In this dissertation, I examine the impact of recent immigration to Germany on various outcomes. I explore the often-overlooked benefits migrants can bring to host countries, as well as policies which may facilitate ...

The first chapter studies the desk reject decisions using the submissions in one leading journal and matches the citations and publication records via Microsoft Academic. The result shows that the desk reject decisions are ...

In this dissertation, I study three topics ranging from political economics to the economics of crime. In the first chapter, "Using Rain for Electoral Gain: Evidence from FEMA's Public Assistance Program", I study distortions ...

In this dissertation, I investigate various empirical aspects of the theory of preferences and decision. A classical result in revealed preference shows that when one observes a subject's choice on a rich enough collection ...

I study the effect of higher education on lifecycle earnings and focus on three ways in which education may help drive earnings: the effect of higher education on one’s skills, the effect on one’s ability to accumulate new ...

In this dissertation, I investigate the impact of government policies and laws on household decisions with a particular emphasis on women’s employment and domestic violence.

Economists get the opportunity and the responsibility of helping to design public policies. This implies that not only the big picture is necessary but also the details that will make those policies to actually work. This ...

In this dissertation, I study three topics in applied microeconomics and development economics. The first chapter, co-authored with Madhulika Khanna, examines how the marriage market responds to the flooding of the river ...

This thesis addresses the question of whether religious freedom should matter to business. Through a review of current research and my own original research, this thesis argues that religious freedom should not just matter ...

This thesis has three chapters on energy economics. The first compares two policies that govern oil and gas leasing in the American Southwest. The second provides an overview of fracking and economic research on fracking ...