

• Attrition in a Longitudinal Online Randomized Control Trial With Prospective Homeowners (Beckett, Chin, and Couper, 2020)

• Take-Up of Financial Education: Demographics and Prior Knowledge (Chin and Williams, 2020)

• Credibility-Enhancing Displays Promote the Provision of Non-normative Public Goods (Kraft-Todd, et al., 2019)

• Exploring the Relationships between Impatience, Savings Automation, and Financial Welfare (Middlewood et al., 2018)