Published Articles


Face Value: Information and Signaling in an Illegal Market
Forthcoming, Southern Economic Journal [with Manisha Shah]

Are Sports Betting Markets Prediction Markets? Evidence from a New Test
Forthcoming, Journal of Sports Economics [with Kyle J. Kain]

Economies of Scale in the Household: Puzzles and Patterns from the American Past
Economic Inquiry 49 (4): 1008-1028

Factor Endowments and the Returns to Skill: New Evidence from the American Past
Journal of Human Capital 5 (2): 111-152 [with Joseph Kaboski]

Econometric Tests of American College Football’s Conventional Wisdom
Applied Economics 43 (20): 2493-2518

Special Web Appendix
Profile of Research in OSU Alumni Magazine, 2008

Personal Characteristics, Sexual Behaviors, and Male Sex Work: A Quantitative Approach
American Sociological Review 75 (5): 679-704

Family Health, Children’s Own Health, and Test-Score Gaps
American Economic Review (Papers and Proceedings) 100 (2): 195-199 [with Rodney Andrews]

South Africa's Post-Apartheid Two-Step: Social Demands versus Macro Stability
American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings99 (2): 275-281 [with Brahima Coulibaly]

Are Engel Curve Estimates of CPI Bias Biased?
Historical Methods 42 (3): 97-110

The Transformation of Hunger: The Demand for Calories Past and Present
The Journal of Economic History 69 (2): 388-408

Health, Human Capital, and African American Migration before 1910
Explorations in Economic History 46 (2): 169-185

Nutrition and Well-Being in the Late Nineteenth Century
The Journal of Economic History 66 (2): 313-341

Food, Nutrition, and Substitution in the Late Nineteenth Century
Explorations in Economic History 43 (3): 527-545

Is the Calorie Distribution Log-Normal? Evidence from the Nineteenth Century
Historical Methods 39 (3): 112-122