ABOUT

  • Ph.D. Candidate in Economics, University of Virginia
  • Jefferson Scholars Foundation Fellow
  • CV

RESEARCH

WORKING PAPERS

Labor, Loans, and Leisure: The Impact of the Student Loan Payment Pause
with Sarah Turner
March 2025
NBER working paper #33553

PUBLICATIONS

Waivers for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program: Who Would Benefit from Take-up?
2024 (with Nathaniel Ruby and Sarah Turner)
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 43, 1004–1033.
Online appendix | NBER working paper #30208

WORK IN PROGRESS

Voting on a Promise: Did the Proposed Student Loan Forgiveness Impact Electoral Outcomes?
with Arnav Dharmagadda and Jaden Shawyer

A Fresh Start for Borrowers? Impacts of Loan Rehabilitation for Defaulted Federal Student Borrowers

The Long Term Impacts of English Learner Programs: Evidence from Bilingual Education in Texas
University of Houston Education Research Center Approved Project No. UH 037

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Revitalizing PSLF: What’s Next After the Waiver
December 2023
Third Way ACADEMIX Upshot Policy Brief
Student Loan Payment Pause Benefits High-Income Households the Most: With forgiveness uncertain, struggling borrowers are unprotected from risk
January 2023 (with Eileen Powell and Sarah Turner)
Education Next, 23(3), 40-47.
EdPolicyWorks working paper #77
Performance Measures and Postsecondary Investments for Adult Students: Available “YardSticks” and the Challenges of Institutional Comparisons
January 2022 (with Sarah Turner)
In Student Outcomes and Earnings in Higher Education Policy, edited by Jason D. Delisle, American Enterprise Institute