PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
"Re-examining the Effects of Public Health Insurance: the Case of Non-Poor Children in Vietnam", 2020, Health Economics 29 (3): 294-305
“Illicit Cigarette Consumption and the Government Revenue Loss in Vietnam: Evidence from a Primary Data Approach”, 2019, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16 (11): 1960. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16111960, with Son T Dao, Nga Q Nguyen, Mike Bowling, Hana Ross, Ryan Denniston, and Anthony D. So
"Direct and Indirect Costs of Smoking in Vietnam", 2016, Tobacco Control 25 (1): 96-100, with Anh T. H. Pham, Thu T. Le, Hana Ross, Anh Q. Nguyen, Linh N. Bui
"The Empirical Analysis of Cigarette Tax Avoidance and Illicit Trade in Vietnam, 1998-2010", 2014, PLOS One 9 (1): e87272, with Ryan Denniston, Hien T. T. Nguyen, Tuan A. Hoang, Hana Ross, Anthony D. So
"Prevalence of Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking Among Population Aged 15 Years and Older, Vietnam, 2010", 2013, Preventing Chronic Disease 10: 120100, with Xuan T. T. Le, Minh V. Hoang, Giang B. Kim, Nga T. Q. Pham, Hai T. Phan, and Jason Hsia
"Exposure to Second-Hand Smoke at Home and its Association Factors: Findings from Global Adult Tobacco Survey in Vietnam, 2010", 2012, Cancer Causes and Control 23: 99-107, with Minh V. Hoang, Giang B. Kim, Xuan T. T. Le, Nga Q. Pham, Hai T. Phan, Quan T. Nguyen, Jason Hsia
"Gaining Access to Vietnam's Cigarette Market: British American Tobacco's Strategy to Enter a Huge Market Which Will Become Enormous", 2008, Global Public Health 3 (1): 1-25, with Kelley Lee, Kinh V. Hoang, Ross MacKenzie, Anne B. Gilmore, and Jeff Collins
"The Effect of Imposing a Higher, Uniform Tobacco Tax in Vietnam", 2006, Health Research Policy and Systems 4 (1): 6, with Kinh V. Hoang, Hana Ross, David Levy, Ngoc T. B. Vu
WORKING PAPERS
"The Spreading Power of the Pill: The Effect of Oral Contraceptives on Sexually Transmitted Diseases" (Job Market Paper)
"School District Investments in General Skills - the Case of Principal Residency Program" (with Steven Rivkin, Lauren Sartain, and Jeffrey Schiman)
"Trade Liberalization and Investment in Children’s Human Capital: Evidence from the U.S.-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement" (with Robert Kaestner and Brian McCaig)
"Getting Effective Educators in Schools Serving Disadvantaged Students" (with Andrew Morgan, Eric Hanushek, Ben Ost, and Steven Rivkin)
“An Evaluation of Principal and Teacher Evaluation and Pay Programs in the Dallas Independent School District”, (with Steven G. Rivkin, Eric Hanushek, Ben Ost, and Andrew Morgan)
WORK IN PROGRESS
"Teachers’ Strategic Behaviors in Response to Pay-for-Performance: A Regression Discontinuity Approach"
"Strategic Behaviors of School Administrators in Response to Pay-for-Performance Scheme – An Implication for Value Added Evaluation"
"Trade, Pollution and Mortality in Vietnam"
"The Spreading Power of the Pill: The Effect of Oral Contraceptives on Sexually Transmitted Diseases" (Job Market Paper)
"School District Investments in General Skills - the Case of Principal Residency Program" (with Steven Rivkin, Lauren Sartain, and Jeffrey Schiman)
"Trade Liberalization and Investment in Children’s Human Capital: Evidence from the U.S.-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement" (with Robert Kaestner and Brian McCaig)
"Getting Effective Educators in Schools Serving Disadvantaged Students" (with Andrew Morgan, Eric Hanushek, Ben Ost, and Steven Rivkin)
“An Evaluation of Principal and Teacher Evaluation and Pay Programs in the Dallas Independent School District”, (with Steven G. Rivkin, Eric Hanushek, Ben Ost, and Andrew Morgan)
WORK IN PROGRESS
"Teachers’ Strategic Behaviors in Response to Pay-for-Performance: A Regression Discontinuity Approach"
"Strategic Behaviors of School Administrators in Response to Pay-for-Performance Scheme – An Implication for Value Added Evaluation"
"Trade, Pollution and Mortality in Vietnam"