RESEARCH
Publications
Lastrapes, William, Ian Schmutte, and Thor Watson, 2021. Home Equity Lending, Credit Constraints and Small Business in the US, Economic Inquiry.
Hotchkiss, Julie, Anil Rupasignha, and Thor Watson, 2021. In-migration and Dilution of Community Social Capital, International Regional Science Review.
Working Papers
Privacy Protection and Accuracy: What Do We Know? Do We Know Things?? Let's Find Out! (with Evan Totty)
Statistical Disclosure Limitation and Total Survey Error (with Evan Totty)
Retirement Blues and Boons: Health and Spillover Effects of Retirement
Technical Papers
Lastrapes, William, Ian Schmutte, and Thor Watson, 2020. A Comparison of Firm Age in the Survey of Business Owners and the Longitudinal Business Database, CES Technical Notes Series 20-08, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau.
Work in Progress
No Pain, No Gain: The Labor Market Return to Physical Activity
Dynamic Labor Market Effects of Exercise: A Life Cycle Model
The Labor Market Effects of the Mariel Boatlift: The Return of the Reappraisal