HOUSING

Jacob, Brian A., Kaputsin, Max and Jens Ludwig (2015). “The impact of housing assistance on child outcomes: Evidence from a randomized housing lottery." Quarterly Journal of Economics. 130 (1): 36-72 [Working paper version]
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Jacob, Brian A., Ludwig, Jens and Douglas Miller (2013). “The Effects of Housing and Neighborhood Conditions on Child Mortality.”  Journal of Health Economics. 32(1): 195-206. [Working paper version]

Heller, Sara, Jacob, B.A., Ludwig, Jens. (2011).  “Family Income, Neighborhood Poverty and Crime.”  In Making Crime Control Pay: Cost-Effective Alternatives of Incarceration, edited by Philip J. Cook, Jens Ludwig and Justin McCrary.  Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research. [Working paper version]

Jacob, Brian A. and Jens Ludwig (2012).  “The Effects of Housing Assistance on Labor Supply: Evidence from a Voucher Lottery.” American Economic Review.  102(1): 272-304. [Working paper version]

Jacob, B. (2004).  “Public Housing, Housing Vouchers and Student Achievement: Evidence from Public Housing Demolitions in Chicago.”  American Economic Review.  94(1): 233-258. [Working paper version]

CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Duggan, Mark, Hamjalmarrson, Randi and Jacob, Brian (2011).  “The Short-Term and Localized Effect of Gun Shows: Evidence from California and Texas.” Review of Economics and Statistics. 93(3): 786-799.  [Working paper version]

Jacob, B., Lefgren, L. and Moretti, E. (2007). “The Dynamics of Criminal Behavior: Evidence from Weather Shocks.” Journal of Human Resources. 42(3): 489-527. [Working paper version]

Jacob, B. and Lefgren, L. (2003). “Are Idle Hands the Devil’s Workshop? Incapacitation, Concentration and Juvenile Crime.” American Economic Review. 93(5): 1560-1577. [Working paper version]