Research

Published & Accepted

Accepted

Does refusing legal aid cause harm? A design-based double-machine-learning approach

Journal of Law & Economics (forthcoming).

Keywords: indigent defense, crime, criminal justice. JEL: I30, K14, H44.

Published

An open repository of COVID-19 vaccine mandate studies with a worked scoping review of quasi-experimental evidence

With C. Blyth and the MandEval team. Published in npj Vaccines (2026).

Keywords: immunisation, pandemics, policy, impact, best practice.

Pull-Forward and Induced Vaccination Under Time-Limited Mandates: Evidence from a Low-Coercion Mandate

Lead author, with M. Genie, K. Attwell, and the MandEval team.

Keywords: mandate, vaccination, incentives, uptake, adolescents. JEL: I12, I18.

Submitted

Getting Explicit Instruction Right

With Richard Holden (UNSW).

Keywords: education, explicit instruction, pedagogy. JEL: I20, I21.

Working paper

Career, Family, and IVF: The Impact of Involuntary Childlessness and Fertility Treatment

With Maryam Naghsh Nejad.

Best Paper Award, 15th Australasian Workshop on Econometrics and Health Economics.
Featured on the Grattan Institute’s Wonk List (2025).

Keywords: involuntary childlessness, IVF, mental health, labour market outcomes, fertility and career trade-offs. JEL: J13, J22, I14, I31, J16.

Working paper

Conceiving Naturally After IVF: the effect of an IVF conception on mode and timing of birth

With X. Zhang, L. Rombauts, and G. Chambers.

Keywords: fertility, assisted reproduction, IVF, obstetric outcomes, infertility. JEL: I10, I12, I19.