← All authors Jens Ludwig University of Chicago (from arXiv:2412.07031, 2024) · ORCID · OpenAlex
41 papers in scope · 40 published · 1 on the econ.EM arXiv · 6,257 citations · h-index 28 (over the papers listed here)
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Papers (2 of 41)
published 2026 · Annual Review of Economics · 19 citations · first circulated 2025
Machine Learning as a Tool for Hypothesis Generation
published 2024 · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 75 citations · first circulated 2023
Not Too Late: Improving Academic Outcomes among Adolescents
published 2023 · American Economic Review · 69 citations · first circulated 2021
with Jonathan Guryan, Monica Bhatt, Philip J. Cook, Jonathan M. Davis, Kenneth A. Dodge, George Farkas, Roland G. Fryer, Susan Mayer, Harold A. Pollack, Laurence Steinberg, G. D. Stoddard
Fragile Algorithms and Fallible Decision-Makers: Lessons from the Justice System
published 2021 · The Journal of Economic Perspectives · 65 citations
The Effect of Mentoring on School Attendance and Academic Outcomes: A Randomized Evaluation of the Check & Connect Program
published 2020 · Journal of Policy Analysis and Management · 34 citations
with Jonathan Guryan, Sandra L. Christenson, Ashley Cureton, Ijun Lai, Catherine Schwarz, Emma Shirey, Mary Clair Turner
UNDERSTANDING GUN VIOLENCE: PUBLIC HEALTH VS. PUBLIC POLICY
published 2019 · Journal of Policy Analysis and Management · 15 citations
with Philip J. Cook
RESPONSE TO COUNTERPOINT: VIOLENCE ITSELF IS A ROOT CAUSE OF VIOLENCE
published 2019 · Journal of Policy Analysis and Management · 4 citations
with Philip J. Cook
Augmenting Pre-Analysis Plans with Machine Learning
published 2019 · AEA Papers and Proceedings · 14 citations
The social costs of gun ownership: a reply to Hayo, Neumeier, and Westphal
published 2018 · Empirical Economics · 12 citations
with Philip J. Cook
Human Decisions and Machine Predictions
published 2017 · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 778 citations
working paper 2017 · arXiv · 7 citations
Thinking, Fast and Slow? Some Field Experiments to Reduce Crime and Dropout in Chicago*
published 2016 · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 491 citations · first circulated 2015
Productivity and Selection of Human Capital with Machine Learning
published 2016 · American Economic Review · 191 citations
Option Awareness: The Psychology of What We Consider
published 2016 · American Economic Review · 8 citations
with Anuj Shah
Prediction Policy Problems
published 2015 · American Economic Review · 582 citations
The Impact of Housing Assistance on Child Outcomes: Evidence from a Randomized Housing Lottery*
published 2014 · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 149 citations
with Brian Jacob, Max Kapustin
Long-Term Neighborhood Effects on Low-Income Families: Evidence from Moving to Opportunity
published 2013 · American Economic Review · 439 citations
with Greg J. Duncan, Lisa A. Gennetian, Lawrence F. Katz, Ronald C. Kessler, Jeffrey R. Kling, Lisa Sanbonmatsu
The effects of housing and neighborhood conditions on child mortality
published 2012 · Journal of Health Economics · 45 citations · first circulated 2011
with Brian Jacob, Douglas L. Miller
Special Issue on the Economics of Crime: Editorial
published 2012 · German Economic Review · 1 citations
with Horst Entorf, Christian Traxler
The Effects of Housing Assistance on Labor Supply: Evidence from a Voucher Lottery
published 2012 · American Economic Review · 260 citations · first circulated 2008
with Brian Jacob
Mechanism Experiments and Policy Evaluations
published 2011 · The Journal of Economic Perspectives · 242 citations
Call for Papers: Special Issue of the German Economic Review on The Economics of Crime
published 2011 · German Economic Review
with Horst Entorf, Christian Traxler
Production planning by pinch analysis for biomass use in dynamic and seasonal markets
published 2009 · International Journal of Production Research · 29 citations
with Martin Treitz, Otto Rentz, Jutta Geldermann
The economic costs of childhood poverty in the United States
published 2008 · Journal of Children and Poverty · 106 citations
with Harry J. Holzer, Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach, Greg J. Duncan
Underground Gun Markets
published 2007 · The Economic Journal · 17 citations · first circulated 2005
with Philip J. Cook, Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh, Anthony A. Braga
Antidepressants and Suicide
published 2007 · Journal of Health Economics · 3 citations
with Dave E. Marcotte, Karen Norberg
Federal Housing Assistance, Residential Relocation, and Educational Opportunities: Evidence from Baltimore
published 2007 · American Economic Review · 51 citations
with Helen F. Ladd
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Aiming for evidence-based gun policy
published 2006 · Journal of Policy Analysis and Management · 67 citations
with Philip J. Cook
Does Head Start Improve Children's Life Chances? Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design
published 2006 · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 211 citations · first circulated 2005
with Douglas L. Miller
The social costs of gun ownership
published 2005 · Journal of Public Economics · 212 citations · first circulated 2004
with Philip J. Cook, Phillip Cook
Neighborhood Effects on Crime for Female and Male Youth: Evidence From a Randomized Housing Voucher Experiment*
published 2005 · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 640 citations · first circulated 2004
with Jeffrey R. Kling, Lawrence F. Katz
Antidepressants, suicide, and drug regulation
published 2005 · Journal of Policy Analysis and Management · 148 citations
with Dave E. Marcotte
Housing mobility programs and economic self-sufficiency
published 2004 · Journal of Public Economics · 48 citations
with Greg J. Duncan, Joshua C. Pinkston
Urban Poverty and Juvenile Crime: Evidence from a Randomized Housing-Mobility Experiment
published 2001 · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 671 citations · first circulated 1998
with Greg J. Duncan, Paul Hirschfield
Sex, Drugs, and Catholic Schools: Private Schooling and Non-Market Adolescent Behaviors
published 2000 · German Economic Review · 15 citations
with David Figlio
Gun Violence: The Real Costs
published 2000 · OUP Catalogue · 164 citations
with Philip J. Cook
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School-to-Work Programs in the United States: A Multi-Firm Case Study of Training, Benefits, and Costs
published 2000 · Industrial and Labor Relations Review · 33 citations
with Laurie J. Bassi
The Benefits of Reducing Gun Violence: Evidence from Contingent-Valuation Survey Data
published 1999 · Journal of Risk and Uncertainty · 17 citations
with Philip J. Cook
Concealed-gun-carrying laws and violent crime: evidence from state panel data
published 1998 · International Review of Law and Economics · 159 citations
Weighing the ?burden of ?acting white??: Are there race differences in attitudes toward education?
published 1997 · Journal of Policy Analysis and Management · 116 citations
with Philip J. Cook
The gun debate's new mythical number: How many defensive uses per year?
published 1997 · Journal of Policy Analysis and Management · 50 citations
with Philip J. Cook, David Hemenway
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