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+ @@ -41,8 +42,8 @@ - - + + @@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ - + @@ -252,12 +253,51 @@ - + + + + + + @@ -279,8 +319,8 @@ - - + + @@ -310,8 +350,8 @@ - - + + @@ -332,6 +372,12 @@ + + + + + + @@ -490,17 +536,40 @@I am currently a third-year PhD student in Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley. I am interested in learning about how we can increase access to opportunity for all children, particularly those from disadvantaged and historically marginalized backgrounds.
-My research, broadly, examines how public policy and political institutions can work to perpetuate or attenuate economic and racial inequality, with recent work focusing on voting rights, land use regulations, and low-income housing policy. This works sits at the intersection of (local) public finance, urban economics, and political economy.
+I am a PhD candidate in Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley. My research focuses on how public policy and political institutions can expand access to opportunity for all individuals, particularly those from disadvantaged and historically marginalized backgrounds.
+Most of my current research analyzes the effects of social and housing policy, and is rooted at the intersection of public economics, urban economics, and political economy. Current work focuses on the effects of growing up in public housing on children’s long-run outcomes, the consequences of minority enfranchisement on local public finances and the structure of government, and the impacts of land-use regulations on housing markets and neighborhood demographics.
Prior to coming to UC Berkeley, I conducted research on a range of issues affecting low-income families at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
+I will be on the 2024-2025 job market.
I am third-year PhD student interested in learning about how we can increase access to opportunity for all children, particularly those from disadvantaged and historically marginalized backgrounds. My research examines how public policy and political institutions can work to perpetuate or attenuate economic and racial inequality
+I am PhD candidate interested in how public policy and political institutions can expand access to opportunity for all individuals, particularly those from disadvantaged and historically marginalized backgrounds.
I am third-year PhD student interested in learning about how we can increase access to opportunity for all children, particularly those from disadvantaged and historically marginalized backgrounds. My research examines how public policy and political institutions can work to perpetuate or attenuate economic and racial inequality
+I am PhD candidate interested in how public policy and political institutions can expand access to opportunity for all individuals, particularly those from disadvantaged and historically marginalized backgrounds.
I am third-year PhD student interested in learning about how we can increase access to opportunity for all children, particularly those from disadvantaged and historically marginalized backgrounds. My research examines how public policy and political institutions can work to perpetuate or attenuate economic and racial inequality
+I am fifth-year PhD candidate interested in understanding how we can increase access to opportunity for all children, particularly those from disadvantaged and historically marginalized backgrounds. My research examines how public policy and political institutions can work to perpetuate or attenuate economic and racial inequality.
In 1998, Houston reformed its subdivision ordinance to relax minimum lot sizes in parts of the city. I exploit the spatial discontinuity in where the reform was targeted and use a difference-in-differences design to analyze the effects of the reform on housing markets. I find that, where minimum lot sizes were relaxed, housing supply increased and average lot sizes decreased. Despite this increase in development, I find that prices increased. Relatedly, the resident population becomes more advantaged over time, and target neighborhoods see improved amenities. Ongoing work examines the effects on incumbents.
+ @@ -727,8 +856,6 @@I am third-year PhD student interested in learning about how we can increase access to opportunity for all children, particularly those from disadvantaged and historically marginalized backgrounds. My research examines how public policy and political institutions can work to perpetuate or attenuate economic and racial inequality
+I am PhD candidate interested in how public policy and political institutions can expand access to opportunity for all individuals, particularly those from disadvantaged and historically marginalized backgrounds.
Previous research finds the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) was instrumental in increasing Black political enfranchisement and, consequently, helping Black communities secure more desirable policy outcomes. In this paper, I analyze the broader effects minority enfranchisement on local public finances by exploiting spatial discontinuities in the application of special provisions of the VRA, generated by a coverage formula defined in Section 4 of the Act. In response to Section 4 coverage, counties with larger non-white population shares exhibited relative declines in revenues and expenditures. The findings suggest these declines were not mechanical responses to secular changes in the tax base, but were instead likely generated by changing preferences for public goods. Further exploration shows that counties responded to coverage by increasing government fragmentation, providing one potential mechanism by which communities may have kept taxes low. Responses to the VRA illustrate how local communities may respond to and potentially undermine efforts to address racial inequality.
+Previous research finds the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) increased the political power of Black communities. I analyze the broader effects of minority enfranchisement on local public finances by exploiting spatial discontinuities in the application of special provisions of the VRA. I find that among counties targeted by these special provisions, those with larger non-white population shares exhibited relative declines in revenues and expenditures, and relative increases in government fragmentation. The findings suggest that declines in revenues were not mechanical responses to changes in the tax base, but were instead likely due to changing preferences for public goods.
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+I am PhD candidate interested in how public policy and political institutions can expand access to opportunity for all individuals, particularly those from disadvantaged and historically marginalized backgrounds.
Previous research finds the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) was instrumental in increasing Black political enfranchisement and, consequently, helping Black communities secure more desirable policy outcomes. In this paper, I analyze the broader effects minority enfranchisement on local public finances by exploiting spatial discontinuities in the application of special provisions of the VRA, generated by a coverage formula defined in Section 4 of the Act. In response to Section 4 coverage, counties with larger non-white population shares exhibited relative declines in revenues and expenditures. The findings suggest these declines were not mechanical responses to secular changes in the tax base, but were instead likely generated by changing preferences for public goods. Further exploration shows that counties responded to coverage by increasing government fragmentation, providing one potential mechanism by which communities may have kept taxes low. Responses to the VRA illustrate how local communities may respond to and potentially undermine efforts to address racial inequality.
-From Marcy to Madison Square: The Effects of Growing Up in Public Housing on Early Adulthood Outcomes (with Amanda Eng) [Job Market Paper; Draft coming soon]
+Working Paper (Coming Soon)
This paper studies the effects of growing up in public housing in New York City on children’s long-run outcomes. Using linked administrative data, we exploit variation in the age children move into public housing to estimate the effects of spending an additional year of childhood in public housing on a range of economic and social outcomes in early adulthood. We find that childhood exposure to public housing improves labor market outcomes and reduces participation in federal safety net programs, particularly for children from the most disadvantaged families. We also find variation in outcomes across public housing developments. Developments located in neighborhoods with relatively fewer renters and higher household incomes are better for children overall. We estimate that for every $1 the government spends on public housing, children receive $1.40 in benefits, including $2.30 for children from the most disadvantaged families.
+Previous research finds the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) increased the political power of Black communities. I analyze the broader effects of minority enfranchisement on local public finances by exploiting spatial discontinuities in the application of special provisions of the VRA. I find that among counties targeted by these special provisions, those with larger non-white population shares exhibited relative declines in revenues and expenditures, and relative increases in government fragmentation. The findings suggest that declines in revenues were not mechanical responses to changes in the tax base, but were instead likely due to changing preferences for public goods.
+In 1998, Houston reformed its subdivision ordinance to relax minimum lot sizes in parts of the city. I exploit the spatial discontinuity in where the reform was targeted and use a difference-in-differences design to analyze the effects of the reform on housing markets. I +find that, where minimum lot sizes were relaxed, housing supply increased and average lot sizes decreased. Places targeted by the form saw increases in housing prices and new homeowners were more likely to be white and to have higher incomes.
+I am third-year PhD student interested in learning about how we can increase access to opportunity for all children, particularly those from disadvantaged and historically marginalized backgrounds. My research examines how public policy and political institutions can work to perpetuate or attenuate economic and racial inequality
+I am PhD candidate interested in how public policy and political institutions can expand access to opportunity for all individuals, particularly those from disadvantaged and historically marginalized backgrounds.