# Publications Search Within Results Search Within Results search ## 145 results Show filters filter\_alt Sort by Year of PublicationAlphabetical A-Z sort ## 145 results Download 145 citations download- [BibTeX](/node/706351/export?format=bibtex) - [EndNote X3 XML](/node/706351/export?format=endnote8) - [EndNote 7 XML](/node/706351/export?format=endnote7) - [Endnote tagged](/node/706351/export?format=tagged) - [Marc](/node/706351/export?format=marc) - [PubMedId](/node/706351/export?format=pubmed_id) - [RIS](/node/706351/export?format=ris) ### Working Paper Duflo, E.; Banerjee, A.; Finkelstein, A.; Katz, L. F.; Olken, B. A.; Sautmann, A. [In Praise of Moderation: Suggestions for the Scope and Use of Pre-Analysis Plans for RCTs in Economics](/publications/praise-moderation-suggestions-scope-and-use-pre-analysis-plans-rcts-economics), 2020. Duflo, E.; Banerjee, A.; Finkelstein, A.; Katz, L. F.; Olken, B. A.; Sautmann, A. [In Praise of Moderation: Suggestions for the Scope and Use of Pre-Analysis Plans for RCTs in Economics](/publications/praise-moderation-suggestions-scope-and-use-pre-analysis-plans-rcts-economics), 2020. - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.nber.org/papers/w26993) - [ picture\_as\_pdfdbfkos\_pap\_w26993.pdf](/sites/g/files/omnuum5961/files/lkatz/files/dbfkos_pap_w26993.pdf) Pre-Analysis Plans (PAPs) for randomized evaluations are becoming increasingly common in Economics, but their definition remains unclear and their practical applications therefore vary widely. Based on our collective experiences as researchers and editors... - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.nber.org/papers/w26993) - [ picture\_as\_pdfdbfkos\_pap\_w26993.pdf](/sites/g/files/omnuum5961/files/lkatz/files/dbfkos_pap_w26993.pdf) Chetty, R.; Diamond, R.; Foster, T. B.; Katz, L. F.; Porter, S. R.; Staiger, M.; Tach, L. [Creating High-Opportunity Neighborhoods: Evidence from the HOPE VI Program](/publication/creating-high-opportunity-neighborhoods-evidence-hope-vi-program), 2026. Chetty, R.; Diamond, R.; Foster, T. B.; Katz, L. F.; Porter, S. R.; Staiger, M.; Tach, L. [Creating High-Opportunity Neighborhoods: Evidence from the HOPE VI Program](/publication/creating-high-opportunity-neighborhoods-evidence-hope-vi-program), 2026. - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [Opportunity Insights Paper, Slides, and Non-Technical Paper](https://opportunityinsights.org/paper/hopevi/) - [ downloadPaper pdf](https://opportunityinsights.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/HopeVI_Paper.pdf) - [NBER Working Paper No. 34720](https://www.nber.org/papers/w34720) We study whether low-economic-mobility neighborhoods can be transformed into high-mobility areas by analyzing the HOPE VI program, which invested $17 billion to revitalize 262 distressed public housing developments. We estimate the program’s impacts using... - [Opportunity Insights Paper, Slides, and Non-Technical Paper](https://opportunityinsights.org/paper/hopevi/) - [ downloadPaper pdf](https://opportunityinsights.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/HopeVI_Paper.pdf) - [NBER Working Paper No. 34720](https://www.nber.org/papers/w34720) Katz, L. F. [Neighborhood Effects and Missing Markets for Opportunity](/publication/neighborhood-effects-and-missing-markets-opportunity), 2026. Katz, L. F. [Neighborhood Effects and Missing Markets for Opportunity](/publication/neighborhood-effects-and-missing-markets-opportunity), 2026. - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ picture\_as\_pdfw35419.pdf](/sites/g/files/omnuum5961/files/2026-07/w35419_0.pdf) - [NBER Working Paper No. 35419](https://www.nber.org/papers/w35419) Experimental and quasi-experimental studies show that childhood neighborhoods have substantial causal impacts on children’s adult earnings and other long-term socioeconomic outcomes. Several market failures are likely to lead to excessive residential... - [ picture\_as\_pdfw35419.pdf](/sites/g/files/omnuum5961/files/2026-07/w35419_0.pdf) - [NBER Working Paper No. 35419](https://www.nber.org/papers/w35419) Katz, L. F. [Beyond the Race Between Education and Technology](/publication/beyond-race-between-education-and-technology), 2025. Katz, L. F. [Beyond the Race Between Education and Technology](/publication/beyond-race-between-education-and-technology), 2025. - [Beyond the Race between Education and Technology](https://lkatz.scholars.harvard.edu/resource/beyond-race-between-education-and-technology) - [ downloadPaper](/sites/g/files/omnuum5961/files/2025-09/katz_jh_brbet_2025_final_0.pdf) - [Beyond the Race between Education and Technology](https://lkatz.scholars.harvard.edu/resource/beyond-race-between-education-and-technology) - [ downloadPaper](/sites/g/files/omnuum5961/files/2025-09/katz_jh_brbet_2025_final_0.pdf) ### 2026 Akee, R.; Katz, L. F.; Loewenstein, M. A. *[Race, Ethnicity, and Economic Statistics in the 21st Century](/publication/race-ethnicity-and-economic-statistics-21st-century)*; University of Chicago Press and NBER: Chicago, IL, 2026; Vol. 84. Akee, R.; Katz, L. F.; Loewenstein, M. A. *[Race, Ethnicity, and Economic Statistics in the 21st Century](/publication/race-ethnicity-and-economic-statistics-21st-century)*; University of Chicago Press and NBER: Chicago, IL, 2026; Vol. 84. - [Conference Website](https://www.nber.org/books-and-chapters/race-ethnicity-and-economic-statistics-21st-century) - [ shopping\_cartU. of Chicago Press](https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/R/bo260352507.html) - [Conference Website](https://www.nber.org/books-and-chapters/race-ethnicity-and-economic-statistics-21st-century) - [ shopping\_cartU. of Chicago Press](https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/R/bo260352507.html) ### 2025 Goldin, C.; Katz, L. F. [The Incubator of Human Capital: The NBER and the Rise of the Human Capital Paradigm](/publication/incubator-human-capital-nber-and-rise-human-capital-paradigm). In *The Economic History of American Inequality: New Evidence and Perspectives*; University of Chicago Press and NBER: Chicago, IL, 2025; pp. 225-247. Goldin, C.; Katz, L. F. [The Incubator of Human Capital: The NBER and the Rise of the Human Capital Paradigm](/publication/incubator-human-capital-nber-and-rise-human-capital-paradigm). In *The Economic History of American Inequality: New Evidence and Perspectives*; University of Chicago Press and NBER: Chicago, IL, 2025; pp. 225-247. - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionNBER WP No. 26909](https://www.nber.org/papers/w26909) - [ descriptionThe Incubator of Human Capital](https://lkatz.scholars.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum5961/files/lkatz/files/humancapitalnber.pdf) - [ descriptionPublished Version](https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.7208/chicago/9780226840659-009/pdf) The human capital construct is deep in the bones of economics and finds reference by many classical economists, even if they did not use the phrase. The term “human capital,” seldom mentioned in economics before the 1950s, increased in usage starting in... - [ descriptionNBER WP No. 26909](https://www.nber.org/papers/w26909) - [ descriptionThe Incubator of Human Capital](https://lkatz.scholars.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum5961/files/lkatz/files/humancapitalnber.pdf) - [ descriptionPublished Version](https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.7208/chicago/9780226840659-009/pdf) ### 2024 Bergman, P.; Chetty, R.; DeLuca, S.; Hendren, N.; Katz, L. F.; Palmer, C. [Creating Moves to Opportunity: Experimental Evidence on Barriers to Neighborhood Choice](/publications/creating-moves-opportunity-experimental-evidence-barriers-neighborhood-choice). *American Economic Review* **2024**, *114* (5), 1281-1337. Bergman, P.; Chetty, R.; DeLuca, S.; Hendren, N.; Katz, L. F.; Palmer, C. [Creating Moves to Opportunity: Experimental Evidence on Barriers to Neighborhood Choice](/publications/creating-moves-opportunity-experimental-evidence-barriers-neighborhood-choice). *American Economic Review* **2024**, *114* (5), 1281-1337. - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/aer.20200407) - [ picture\_as\_pdfcmto\_paper\_accepted.pdf](/sites/g/files/omnuum5961/files/lkatz/files/cmto_paper_accepted.pdf) Low-income families in the United States tend to live in neighborhoods that offer limited opportunities for upward income mobility. One potential explanation for this pattern is that families prefer such neighborhoods for other reasons, such as... - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/aer.20200407) - [ picture\_as\_pdfcmto\_paper\_accepted.pdf](/sites/g/files/omnuum5961/files/lkatz/files/cmto_paper_accepted.pdf) ### 2023 Harding, D. J.; Sanbonmatsu, L.; Duncan, G. J.; Gennetian, L. A.; Katz, L. F.; Kessler, R. C.; Kling, J. R.; Sciandra, M.; Ludwig, J. [Evaluating Contradictory Experimental and Non-Experimental Estimates of Neighborhood Effects on Economic Outcomes for Adults](/publications/evaluating-contradictory-experimental-and-non-experimental-estimates-neighborhood). *Housing Policy Debate* **2023**, *33* (2), 453-86. Harding, D. J.; Sanbonmatsu, L.; Duncan, G. J.; Gennetian, L. A.; Katz, L. F.; Kessler, R. C.; Kling, J. R.; Sciandra, M.; Ludwig, J. [Evaluating Contradictory Experimental and Non-Experimental Estimates of Neighborhood Effects on Economic Outcomes for Adults](/publications/evaluating-contradictory-experimental-and-non-experimental-estimates-neighborhood). *Housing Policy Debate* **2023**, *33* (2), 453-86. - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://doi.org/10.1080/10511482.2021.1881985) - [ picture\_as\_pdfmto\_nonexp.pdf](/sites/g/files/omnuum5961/files/lkatz/files/mto_nonexp.pdf) Although non-experimental studies find robust neighborhood effects on adults, such findings have been challenged by results from the Moving to Opportunity (MTO) residential mobility experiment. Using a within-study comparison design, this paper... - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://doi.org/10.1080/10511482.2021.1881985) - [ picture\_as\_pdfmto\_nonexp.pdf](/sites/g/files/omnuum5961/files/lkatz/files/mto_nonexp.pdf) DeLuca, S.; Katz, L. F.; Oppenheimer, S. C. ["When Someone Cares About You, It’s Priceless": Reducing Administrative Burdens and Boosting Housing Search Confidence to Increase Opportunity Moves for Voucher Holders](/publications/when-someone-cares-about-you-its-priceless-reducing-administrative-burdens-and). *RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences* **2023**, *9* (5), 179-211. DeLuca, S.; Katz, L. F.; Oppenheimer, S. C. ["When Someone Cares About You, It’s Priceless": Reducing Administrative Burdens and Boosting Housing Search Confidence to Increase Opportunity Moves for Voucher Holders](/publications/when-someone-cares-about-you-its-priceless-reducing-administrative-burdens-and). *RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences* **2023**, *9* (5), 179-211. - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.rsfjournal.org/content/9/5/179) Using in-depth interview data from families and service providers, we examine the success of the Creating Moves to Opportunity (CMTO) program in Seattle, focusing on how it reduced many of the learning, compliance, and psychological costs of using housing... - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.rsfjournal.org/content/9/5/179) ### 2022 Katz, L. F.; Roth, J.; Hendra, R.; Schaberg, K. [Why Do Sectoral Employment Programs Work? Lessons from WorkAdvance](/publications/why-do-sectoral-employment-programs-work-lessons-workadvance). *Journal of Labor Economics* **2022**, *40* (S1), S249-S291. Katz, L. F.; Roth, J.; Hendra, R.; Schaberg, K. [Why Do Sectoral Employment Programs Work? Lessons from WorkAdvance](/publications/why-do-sectoral-employment-programs-work-lessons-workadvance). *Journal of Labor Economics* **2022**, *40* (S1), S249-S291. - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/717932) - [ picture\_as\_pdfkrhs\_sectoral\_jole\_final....](/sites/g/files/omnuum5961/files/lkatz/files/krhs_sectoral_jole_final.pdf) This paper examines the evidence from randomized evaluations of sector-focused training programs that target low-wage workers and combine upfront screening, occupational and soft skills training, and wraparound services. The programs generate substantial... - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/717932) - [ picture\_as\_pdfkrhs\_sectoral\_jole\_final....](/sites/g/files/omnuum5961/files/lkatz/files/krhs_sectoral_jole_final.pdf) Courtin, E.; Allen, H. L.; Katz, L. F.; Miller, C.; Aloisi, K.; Muennig, P. A. [Effect of Expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit to Americans Without Dependent Children on Psychological Distress: The Paycheck Plus Health Study Randomized Controlled Trial](/publications/effect-expanding-earned-income-tax-credit-americans-without-dependent-children). *American Journal of Epidemiology* **2022**, *191* (8), 1444-52. Courtin, E.; Allen, H. L.; Katz, L. F.; Miller, C.; Aloisi, K.; Muennig, P. A. [Effect of Expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit to Americans Without Dependent Children on Psychological Distress: The Paycheck Plus Health Study Randomized Controlled Trial](/publications/effect-expanding-earned-income-tax-credit-americans-without-dependent-children). *American Journal of Epidemiology* **2022**, *191* (8), 1444-52. - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://academic.oup.com/aje/article/191/8/1444/6292354) Anti-poverty policies have the potential to improve mental health. We conducted a randomized trial to investigate whether a fourfold increase in the Earned Income Tax Credit for low-income Americans without dependent children would reduce psychological... - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://academic.oup.com/aje/article/191/8/1444/6292354) Miller, C.; Katz, L. F.; Isen, A. *[Increasing the Earned Income Tax Credit for Childless Workers: A Synthesis of Findings from the Paycheck Plus Demonstration](/publications/increasing-earned-income-tax-credit-childless-workers-synthesis-findings-paycheck)*; MDRC: New York City, 2022. Miller, C.; Katz, L. F.; Isen, A. *[Increasing the Earned Income Tax Credit for Childless Workers: A Synthesis of Findings from the Paycheck Plus Demonstration](/publications/increasing-earned-income-tax-credit-childless-workers-synthesis-findings-paycheck)*; MDRC: New York City, 2022. - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.mdrc.org/publication/increasing-earned-income-tax-credit-childless-workers) - [ picture\_as\_pdfpp\_synthesis\_brief\_final....](/sites/g/files/omnuum5961/files/lkatz/files/pp_synthesis_brief_final.pdf) - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.mdrc.org/publication/increasing-earned-income-tax-credit-childless-workers) - [ picture\_as\_pdfpp\_synthesis\_brief\_final....](/sites/g/files/omnuum5961/files/lkatz/files/pp_synthesis_brief_final.pdf) - Previous page chevron\_left - [1](?page=0 "Current page") - [2](?page=1 "Go to page 2") - [3](?page=2 "Go to page 3") - [ Last page 13 ](?page=12 "Go to last page") - [ Next page chevron\_right ](?page=1 "Go to next page")